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| About the Author | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| Overview of Visual Basic Programming and the Visual Basic Development Environment | |
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| An Overview of Visual Basic Application Development | |
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| The Visual Basic Development Environment | |
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| Working with WinForms | |
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| WinForms and the .NET Framework | |
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| Controls and Their Uses | |
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| Controls and the .NET Framework | |
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| Adding Controls to Your Forms | |
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| Moving Controls on a Form | |
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| Resizing Controls on a Form | |
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| Labels | |
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| Text Boxes and Rich Text Boxes | |
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| Buttons | |
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| List Boxes and Combo Boxes | |
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| Radio Buttons | |
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| Check Boxes | |
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| Timers | |
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| New .NET Controls | |
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| Message and Input Boxes | |
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| Using Multiple Controls Together: A Sample Application | |
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| Third-Party Scientific Controls | |
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| Variables, Data Types, and Operators | |
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| Data Types in VB .NET | |
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| Strings | |
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| The Char Data Type | |
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| Numerical Data Types | |
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| Guidelines for Choosing the Appropriate Numerical Data Type | |
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| Numerical Operators | |
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| The Boolean Data Type | |
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| Private and Public Variables | |
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| Static Variables | |
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| Arrays and Loop Structures | |
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| One-Dimensional Arrays | |
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| Multidimensional Arrays | |
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| The Erase Statement | |
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| For...Next Loops | |
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| Nested For...Next Loops | |
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| Gaussian Elimination | |
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| Indeterminate Loops (Do...Loops) | |
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| Nested Loops Revisited | |
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| Built-in Functions | |
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| Conversion Functions | |
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| String Functions | |
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| Mathematical Functions | |
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| UCalc Fast Math Parser | |
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| MatrixVB | |
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| Writing Your Own Functions and Procedures | |
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| Custom Functions | |
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| The Trapezoidal Rule | |
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| Custom Procedures | |
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| Passing Arrays and Array Elements into Procedures and Functions | |
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| Passing By Reference and By Value | |
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| Functions and Procedure with Optional Arguments | |
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| Getting Data from External Sources | |
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| File Commands | |
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| File-Handling Functions | |
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| Basic Sequential File Handling | |
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| New VB .NET File-Handling Methods | |
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| The MSComm Control | |
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| Programming Your Own Spreadsheets | |
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| The MSFlexGrid Control | |
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| Entering Text into MSFlexGrid Cells | |
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| Working with Excel Data | |
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| Getting Your Grids to Dynamically Respond | |
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| Scientific Graphics | |
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| The MSChart Control | |
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| The Flipper CAD Control | |
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| The System. Drawing Namespace | |
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| Debugging and Error Handling | |
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| Making Use of Microsoft's IntelliSense Technology | |
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| Compile as You Go Technology | |
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| Testing for Errors | |
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| Grammatical Errors | |
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| Logical Errors | |
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| VB Debugging Tools | |
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| Dr. Watson | |
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| Error Handling | |
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| Packaging and Deploying Your Application | |
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| First Steps | |
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| The Setup Wizard | |
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| Final Steps | |
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| Mathematical Modeling | |
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| Defining the Problem | |
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| Defining Variables and Parameters | |
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| Relating Variables and Parameters | |
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| Degree of Freedom Analysis | |
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| Mathematical Modeling of a Chemical Plant | |
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| Bioinformatics | |
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| Predicting Protein Sequences | |
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| Restriction Mapping | |
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| Web-Based Applications | |
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| Web Forms and the .NET Framework | |
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| Server Controls | |
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| Events and Web-Based Applications | |
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| A Simple Web-Based Application | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Index | |