Visual Basic.Net Programming (Paperback)

Introduction xxi Chapter 1: Understanding Visual Basic .NET 1 Chapter 2: Introducing Projects, Forms, and Buttons 21 Chapter 3: Building a User Interface 51 Chapter 4: Working with Windows Form Properties 85 Chapter 5: Events and the Life Cycle of Forms 113 Chapter 6: Working with Form Methods and Modules 129 Chapter 7: Working with Windows Forms Controls 159 Chapter 8: Adding StatusBars, ToolBars, ToolTips, and Tabbed Dialogs 193 Chapter 9: Working with Common Dialogs 209 Chapter 10: Using Timers, EventLogs, and ServiceControllers 229 Chapter 11: Creating Menus 251 Chapter 12: Printing from an Application 275 Chapter 13: Errors, Exceptions, and Debugging 285 Chapter 14: Using the Object Browser 313 Chapter 15: Object-Oriented Programming in VB .NET 325 Chapter 16: Creating Windows Controls 357 Chapter 17: Working with Data and ADO.NET 373 Chapter 18: Working with XML 399 Chapter 19: Building ASP.NET Web Applications 421 Chapter 20: Deploying Applications 453 Appendix A: Using VB .NET's Help System 473 Appendix B: Migrating Applications from VB6 to VB .NET 481 Appendix C: Key Syntax Differences Between VB6 and VB .NET 487 Appendix D: VB .NET Keywords 491 Appendix E: Selected VB .NET Namespaces and Classes 493 Index 497