Programming Visual Basic .Net (Paperback, 2nd)

Preface

1. Introduction
What Is the Microsoft .NET Framework?
What Is Visual Basic .NET?
An Example Visual Basic .NET Program

2. The Visual Basic .NET Language
Source Files
Identifiers
Keywords
Literals
Types
Namespaces
Symbolic Constants
Variables
Scope
Access Modifiers
Assignment
Operators and Expressions
Statements
Classes
Interfaces
Structures
Enumerations
Exceptions
Delegates
Events
Standard Modules
Attributes
Conditional Compilation
Summary

3. The .NET Framework
Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) and Common Language Runtime (CLR)
Common Type System (CTS)
Portions of the CLI
Modules and Assemblies
Application Domains
Common Language Specification (CLS)
Intermediate Language (IL) and Just-In-Time (JIT) Compilation
Metadata
Memory Management and Garbage Collection
A Brief Tour of the .NET Framework Namespaces
Configuration
Summary

4. Windows Forms I: Developing Desktop Applications
Creating a Form
Handling Form Events
Relationships Between Forms
MDI Applications
Component Attributes
2-D Graphics Programming with GDI+
Printing
Summary

5. Windows Forms II: Controls, Common Dialog Boxes, and Menus
Common Controls and Components
Control Events
Form and Control Layout
Common Dialog Boxes
Menus
Creating a Control
Summary

6. ASP.NET and Web Forms: Developing Browser-Based Applications
Creating a Web Form
Handling Page Events
More About Server Controls
Adding Validation
Using Directives to Modify Web Page Compilation
ASP.NET Objects: Interacting with the Framework
Discovering Browser Capabilities
Maintaining State
Application-Level Code and global.asax
Web-Application Security
Designing Custom Controls
Summary

7. Web Services
Creating a Web Service
Testing a Web Service with a Browser
Web-Service Descriptions
Consuming a Web Service
Web-Service Discovery
Limitations of Web Services
Summary

8. ADO.NET: Developing Database Applications
A Brief History of Universal Data Access
Managed Providers
Connecting to a SQL Server Database
Connecting to an OLE DB Data Source
Reading Data into a DataSet
Relations Between DataTables in a DataSet
The DataSet's XML Capabilities
Binding a DataSet to a Windows Forms DataGrid
Binding a DataSet to a Web Forms DataGrid
Typed DataSets
Reading Data Using a DataReader
Executing Stored ProceduresThrough a SqlCommand Object
Summary

A. Custom Attributes Defined in the System Namespace

B. Exceptions Defined in the System Namespace

C. Cultures

D. Resources for Developers

E. Math Functions

Index