Visual Basic 2015 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself, 1st edition
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- James Foxall
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Part I: The Visual Basic 2015 Environment
Hour 1: Jumping in with Both Feet: A Visual Basic 2015 Programming Tour . 1
   Starting Visual Basic 2015 . . . . . . . . . . 2
   Creating a New Project . . . . . . . . . . 3
   Understanding the Visual Studio 2015 Environment . . . . . 6
   Changing the Characteristics of Objects . . . . . . . 7
   Adding Controls to a Form. . . . . . . . . 13
   Designing an Interface . . . . . . . . . . 15
   Writing the Code Behind an Interface. . . . . . . 20
   Running a Project . . . . . . . . . . . 24
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hour 2: Navigating Visual Basic 2015 . . . . . . . . 31
   Using the Visual Basic 2015 Start Page . . . . . . . 31
   Navigating and Customizing the Visual Basic Environment . . . 34
   Working with Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . 40
   Adding Controls to a Form Using the Toolbox . . . . . . 41
   Setting Object Properties Using the Properties Window . . . . 43
   Managing Projects . . . . . . . . . . . 50
   A Quick-and-Dirty Programming Primer. . . . . . . 57
   Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . 59
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 61
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Hour 3: Understanding Objects and Collections . . . . . . 63
   Understanding Objects . . . . . . . . . . 64
   Understanding Properties. . . . . . . . . . 64
   Understanding Methods. . . . . . . . . . 72
   Building a Simple Object Example Project . . . . . . . 73
   Understanding Collections . . . . . . . . . 79
   Using the Object Browser . . . . . . . . . . 82
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 85
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Hour 4: Understanding Events . . . . . . . . . . 87
   Understanding Event-Driven Programming . . . . . . 87
   Building an Event Example Project . . . . . . . . 97
   Keeping Event Names Current . . . . . . . . 103
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 104
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Part II: Building a User Interface
Hour 5: Building Forms: The Basics . . . . . . . . 107
   Changing a Form’s Name . . . . . . . . . 108
   Changing a Form’s Appearance . . . . . . . . 109
   Showing and Hiding Forms . . . . . . . . . 122
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 129
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Hour 6: Building Forms: Advanced Techniques . . . . . . 131
   Working with Controls . . . . . . . . . . 131
   Creating Topmost Nonmodal Windows. . . . . . . 151
   Creating Transparent Forms . . . . . . . . . 151
   Creating Scrollable Forms . . . . . . . . . 152
   Creating MDI Forms . . . . . . . . . . 154
   Setting the Startup Form . . . . . . . . . 158
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 160
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Hour 7: Working with Traditional Controls . . . . . . . 163
   Displaying Static Text with the Label Control. . . . . . 163
   Allowing Users to Enter Text Using a Text Box. . . . . . 164
   Creating Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . 172
   Creating Containers and Groups of Option Buttons . . . . . 176
   Displaying a List with the List Box . . . . . . . . 180
   Creating Drop-Down Lists Using the Combo Box . . . . . 188
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 191
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Hour 8: Using Advanced Controls. . . . . . . . . 193
   Creating Timers . . . . . . . . . . . 193
   Creating Tabbed Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . 197
   Storing Pictures in an Image List Control . . . . . . 200
   Building Enhanced Lists Using the List View Control . . . . 202
   Creating Hierarchical Lists Using the Tree View Control . . . . 207
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 212
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Hour 9: Adding Menus and Toolbars to Forms . . . . . . 215
   Building Menus . . . . . . . . . . . 215
   Using the Toolbar Control . . . . . . . . . 229
   Creating a Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . 235
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 238
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Part III: Making Things Happen—Programming
Hour 10: Creating and Calling Code Procedures . . . . . . 239
   Creating Visual Basic Code Modules . . . . . . . 239
   Writing Code Procedures . . . . . . . . . 242
   Calling Code Procedures . . . . . . . . . 248
   Exiting Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . 254
   Avoiding Infinite Recursion . . . . . . . . . 255
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 257
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Hour 11: Using Constants, Data Types, Variables, and Arrays . . . . 259
   Understanding Data Types. . . . . . . . . 260
   Defining and Using Constants . . . . . . . . 263
   Declaring and Referencing Variables . . . . . . . 266
   Working with Arrays . . . . . . . . . . 273
   Determining Scope . . . . . . . . . . 276
   Declaring Variables of Static Scope . . . . . . . . 281
   Using Variables in Your Picture Viewer Project. . . . . . 282
   Renaming Variables . . . . . . . . . . 286
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 288
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Hour 12: Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments . .. 291
   Performing Basic Arithmetic Operations with Visual Basic . . . 291
   Comparing Equalities . . . . . . . . . . 295
   Understanding Boolean Logic. . . . . . . . . 296
   Manipulating Strings. . . . . . . . . . 298
   Working with Dates and Times . . . . . . . . 304
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 310
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Hour 13: Making Decisions in Visual Basic Code . . . . . . 313
   Making Decisions Using If...Then. . . . . . . 313
   Branching Within a Procedure Using GoTo . . . . . . 324
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 327
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Hour 14: Looping for Efficiency . . . . . . . . . 329
   Looping a Specific Number of Times Using For...Next . . . . 329
   Using Do...Loop to Loop an Indeterminate Number of Times . . . 336
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 342
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Hour 15: Debugging Your Code . . . . . . . . . 343
   Adding Comments to Your Code . . . . . . . . 344
   Identifying the Two Basic Types of Errors . . . . . . 346
   Using Visual Basic’s Debugging Tools . . . . . . . 349
   Breaking Only When a Condition Is Met. . . . . . . 358
   Breaking Only When a Breakpoint Is Hit a Certain Number of Times . 359
   Sending Messages to the Output Window Using Tracepoints. . . 360
   Writing an Error Handler Using Try...Catch...Finally . . . 360
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 368
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Hour 16: Designing Objects Using Classes . . . . . . . 371
   Understanding Classes. . . . . . . . . . 372
   Instantiating Objects from Classes . . . . . . . . 381
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 388
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Hour 17: Interacting with Users . . . . . . . . . 391
   Displaying Messages Using the MessageBox.Show() Function. . . 391
   Creating Custom Dialog Boxes. . . . . . . . 398
   Using InputBox() to Get Information from a User . . . . . 401
   Interacting with the Keyboard . . . . . . . . 404
   Using the Common Mouse Events . . . . . . . . 406
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 410
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Hour 18: Working with Graphics . . . . . . . . . 413
   Understanding the Graphics Object . . . . . . . 413
   Working with Pens . . . . . . . . . . 416
   Using System Colors . . . . . . . . . . 417
   Working with Rectangles . . . . . . . . . 421
   Drawing Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . 422
   Drawing Text . . . . . . . . . . . 423
   Persisting Graphics on a Form . . . . . . . . 425
   Building a Graphics Project Example . . . . . . . 425
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 432
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Part IV: Working with Data
Hour 19: Performing File Operations . . . . . . . . 435
   Using the OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog Controls . . . 435
   Manipulating Files with the File Object. . . . . . . 443
   Manipulating Directories with the Directory Object . . . . 452
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 454
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Hour 20: Working with the Registry and Text Files . . . . . . 457
   Working with the Registry . . . . . . . . . 457
   Reading and Writing Text Files . . . . . . . . 470
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 481
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Hour 21: Working with a Database . . . . . . . . 483
   Introducing ADO.NET . . . . . . . . . . 484
   Manipulating Data . . . . . . . . . . 491
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 503
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Hour 22: Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
   Preparing the Picture Viewer Project . . . . . . . 506
   Printing and Previewing a Document . . . . . . . 509
   Changing Printer and Page Settings . . . . . . . 519
   Scaling Images to Fit a Page . . . . . . . . . 522
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 528
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Hour 23: Sending Emails. . . . . . . . . . 529
   Understanding the Classes Used to
   Send Emails . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
   Sending Email from Your Picture Viewer Application . . . . 530
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 544
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Part V: Deploying Solutions and Beyond
Hour 24: Deploying Applications . . . . . . . . . 545
   Understanding ClickOnce Technology. . . . . . . 545
   Using the Publish Wizard to Create a ClickOnce Application . . . 547
   Testing Your Picture Viewer ClickOnce Install Program . . . . 552
   Uninstalling an Application You’ve Distributed . . . . . 553
   Setting Advanced Options for Creating ClickOnce Programs. . . 556
   Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
   Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
   Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . 557
   Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . 558
Appendix A: The 10,000-Foot View . . . . . . . . 559
TOC, 9780672337451, 7/19/2015
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