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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Introduction to Visual Basic .NET | |
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| What Is Visual Basic .NET? | |
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| Visual Basic .NET Defined | |
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| Visual Basic .NET Is a Programming Language | |
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| Visual Basic .NET Is Used for Writing Windows Applications | |
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| Windows Applications Are Gooey | |
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| Windows Applications Are Event-Driven | |
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| The Visual Basic .NET Programming Language Is Object-Oriented | |
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| Properties | |
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| Methods | |
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| Events | |
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| Programming with Class | |
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| It's Not Just Visual Basic, It's Visual Basic .NET | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Create A Visual Basic .NET Program Without Writing Code | |
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| The .NET Framework | |
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| Before You Install Visual Studio .NET | |
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| Visual Studio .NET Versions | |
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| Visual Studio .NET System Requirements | |
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| Installing Visual Studio .NET | |
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| Starting and Customizing Visual Studio .NET | |
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| Creating a Windows Application | |
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| The Code Behind the Scenes | |
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| Class and Inherits Statements | |
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| New Method | |
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| Initialize Component Method | |
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| Dispose Method | |
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| Region Directive | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Event Procedures, Properties, and Controls | |
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| Event Procedures | |
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| When Are Event Procedures Necessary? | |
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| Using the IDE to Create an Event Procedure | |
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| Writing Code Inside the Event Procedure | |
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| Viewing and Changing Properties | |
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| Using the Forms Designer to View and Change Properties | |
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| Viewing and Changing Properties Through Code | |
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| Adding Controls to the Form | |
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| The Toolbox | |
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| Copying the Control from the Toolbox to the Form | |
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| Changing the Control's Size and Location Using the Forms Designer | |
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| The Code Behind the Scenes | |
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| Using the Label Control | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Programming Building Blocks: Variables, Data Types, and Operators | |
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| Variables and Data Types | |
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| Data Types | |
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| Bits and Bytes | |
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| Numeric Data Types | |
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| Character Data Types | |
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| Miscellaneous Data Types | |
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| Default Values | |
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| Variables | |
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| Option Explicit | |
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| Option Strict | |
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| Scope | |
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| Declaring a Variable | |
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| Shared Variable | |
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| Constants | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Assignment and Arithmetic Operators | |
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| The Assignment Operator | |
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| The Location of the Assignment Statement | |
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| The Left Side of the Assignment Statement | |
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| The Right Side of the Assignment Statement | |
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| Type Conversions | |
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| Widening Conversions | |
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| Narrowing Conversions | |
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| The Effect of Option Strict on Conversions | |
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| Type Conversion Keywords | |
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| Arithmetic Operators | |
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| The Division Operators | |
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| Concatenation Operators | |
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| Type Conversions Revisited | |
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| Operator Precedence | |
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| Combining Arithmetic and Assignment Operators | |
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| Change Machine Project | |
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| The InputBox Function and Return Value | |
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| The Algorithm | |
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| Outputting the Result | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Comparison and Logical Operators | |
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| Comparison Operators | |
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| Comparing Objects | |
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| Comparing Strings | |
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| Precedence | |
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| Logical Operators | |
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| The And Operator | |
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| The AndAlso Operator | |
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| The Or Operator | |
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| The OrElse Operator | |
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| The Xor Operator | |
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| The Not Operator | |
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| Precedence | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Controlling the Flow of the Program | |
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| Control Structures | |
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| If Statements | |
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| The If...Then Statement | |
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| The If...Then...Else Statement | |
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| The IIf Function | |
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| The If...Elself Statement | |
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| Controls Used for If Statements | |
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| CheckBox Control | |
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| RadioButton Control | |
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| Tuition Calculator | |
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| The Select Case Statement | |
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| Arithmetic Calculator | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Loops and Arrays | |
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| Loop Structures | |
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| The For...Next Statement | |
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| The While...End While Statement | |
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| The Do Statement | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Declaring an Array | |
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| Useful Array Functions, Properties, and Methods | |
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| Resizing an Array | |
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| The For Each...Next Statement | |
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| Day of Week Calculator | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Procedures | |
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| Types of Procedures | |
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| Built-in vs. Programmer-defined Procedures | |
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| Methods Contrasted | |
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| Subroutines | |
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| Declaring a Subroutine | |
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| Calling the Subroutine | |
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| Arguments | |
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| Functions | |
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| Declaring Functions | |
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| Calling Functions | |
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| More on Arguments | |
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| Passing Arguments ByVal and ByRef | |
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| Optional Arguments | |
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| Parameter Arrays | |
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| Procedure Overloading | |
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| Calculator, Version 2 | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| The User Interface | |
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| Helper Forms | |
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| Message Boxes | |
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| Message Boxes | |
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| Dialog Boxes | |
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| Dialog Box | |
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| Owned Forms | |
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| Owned Form | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Menus and Toolbars | |
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| Menus | |
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| Creating a Menu | |
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| Add Functionality to the Menu Items | |
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| Enhancing the Menu | |
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| Disabling Items on Windows Forms Menus | |
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| Context Menu | |
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| Creating a Context Menu | |
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| Adding Items to the Context Menu | |
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| Add Functionality to the Menu Items | |
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| Toolbars | |
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| Adding the Toolbar and Buttons | |
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| Defining an Icon for a Toolbar Button | |
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| Adding Functionality to the Toolbar | |
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| Text Editor | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Error Handling and Prevention | |
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| Structured Exception Handling and Debugging | |
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| Structured Exception Handling | |
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| Exceptions | |
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| Structured vs. Unstructured Exception Handling | |
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| The Try...Catch...Finally Statement | |
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| Illegal Division | |
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| Exception Classes | |
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| Debugging | |
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| Break Mode | |
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| Starting Debugging | |
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| Controlling the Flow During Debugging | |
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| Debugging Tools | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mastery Check | |
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| Answers to Mastery Checks | |
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| What Is Visual Basic .NET? | |
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| Create A Visual Basic .NET Program Without Writing Code | |
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| Event Procedures, Properties, and Controls | |
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| Variables and Data Type | |
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| Assignment and Arithmetic Operators | |
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| Comparison and Logical Operators | |
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| Control Structures | |
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| Loops and Arrays | |
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| Procedures | |
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| Helper Forms | |
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| Menus and Toolbars | |
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| Structured Exception Handling and Debugging | |
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| Index | |