- Copyright
- Dear Reader,
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- 1. Visual Basic: The Language
- 1. Getting Started with Visual Basic 2010
- 1.1. Exploring the Integrated Development Environment
- 1.2. Creating Your First VB Application
- 1.3. Understanding the IDE Components
- 1.3.1. The IDE Menus
- 1.3.2. The Toolbox Window
- 1.3.3. The Solution Explorer Window
- 1.3.4. The Properties Window
- 1.3.5. The Output Window
- 1.3.6. The Command and Immediate Windows
- 1.3.7. The Error List Window
- 1.4. Setting Environment Options
- 1.5. Building a Console Application
- 1.6. Using Code Snippets
- 1.7. Using the My Component
- 1.8. The Bottom Line
- 2. Handling Data
- 2.1. Variables
- 2.1.1. Declaring Variables
- 2.1.2. Types of Variables
- 2.1.3. The Strict, Explicit, and Infer Options
- 2.1.4. Object Variables
- 2.2. Variables as Objects
- 2.3. Constants
- 2.4. Arrays
- 2.5. The Bottom Line
- 2.1. Variables
- 3. Visual Basic Programming Essentials
- 3.1. Flow-Control Statements
- 3.2. Writing and Using Procedures
- 3.3. Arguments
- 3.4. The Bottom Line
- 1. Getting Started with Visual Basic 2010
- 2. Developing Windows Applications
- 4. GUI Design and Event-Driven Programming
- 5. Basic Windows Controls
- 5.1. The TextBox Control
- 5.2. The ListBox, CheckedListBox, and ComboBox Controls
- 5.3. The ScrollBar and TrackBar Controls
- 5.4. The Bottom Line
- 6. Working with Forms
- 6.1. The Appearance of Forms
- 6.1.1. Properties of the Form Object
- 6.1.1.1. AcceptButton, CancelButton
- 6.1.1.2. AutoScaleMode
- 6.1.1.3. AutoScroll
- 6.1.1.4. AutoScrollPosition
- 6.1.1.5. AutoScrollMargin
- 6.1.1.6. AutoScrollMinSize
- 6.1.1.7. FormBorderStyle
- 6.1.1.8. ControlBox
- 6.1.1.9. MinimizeBox, MaximizeBox
- 6.1.1.10. MinimumSize, MaximumSize
- 6.1.1.11. KeyPreview
- 6.1.1.12. SizeGripStyle
- 6.1.1.13. StartPosition, Location
- 6.1.1.14. TopMost
- 6.1.1.15. Size
- 6.1.2. Placing Controls on Forms
- 6.1.3. Setting the TabIndex Property
- 6.1.4. VB 2010 at Work: The Contacts Project
- 6.1.5. Anchoring and Docking
- 6.1.6. Splitting Forms into Multiple Panes
- 6.1.7. Form Events
- 6.1.1. Properties of the Form Object
- 6.2. Loading and Showing Forms
- 6.3. Building Dynamic Forms at Runtime
- 6.4. Designing Menus
- 6.5. The Bottom Line
- 6.1. The Appearance of Forms
- 7. More Windows Controls
- 7.1. The Common Dialog Controls
- 7.1.1. Using the Common Dialog Controls
- 7.1.2. The ColorDialog Control
- 7.1.3. The FontDialog Control
- 7.1.4. The OpenDialog and SaveDialog Controls
- 7.1.4.1. AddExtension
- 7.1.4.2. CheckFileExists
- 7.1.4.3. CheckPathExists
- 7.1.4.4. DefaultExt
- 7.1.4.5. DereferenceLinks
- 7.1.4.6. FileName
- 7.1.4.7. Filter
- 7.1.4.8. FilterIndex
- 7.1.4.9. InitialDirectory
- 7.1.4.10. RestoreDirectory
- 7.1.4.11. FileNames
- 7.1.4.12. MultiSelect
- 7.1.4.13. ReadOnlyChecked, ShowReadOnly
- 7.1.4.14. The OpenFile and SaveFile Methods
- 7.1.4.15. VB 2010 at Work: Multiple File Selection
- 7.1.5. The FolderBrowserDialog Control
- 7.2. The RichTextBox Control
- 7.3. The TreeView and ListView Controls
- 7.4. The Bottom Line
- 7.1. The Common Dialog Controls
- 3. Working with Custom Classes and Controls
- 8. Working with Objects
- 8.1. Classes and Objects
- 8.2. What Is a Class?
- 8.3. Building the Minimal Class
- 8.4. A "Real" Class
- 8.5. Operator Overloading
- 8.6. The Bottom Line
- 9. Building Custom Windows Controls
- 10. Applied Object-Oriented Programming
- 10.1. Issues in Object-Oriented Programming
- 10.2. Inheritance
- 10.3. Extension Methods
- 10.4. Polymorphism
- 10.5. Who Can Inherit What?
- 10.6. The Bottom Line
- 8. Working with Objects
- 4. Working with the .NET Framework
- 11. The Framework at Large
- 12. Storing Data in Collections
- 13. XML in Modern Programming
- 14. An Introduction to LINQ
- 5. Developing Data-Driven Applications
- 15. Programming with ADO.NET
- 15.1. What Is a Database?
- 15.2. SQL: An Overview
- 15.2.1. Executing SQL Statements
- 15.2.2. Selection Queries
- 15.2.2.1. Limiting the Selection with WHERE
- 15.2.2.2. Combining Data from Multiple Tables
- 15.2.2.3. Aliasing Table Names
- 15.2.2.4. Aliasing Column Names
- 15.2.2.5. Skipping Duplicates with DISTINCT
- 15.2.2.6. The LIKE Operator
- 15.2.2.7. Null Values and the ISNULL Function
- 15.2.2.8. Sorting the Rows with ORDER BY
- 15.2.3. Working with Calculated Fields
- 15.2.4. Calculating Aggregates
- 15.2.5. Using SQL Joins
- 15.2.6. Grouping Rows
- 15.3. Action Queries
- 15.4. Stream- versus Set-Based Data Access
- 15.5. The Basic Data-Access Classes
- 15.6. The Bottom Line
- 16. Developing Data-Driven Applications
- 16.1. Using Business Objects
- 16.2. Storing Data in DataSets
- 16.3. Performing Update Operations
- 16.4. VB 2010 at Work: The SimpleDataSet Project
- 16.5. The Bottom Line
- 17. Using the Entity Data Model
- 17.1. The Entity Framework: Raising the Data Abstraction Bar
- 17.1.1. How Will You Benefit from the Entity Framework?
- 17.1.2. Entity Data Model: Model-First Approach
- 17.1.2.1. Using the EDM Designer
- 17.1.2.2. Creating a New Entity Data Model
- 17.1.2.3. Connecting the EDM to a Database
- 17.1.2.4. Creating an Entity
- 17.1.2.5. Creating a Primary Key
- 17.1.2.6. Creating a Scalar Property
- 17.1.2.7. Entity Data Model Under the Hood
- 17.1.2.8. Adding an Inheritance Relationship Between Entities
- 17.1.2.9. Adding a Complex Property to an Entity
- 17.1.2.10. Adding a One-to-Many Association
- 17.1.2.11. Adding a Many-to-Many Association
- 17.1.2.12. Generate the Database Structure
- 17.2. Putting the EDM to Work
- 17.3. Reverse-Engineering an Entity Data Model
- 17.4. The Bottom Line
- 17.1. The Entity Framework: Raising the Data Abstraction Bar
- 18. Building Data-Bound Applications
- 18.1. Working with Typed DataSets
- 18.2. Data Binding
- 18.3. Designing Data-Driven Interfaces the Easy Way
- 18.4. The Bottom Line
- 15. Programming with ADO.NET
- 6. Developing for the Web
- 19. Accessing the Web
- 19.1. The WebBrowser Control
- 19.2. Accessing the Web with the WebClient and HttpWebRequest/Response Classes
- 19.3. Putting It All Together: The Address Visualization Form
- 19.4. The Bottom Line
- 20. Building Web Applications
- 20.1. Developing for the Web
- 20.2. Understanding HTML and XHTML
- 20.3. Working with HTML
- 20.4. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- 20.5. JavaScript
- 20.6. Microformats
- 20.7. Server-Side Technologies
- 20.8. Creating a Web Application
- 20.9. Controls
- 20.10. Maintaining State
- 20.11. Master Pages
- 20.12. ASP.NET Objects
- 20.13. Postback
- 20.14. VB 2010 at Work: Online Ordering Application
- 20.15. The Bottom Line
- 21. Building and Using Web Services
- 21.1. Using ASP.NET and WCF Web Services
- 21.2. Understanding Technologies Associated with Web Services
- 21.3. Creating a Simple ASP.NET Web Service
- 21.4. Developing a Stand-Alone Web Service
- 21.5. Simple AJAX Implementation
- 21.6. Building and Using WCF Services
- 21.7. ADO.NET Data Services
- 21.8. The Bottom Line
- A. The Bottom Line
- A.1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visual Basic 2010
- A.2. Chapter 2: Handling Data
- A.3. Chapter 3: Visual Basic Programming Essentials
- A.4. Chapter 4: GUI Design and Event-Driven Programming
- A.5. Chapter 5: Basic Windows Controls
- A.6. Chapter 6: Working with Forms
- A.7. Chapter 7: More Windows Controls
- A.8. Chapter 8: Working with Projects
- A.9. Chapter 9: Building Custom Windows Controls
- A.10. Chapter 10: Applied Object-Oriented Programming
- A.11. Chapter 11: The Framework at Large
- A.12. Chapter 12: Storing Data in Collections
- A.13. Chapter 13: XML in Modern Programming
- A.14. Chapter 14: An Introduction to LINQ
- A.15. Chapter 15: Programming with ADO.NET
- A.16. Chapter 16: Developing Data-Driven Applications
- A.17. Chapter 17: Using the Entity Data Model
- A.18. Chapter 18: Building Data-Bound Applications
- A.19. Chapter 19: Accessing the Web
- A.20. Chapter 20: Building Web Applications
- A.21. Chapter 21: Building and Using Web Services
- 19. Accessing the Web
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