Programming in Visual Basic.NET

Name: Programming in Visual Basic.NET
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ISBN: 9780072262155

ISBN-10: 007226215X

ISBN-13: 9780072262155

Edition: 2006

Authors: Julia Case Bradley, A. C. Millspaugh

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Julia Case Bradley is professor emeritus at Mt. San Antonio College. From 1978 until her retirement, she taught courses in introductory and advanced Visual Basic, Access programming, and Microsoft Office in the department of Computer Information Systems. She began writing BASIC textbooks in 1984 using MS-BASIC (GW-BASIC), and has authored or co-authored texts in Macintosh Basic, QuickBasic, QBasic, Visual Basic, the Internet, and desktop publishing using PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, and Publish It.

Anita Millspaugh teaches programming courses in Visual Basic, C++, and Java at Mt. San Antonio College and has served as chair of the department for 8 years. She received her MBA from California State Polytechnic University, with a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems. Anita has also led Great Teacher's Conferences for Mt. Sac and for California Vocational Faculty.




Introduction to Visual Basic .NET 2005


Writing Windows Applications with Visual Basic


The Windows Graphical User Interface


Programming Languages-Procedural, Event Driven, and Object Oriented


The Object Model


Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET


Writing Visual Basic Projects


The Three-Step Process


Visual Basic Application Files


The Visual Studio Environment


Default Environment Settings


The IDE Initial Screen


The New Project Dialog


The IDE Main Window


The Toolbars


The Document Window


The Form Designer


The Solution Explorer Window


The Properties Window


The Toolbox


Help


Design Time, Run Time, and Debug Time


Writing Your First Visual Basic Project


Set Up Your Workspace


Plan the Project


Define the User Interface


Set Properties


Write Code


Visual Basic Code Statements


Code the Event Procedures for Hello World


Run the Project


Save Your Work


Open the Project


Modify the Project


Print the Code


A Sample Printout


Finding and Fixing Errors


Syntax Errors


Run-Time Errors


Logic Errors


Project Debugging


Naming Rules and Conventions for Objects


Visual Studio Help


Installing and Running MSDN


Viewing Help Topics


Context-Sensitive Help


Managing Windows



User Interface Design


Introducing More Controls


Text Boxes


Masked Text Boxes


Group Boxes


Check Boxes


Radio Buttons


Picture Boxes


Setting a Border and Style


Drawing a Line


Working with Multiple Controls


Selecting Multiple Controls


Deselecting a Group of Controls


Moving Controls as a Group


Setting Properties for Multiple Controls


Aligning Controls


Designing Your Applications for User Convenience


Designing the User Interface


Defining Keyboard Access Keys


Setting the Accept and Cancel Buttons


Setting the Tab Order for Controls


Setting the Form's Location on the Screen


Creating ToolTips


Coding for the Controls


Clearing Text Boxes and Labels


Resetting the Focus


Setting the Checked Property of Radio Buttons and Check Boxes


Setting Visibility at Run Time


Changing the Color of Text


Changing Multiple Properties of a Control


Concatenating Text


Continuing Long Program Lines


Your Hands-On Programming Example


Good Programming Habits



Variables, Constants, and Calculations


Data-Variables and Constants


Data Types


Naming Rules


Naming Conventions


Constants: Named and Intrinsic


Declaring Variables


Scope and Lifetime of Variables


Calculations


Converting Strings to a Numeric Data Type


Arithmetic Operations


Order of Operations


Using Calculations in Code


Option Explicit and Option Strict


Converting between Numeric Data Types


Performing Calculations with Unlike Data Types


Rounding Numbers


Formatting Data for Display


Using Format Specifier Codes


Choosing the Controls for Program Output


A Calculation Programming Example


Planning the Project


The Project Coding Solution


Handling Exceptions


Try/Catch Blocks


Displaying Messages in Message Boxes


The TextMessage String


The Titlebar Text


MessageBoxButtons


MessageBoxIcon


Using Overloaded Methods


Testing Multiple Fields


Counting and Accumulating Sums


Summing Numbers


Counting


Calculating an Average


Your Hands-On Programming Example



Decisions and Conditions


If Statements


Charting If Statements


The Helpful Editor


Conditions


Comparing Numeric Variables and Constants


Comparing Strings


Testing for True or False


Comparing Uppercase and Lowercase Characters


Compound Conditions


Short-Circuit Operations


Nested If Statements


Using If Statements with Radio Buttons and Check Boxes


A "Simple Sample"


Checking the State of a Radio Button Group


Checking the State of Multiple Check Boxes


Enhancing Message Boxes


Displaying the Message String


Displaying Multiple Buttons


Input Validation


Checking for a Range of Values


Checking for a Required Field


Performing Multiple Validations


Limiting User Actions by Disabling Controls


The Case Structure


Sharing an Event Procedure


Calling Event Procedures


Your Hands-On Programming Example


Debugging Visual Basic Projects


Writing Debug Output


Pausing Execution with the Break All Button


Forcing a Break


Checking the Current Values of Expressions


Stepping through Code


The Locals Window


The Autos Window


Debugging Step-by-Step Tutorial



Menus, Common Dialog Boxes, Sub Procedures, and Function Procedures


Menus


Defining Menus


Creating a Menu-Step-by-Step


Coding for Menu Items


Standards for Windows Menus


Common Dialog Boxes


Displaying a Windows Common Dialog Box


Using the Information from the Dialog Box


Setting Initial Values


Creating Context Menus


Creating a Context Menu-Step-by-Step


Sharing Procedures


Writing General Procedures


Creating a New Sub Procedure


Passing Arguments to Procedures


Writing Function Procedures


Functions with Multiple Arguments


Breaking Calculations into Smaller Units


Basing a New Project on an Existing Project


Your Hands-On Programming Example



Multiform Projects


Using Multiple Forms


Creating New Forms


Adding and Removing Forms


An About Box


Using the About Box Template


Setting Assembly Information


A Splash Screen


Using the Splash Screen Template


Making the Splash Form Display First


Other Template Forms


Using the Methods and Events of Forms


Showing a Form


Hiding or Closing a Form


Responding to Form Events


The Sequence of Form Events


Writing Event Procedures for Selected Events


Holding the Splash Screen Display


Variables and Constants in Multiform Projects


Scope


Access Level


Lifetime


Namespaces


Declaration Summary for Variables and Constants


Guidelines for Declaring Variables and Constants


Running Your Program Outside the IDE


Your Hands-On Programming Example



Lists, Loops, and Printing


List Boxes and Combo Boxes


The Items Collection


Filling a List


The SelectedIndex Property


The Items.Count Property


Referencing the Items Collection


Removing an Item from a List


Clearing a List


List Box and Combo Box Events


Do/Loops


The Boolean Data Type Revisited


Using a Do/Loop with a List Box


For/Next Loops


Negative Increment or Counting Backward


Conditions Satisfied before Entry


Altering the Values of the Loop Control Variables


Endless Loops


Exiting Loops


Skipping to the Next Iteration of a Loop


Making Entries Appear Selected


Selecting the Entry in a Text Box


Selecting an Entry in a List Box


Sending Information to the Printer


The PrintDocument Component


Printing the Contents of a List Box


Printing the Selected Item from a List


Aligning Decimal Columns


Displaying a Print Preview


The Using Block


Printing Multiple Pages


Your Hands-On Programming Example



Arrays


Single-Dimension Arrays


Subscripts


Valid Subscripts


For Each/Next Statements


Structures


Declaring Variables Based on a Structure


Accessing the Elements in a Structure Variable


Including an Array in a Structure


Using Array Elements for Accumulators


Adding to the Correct Total


Debugging Array Programs


Table Lookup


Coding a Table Lookup


Using List Boxes with Arrays


Multidimensional Arrays


Initializing Two-Dimensional Arrays


Printing a Two-Dimensional Table


Summing a Two-Dimensional Table


Lookup Operation for Two-Dimensional Tables


Your Hands-On Programming Example



Programming with Visual Web Developer


Visual Basic and Web Programming


Client/Server Web Applications


Types of Web Sites


File System Web Sites


IIS Web Sites


Remote Sites and FTP Sites


Creating a Web Site


Web Page Files


Web Forms in the Visual Studio IDE


Creating Your First Web Form-Step-by-Step


Viewing the HTML Code


Controls


Event Handling


Files


Debugging


Testing in Other Browsers


Laying Out Web Forms


Using Tables for Layout


Including Images on Web Pages


Navigating Web Pages


Using Hyperlinks


Adding a Second Web Page


Using the Validator Controls


Maintaining State


Retaining the Contents of Controls


Retaining the Values of Variables


Managing Web Projects


Using the Copy Web Site Tool


Some Web Acronyms


Your Hands-On Programming Example



Accessing Database Files


Database Files


Visual Basic and Database Files


Database Terminology


XML Data


Using ADO.NET and Visual Basic


Data Access in Visual Studio 2005


Binding Sources


Table Adapters


Datasets


Creating a Database Application


A Windows Database Application-Step-By-Step


The Smart Tag


The Database Schema File


Binding Individual Data Fields


The Data Sources Window


Database Details Program-Step-By-Step


Selecting Records from a List


Converting to Combo Box Selection-Step-By-Step


Selecting Fields from the Table


Sorting the List Data


Choosing the Control Type for Fields


Selecting Records Using Web Forms


Security in Web Database Applications


Creating the Web Selection Application-Step-by-Step


Moving Database Projects


Your Hands-On Programming Example



Saving Data in Files


Creating Objects


Declaring an Object Variable


Instantiating an Object


Data Files


Data Files and Project Files


Data File Terminology


File Handling Using Streams


Writing Data in a File


Reading Data from a File


Using the File Common Dialog Box


OpenFileDialog Component Properties


Displaying the Open File Dialog Box


The Open and Write File Program


Saving the Contents of a List Box


Loading the List Box


Checking for Existence of the File


Saving the File


Querying the User to Save


The FormClosing Event Procedure


Your Hands-On Programming Example



OOP: Creating Object-Oriented Programs


Object-Oriented Programming


Objects


Object-Oriented Terminology


Reusable Classes


Multitier Applications


Classes


Designing Your Own Class


Creating Properties in a Class


Class Methods


Constructors and Destructors


Creating a New Class-Step-by-Step


Property Procedures with Mixed Access Levels


Creating a New Object Using a Class


Defining and Using a New Object-Step-by-Step


Instance Variables versus Shared Variables


Adding Shared Properties to the Step-by-Step Exercise


Destructors


Garbage Collection


Inheritance


Inheriting Properties and Methods


Constructors in Inheritance


Overriding Methods


Accessing Properties


Creating a Derived Class Based on BookSale


Adding Inheritance to the Step-by-Step Exercise


Creating a Base Class Strictly for Inheritance


Inheriting Form Classes


Managing Multiclass Projects


Adding an Existing Class File to a Project


Using the Object Browser


Examining VB Classes


Examining Your Own Classes


Your Hands-On Programming Example



Graphics, Animation, Sound, and Drag-and-Drop


Graphics in Windows and the Web


The Graphics Environment


Steps for Drawing Graphics


The Paint Event Procedure


Pen and Brush Objects


The Coordinate System


Graphics Methods


Random Numbers


Simple Animation


Displaying an Animated Graphic


Controlling Pictures at Run Time


Moving a Picture


The Timer Component


The Scroll Bar Controls


Scroll Bar Properties


Scroll Bar Events


A Programming Example


Playing Sounds


Adding Sound Files to the Resources for a Project


A Sound-Playing Program


Drag-and-Drop Programming


The Source Object


The Target Object


The Drag-and-Drop Program


Your Hands-On Programming Example



Additional Topics in Visual Basic


Advanced Validation Techniques


The ErrorProvider Component


The MaxLength and CharacterCasing Properties


Field-Level Validation


Capturing Keystrokes from the User


Using the Masked Text Box for Validation


Code Snippets and Samples


Code Snippets


Sample Projects


Multiple Document Interface


Creating an MDI Project


Adding a Window Menu


Toolbars and Status Bars


Toolbars


Status Bars


Some Helpful Date Controls


The Calendar Controls


Displaying Web Pages on a Windows Form


The WebBrowser Control


A WebBrowser Program


Checking for the Enter Key



Answers to Feedback Questions



Methods and Functions for Working with Dates, Financial Calculations, Mathematics, and String Operations


Working with Dates


The DateTime Structure


Retrieving the System Date and Time


Date Variables


Converting Values to a Date Format


Finding the Difference between Dates


Checking for the Day of the Week


Financial Functions


The Pmt Function


The Rate Function


Functions to Calculate Depreciation


Mathematical Functions


Working with Strings


Methods for Conversion between Data Types


Functions for Checking Validity


Functions for Formatting Output



Tips and Shortcuts for Mastering the Environment


Set Up the Screen for Your Convenience


Close or Hide Extra Windows


Use the Full Screen


Modify the Screen Layout


Split the Screen Vertically


Reset the IDE Layout


Set Options for Your Work


Use Shortcuts in the Form Designer


Use the Layout Toolbar


Nudge Controls into Place


Use Snap Lines to Help Align Controls


Use Shortcuts in the Editor


Use the Text Editor Toolbar


Use Keyboard Shortcuts When Editing Code


Split the Editor Window


Use Drag-and-Drop Editing


Drag Commonly Used Code to the Toolbox


Rename Variables and Objects


Use Context-Sensitive Help


Copy and Move Projects


Copy and Move a Project


Deploy Applications



.NET Security


Authentication and Authorization


IIS Authentication


Authorization and Impersonation


Writing Secure Code


SQL Injection


Error Messages


Code Access Security


Glossary


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