Publisher's Synopsis
Get on the fast track to professional application development with Visual Basic .NET 2003. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamentals-using step-by-step exercises, code samples, optimization tips, and real-world advice to accelerate your productivity. Work at your own pace, learning core programming skills by selecting just the chapters and lessons you need. Upgrade your Visual Basic 6 applications quickly with the help of "Upgrade Notes" sidebars, a special upgrading index, and insights into the enhanced Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Wizard. It's everything you need to start creating .NET-connected software now!
Discover how to:
- Create a compelling user interface with Toolbox controls, menus, and dialog boxes
- Use methods in the .NET Framework 1.1 class libraries
- Utilize the new debugging tools and structured error handlers to build robust code
- Manage data in your programs using collections, arrays, and string processing techniques
- Automate Microsoft Office applications and manage processes
- Manage Windows Forms and create graphics and animation effects
- Use inheritance and other new object-oriented programming capabilities
- Write custom code for printers and dialog boxes for printing
- Manage Access databases and create custom database applications with Microsoft ADO.NET
- Display HTML documents using Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Use Web Forms to build Internet interfaces
- Deploy Visual Basic .NET applications
- Port Visual Basic 6 programs to Visual Basic .NET
CD features:
- Code examples in Visual Basic .NET 2003
- All the book's practice files
- Fully searchable eBook
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.
