Starting Out with Visual Basic 2005

Name: Starting Out with Visual Basic 2005
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ISBN: 9780321393999

ISBN-10: 0321393996

ISBN-13: 9780321393999

Edition: 3rd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Tony Gaddis, Kip Irvine

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Tony Gaddiss accessible, step-by-step style is the approach students with no prior programming experience can follow and understand as they build their programming skills. An abundance of hands-on tutorials, case studies, and programming exercises gives students the practical tools needed to learn introductory programming concepts. In Starting Out With Visual Basic 2005, Gaddis and Irvine take a problem-solving approach, motivating students to understand the logic behind developing quality programs while introducing the Visual Basic 2005 language. As students become familiar with each programming concept, they will learn how, why, and when to use various controls, constructs, and…

Book details

List price: $100.60
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 880
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.784
Language: English

Kip Irvine has written four computer programming textbooks, for Intel Assembly Language, C++, Visual Basic, and COBOL. His "Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers" has been translated to six languages, and has been a best seller since 1990. Kip grew up in Hawaii as a surfer, sailor, and surfboard maker. He studied classical guitar and music composition at University of Hawaii, eventually earning his music doctorate from the University of Miami. He began programming computers for music synthesis around 1982, and taught at Miami-Dade Community College. He has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Miami, and is currently on the computer science faculty at Florida… International University.



Contents


Preface



Introduction to Programming and Visual Basic 2005



Computer Systems: Hardware and Software



Programs and Programming Languages



Running an application that demonstrates objects



Running an application that demonstrates event procedures



More about Controls and Programming



Running an application that demonstrates various controls



The Programming Process



Visual Studio and Visual Basic Express (the Visual Basic Environment)



Starting Visual Studio



Opening the Design, Solution Explorer, Dynamic Help, and Properties windows in Visual Studio



Getting familiar with Visual Studio



Creating Applications with Visual Basic



Focus on Problem Solving: Building the Directions Application



Beginning the Directions application



Adding a Label control



Setting the Labels TextAlign property



Changing the Labels font size and style



Deleting a control



Inserting a PictureBox control



Saving and running the application



Closing a Visual Basic project



Opening an existing project



Using the Object box, Alphabetical button, and Categorized button



Focus on Problem Solving: Responding to Events



Placing the lblDirections, btnDisplayDirections, and btnExit controls



Writing event procedures for the Directions application



Changing the text colors



Setting the FormBorderStyle property and locking the controls



Modifying the Text Property with Code



Examining an application that displays messages



The AutoSize, BorderStyle, and TextAlign Properties



Clickable Images



Writing Click event procedures for PictureBox controls



Using Visual Basic Help



Using Visual Basic Help



Debugging Your Application



Locating a compile error in Design mode



Input, Variables, Exceptions, and Calculations



Gathering Text Input



Using a TextBox control



Building the Date String application



Using the Focus method



Changing the tab order



Setting access keys, accept, and cancel buttons



Variables



Assigning text to a variable



Performing Calculations and Working with Numbers



Examining a Simple Calculator application



Exception Handling



Salary Calculation program with exception handling



Formatting Numbers for Output



Examining the Format Demo application



Group Boxes and the Load Event Procedure



Focus on Program Design and Problem Solving: Building the Room Charge Calculator Application



Beginning the Room Charge Calculator application



Changing a labels colors



More about Debugging: Locating Logic Errors



Single-stepping through an applications execution



Making Decisions and Working with Strings



The Decision Structure



The If...Then Statement



Examining an application that uses the If...Then statement



The If...Then...Else Statement



Completing an application that uses the If...Then...Else statement



The If...Then...ElseIf Statement



Completing an application that uses the If...Then...ElseIf state