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| Introduction | |
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| Creating a Visual Basic .NET Program | |
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| How Visual Basic .NET Works | |
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| Using the Visual Basic .NET User Interface | |
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| Designing Your First User Interface | |
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| Writing BASIC Code | |
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| Creating User Interfaces | |
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| User Interface Design 101 | |
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| Designing Forms | |
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| Boxes and Buttons for Making Choices | |
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| Text Boxes and Labels for Typing and Showing Words | |
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| Showing Choices with List and Combo Boxes | |
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| Fine-Tuning the Appearance of Your User Interface | |
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| Making Menus | |
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| Creating and Editing Pull-Down Menus | |
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| Submenus, Growing Menus, and Pop-Up Menus | |
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| Showing Dialog Boxes | |
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| The Basics of Writing Code | |
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| Writing Event-Handling Procedures | |
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| Using Variables | |
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| Getting Data from the User | |
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| Math 101: Arithmetic, Logical, and Comparison Operators | |
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| Strings and Things | |
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| Defining Constants and Using Comments | |
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| Storing Stuff in Data Structures | |
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| Killing Bugs | |
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| Making Decisions and Getting Loopy | |
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| Making Decisions with If-Then Statements | |
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| The Select Case Statement | |
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| Repeating Yourself with Loops | |
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| For-Next Loops That Can Count | |
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| Nested Loops and Quick Exits | |
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| Writing Subprograms (So You Don't Go Crazy All at Once) | |
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| General Procedures (Subprograms That Everyone Can Share) | |
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| Passing Arguments | |
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| Functions, a Unique Type of Subprogram | |
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| Understanding Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| What the Heck Is Object-Oriented Programming? | |
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| Getting Some Class with Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| Using Inheritance and Overloading | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| Ten Visual Basic .NET Topics That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else | |
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| (Almost) Ten Tips for Using the Visual Basic .NET User Interface | |
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| Index | |