Simply Visual Basic 2010: an app-driven approach

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 11
Preface......Page 18
Before You Begin......Page 28
 1.1 Computing in Business, Industry and Research......Page 30
 1.2 Hardware and Software......Page 34
 1.3 Data Hierarchy......Page 35
 1.4 Computer Organization......Page 37
 1.5 Machine Languages, Assembly Languages and High- Level Languages......Page 39
 1.6 Object Technology......Page 40
 1.8 Programming Languages......Page 42
 1.9 Visual Basic......Page 43
 1.10 The Internet and the World Wide Web......Page 44
 1.11 Microsoft .NET......Page 45
 1.12 Web 2.0: Going Social......Page 46
 1.13 Test-Driving the Visual Basic Advanced Painter App ......Page 50
 1.15 Wrap-Up......Page 53
 2.1 Test-Driving the Welcome App ......Page 59
 2.2 Overview of the Visual Studio 2010 IDE ......Page 60
 2.3 Creating a Project for the Welcome App ......Page 62
 2.4 Menu Bar and Toolbar......Page 66
 2.5 Navigating the Visual Studio IDE; Auto-Hide......Page 69
 Solution Explorer......Page 70
 Properties Window......Page 71
 2.6 Using Help......Page 73
 2.9 Wrap-Up......Page 74
 3.1 Test-Driving the Welcome App ......Page 80
 3.2 Constructing the Welcome App ......Page 83
 3.3 Objects Used in the App......Page 93
 3.4 Wrap-Up......Page 94
 4.1 Test-Driving the Inventory App ......Page 104
 4.2 Constructing the Inventory App......Page 105
 4.3 Adding Labels to the Inventory App ......Page 109
 4.4 Adding TextBoxes and a Button to the Form ......Page 113
 4.5 Wrap-Up......Page 115
 5.1 Test-Driving the Inventory App ......Page 122
 5.2 Introduction to Visual Basic Program Code......Page 123
 5.3 Inserting an Event Handler......Page 126
 5.4 Performing a Calculation and Displaying the Result......Page 130
 5.5 Using the IDE to Eliminate Compilation Errors......Page 133
 5.6 Wrap-Up......Page 136
 6.1 Test-Driving the Enhanced Inventory App ......Page 143
 6.2 Variables ......Page 144
 6.3 Handling the TextChanged Event ......Page 147
 6.4 Memory Concepts......Page 149
 6.5 Arithmetic......Page 150
 6.6 Using the Debugger: Breakpoints......Page 153
 6.7 Wrap-Up......Page 156
 7.1 Test-Driving the Wage Calculator App......Page 164
 7.2 Algorithms......Page 165
 7.3 Pseudocode......Page 166
 7.4 Control Statements......Page 167
 7.5 If…Then Selection Statement ......Page 169
 7.6 If…Then…Else Selection Statement and Conditional If Expressions ......Page 171
 7.7 Constructing the Wage Calculator App ......Page 174
 7.8 Assignment Operators......Page 178
 7.9 Formatting Text......Page 179
 7.10 Using the Debugger: The Watch Window ......Page 182
 7.11 Wrap-Up......Page 185
 8.1 Test-Driving the Dental Payment App ......Page 193
 8.2 Designing the Dental Payment App ......Page 196
 8.3 Using CheckBoxes......Page 197
 8.4 Using a Dialog to Display a Message......Page 199
 Using AndAlso......Page 203
 Short-Circuit Evaluation......Page 204
 Using Not......Page 205
 8.6 Designer-Generated Code......Page 207
 8.7 Wrap-Up......Page 208
 9.1 Test-Driving the Car Payment Calculator App  ......Page 217
 9.2 Do While…Loop Repetition Statement ......Page 219
 9.3 Do Until…Loop Repetition Statement ......Page 221
 9.4 Constructing the Car Payment Calculator App ......Page 223
 9.5 Wrap-Up......Page 230
 10.1 Test-Driving the Class Average App ......Page 238
 10.2 Do…Loop While Repetition Statement ......Page 240
 10.3 Do…Loop Until Repetition Statement ......Page 242
 10.4 Creating the Class Average App ......Page 244
 10.5 Wrap-Up......Page 250
 11.1 Test-Driving the Interest Calculator App ......Page 258
 11.2 Essentials of Counter-Controlled Repetition......Page 260
 11.3 Introducing the For…Next Repetition Statement ......Page 261
 11.4 Examples Using the For…Next Statement ......Page 264
 11.5 Constructing the Interest Calculator App ......Page 265
 11.6 Wrap-Up......Page 272
 12.1 Test-Driving the Security Panel App ......Page 280
 12.2 Introducing the Select Case Multiple-Selection Statement ......Page 282
 12.3 Constructing the Security Panel App ......Page 284
 12.4 Wrap-Up......Page 292
 13.1 Test-Driving the Enhanced Wage Calculator App ......Page 299
 13.2 Classes and Procedures......Page 300
 13.3 Function Procedures ......Page 301
 13.4 Using Procedures in the Wage Calculator App ......Page 308
 13.5 Using the Debugger: Debugging Controls ......Page 312
 13.6 Optional Parameters ......Page 315
 13.7 Wrap-Up......Page 316
 14.1 Test-Driving the Shipping Time App ......Page 324
 Declaring a Date Variable......Page 325
 Using Date Members......Page 327
 14.3 Creating the Shipping Time App: Design Elements ......Page 328
 14.4 Creating the Shipping Time App: Inserting Code ......Page 333
 14.5 Wrap-Up......Page 340
 15.1 Test-Driving the Fund Raiser App ......Page 348
 15.2 Constructing the Fund Raiser App......Page 350
 15.3 Passing Arguments: Pass-by-Value vs. Pass-by-Reference......Page 355
 15.4 Option Strict ......Page 357
 15.5 Wrap-Up......Page 363
 16.1 Test-Driving the Craps Game App ......Page 370
 16.2 Random-Number Generation......Page 372
 16.3 Constructing the Craps Game App ......Page 374
 16.4 Using Random Numbers in the Craps Game App ......Page 377
 16.5 Wrap-Up......Page 384
 17.1 Test-Driving the Flag Quiz App ......Page 390
 17.2 Introducing Arrays......Page 392
 17.3 Declaring and Allocating Arrays......Page 393
 17.4 Constructing the Flag Quiz App ......Page 396
 17.5 Sorting Arrays......Page 406
 17.6 Wrap-Up......Page 409
 18.1 Test-Driving the Student Grades App ......Page 417
 18.2 Two-Dimensional Rectangular Arrays ......Page 419
 18.3 Using RadioButtons ......Page 421
 18.4 Inserting Code into the Student Grades App ......Page 423
 18.5 Wrap-Up......Page 433
 19.1 Test-Driving the Microwave Oven App ......Page 440
 19.2 Designing the Microwave Oven App ......Page 443
 19.3 Adding a New Class to the Project......Page 447
 19.4 Initializing Class Objects: Constructors......Page 449
 19.5 Properties......Page 451
 19.6 Completing the Microwave Oven App ......Page 454
 19.7 Controlling Access to Members......Page 459
 19.8 Auto-Implemented Properties......Page 465
 19.9 Using the Debugger: The Locals Window ......Page 466
 19.10 Wrap-Up......Page 468
 20.1 Test-Driving the Shipping Hub App ......Page 478
 20.2 Package Class ......Page 480
 20.3 Using Properties TabIndex and TabStop ......Page 481
 20.4 Using Access Keys......Page 483
 20.5 Collections......Page 484
 20.6 Shipping Hub App: Using Class List(Of T) ......Page 485
 20.7 For Each…Next Repetition Statement ......Page 493
 20.8 Language-Integrated Query (LINQ)......Page 494
 20.9 Wrap-Up......Page 500
 21.1 Test-Driving the Typing App ......Page 509
 21.2 Analyzing the Typing App ......Page 512
 21.3 Keyboard Events......Page 513
 21.4 IsNot Operator ......Page 520
 21.5 Menus......Page 521
 21.6 Wrap-Up......Page 530
 22.1 Test-Driving the Screen Scraping App ......Page 540
 22.2 Fundamentals of Strings ......Page 542
 22.3 Analyzing the Screen Scraping App ......Page 543
 22.4 Locating Substrings in Strings ......Page 544
 22.6 Replacing Substrings in Strings ......Page 547
 22.7 Other String Methods ......Page 549
 22.8 Wrap-Up......Page 551
 23.1 Test-Driving the Ticket Information App ......Page 559
 23.2 Files and Streams......Page 561
 23.3 Writing to a File—Creating the Write Event App ......Page 562
 23.4 Building the Ticket Information App ......Page 570
 23.5 Using LINQ and Class File to Extract Data from a Text File ......Page 578
 23.6 Wrap-Up......Page 582
 24.1 Test-Driving the Enhanced Car Payment Calculator App ......Page 591
 24.2 Introduction to Exception Handling......Page 594
 24.3 Exception Handling in Visual Basic......Page 595
 24.4 Constructing the Enhanced Car Payment Calculator App ......Page 596
 24.5 Additional Exception Handling Capabilities......Page 600
 24.6 Wrap-Up......Page 601
 25.1 Test-Driving the CheckWriter App ......Page 607
 25.2 GDI+ Introduction......Page 609
 25.3 Constructing the CheckWriter App ......Page 610
 25.5 Creating an Event Handler for the CheckWriter App ......Page 613
 Colors......Page 616
 Drawing Lines, Rectangles and Ovals......Page 617
 25.7 Printing Each Control of the CheckWriter App ......Page 618
 25.8 Font Class ......Page 620
 25.9 Previewing and Printing the Check ......Page 622
 25.10 Wrap-Up......Page 628
 26.1 Test-Driving the Painter App ......Page 636
 26.3 XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language)......Page 638
 26.4 Creating the Painter App’s GUI in WPF ......Page 639
 26.5 Constructing the Painter App ......Page 653
 26.6 Handling the MouseLeftButtonDown Event ......Page 655
 26.7 Handling the MouseLeftButtonUp Event ......Page 659
 26.8 Handling the MouseMove Event ......Page 660
 26.9 Handling Right Mouse Button Events ......Page 662
 26.10 Selecting Colors with RadioButtons ......Page 664
 26.11 Wrap-Up......Page 668
 27.1 Relational Databases......Page 679
 27.2 A Books Database......Page 681
 27.3 LINQ to SQL......Page 684
 27.4 Querying a Database with LINQ......Page 685
 Creating LINQ to SQL Classes......Page 686
 Data Bindings Between Controls and the LINQ to SQL Classes......Page 688
 27.5 Dynamically Binding Query Results......Page 691
 Creating the Display Query Results GUI......Page 692
 Coding the Display Query Results Application......Page 693
 27.6 Retrieving Data from Multiple Tables with LINQ......Page 695
 Creating the Master/Detail GUI......Page 699
 Coding the Master/Detail Application......Page 701
 27.8 Address Book Case Study......Page 704
 Creating the Address Book Application’s GUI......Page 705
 Coding the Address Book Application......Page 706
 27.9 Tools and Web Resources......Page 708
 27.10 Wrap-Up......Page 709
 Web App Development with ASP.NET......Page 716
 28.1 Web Basics......Page 717
 28.2 Multitier App Architecture......Page 718
 28.3 Your First Web App......Page 719
 Building the WebTime App......Page 721
 Examining WebTime.aspx’s Code-Behind File......Page 729
 28.4 Standard Web Controls: Designing a Form......Page 730
 28.5 Validation Controls......Page 734
 28.6 Session Tracking......Page 740
 Cookies......Page 741
 Session Tracking with HttpSessionState......Page 742
 28.7 Case Study: Database-Driven ASP.NET Guestbook......Page 749
 Options.aspx: Selecting a Programming Language......Page 744
 Recommendations.aspx: Displaying Recommendations Based onSession Values......Page 747
 Modifying the Code-Behind File for the Guestbook App......Page 754
 28.8 Wrap-Up......Page 755
 Examining the ASP.NET Web Site Template......Page 764
 Test-Driving the Completed App......Page 767
 Configuring the Website......Page 768
 Modifying the Default.aspx and About.aspx Pages......Page 771
 Customizing the Password-Protected Books.aspx Page......Page 775
 Ajax Web Apps......Page 780
 Testing an ASP.NET Ajax App......Page 781
 The ASP.NET Ajax Control Toolkit......Page 782
 Using Controls from the Ajax Control Toolkit......Page 783
 29.3 Wrap-Up......Page 786
A Operator Precedence Chart......Page 792
B ASCII Character Set ......Page 793
C GUI Design Guidelines ......Page 794
D Keyword Chart ......Page 798
E Primitive Data Types ......Page 800
 A......Page 802
 B......Page 803
 C......Page 804
 D......Page 805
 E......Page 807
 F......Page 808
 I......Page 809
 K......Page 810
 M......Page 811
 O......Page 813
 P......Page 814
 R......Page 815
 S......Page 816
 T......Page 818
 W......Page 819
 Y......Page 820
Index ......Page 821