- Dedication
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Preface
- 1. Visual Basic Programming
- 2. The Development Environment
- Introduction
- 2.1. Discovering and Using a Code Snippet
- 2.2. Creating a New Snippet
- 2.3. Sharing Snippets
- 2.4. Adding Snippet Files to Visual Studio
- 2.5. Getting an Application’s Version Number
- 2.6. Letting Visual Studio Automatically Update an Application’s Version Number
- 2.7. Setting the Startup Form for an Application
- 2.8. Setting the Startup to a Sub Main Procedure
- 2.9. Getting an Application’s Command Line
- 2.10. Testing an Application’s Command Line
- 2.11. Obfuscating an Application
- 2.12. Determining if an Application Is Running in the Visual Studio Environment
- 2.13. Accessing Environment Variables
- 2.14. Accessing the Registry
- 2.15. Getting System Information
- 2.16. Getting the User’s Name
- 3. Application Organization
- Introduction
- 3.1. Creating a Code Module
- 3.2. Creating a Class
- 3.3. Creating a Structure
- 3.4. Creating Other Item Types
- 3.5. Creating Object Instances
- 3.6. Initializing a Class Instance with Data
- 3.7. Releasing an Instance’s Resources
- 3.8. Using Namespaces
- 3.9. Splitting a Class Across Multiple Files
- 3.10. Creating a Form Based on Another Form
- 3.11. Passing and Returning Structures and Other Objects
- 3.12. Creating and Using an Enumeration
- 3.13. Converting Between Numeric and String Enumeration Values
- 3.14. Creating a Method That Accepts Different Sets of Arguments
- 3.15. Using Standard Operators for Nonstandard Purposes
- 3.16. Enforcing Strong Data Typing in an Otherwise Weakly Typed Collection
- 4. Forms, Controls, and Other Useful Objects
- Introduction
- 4.1. Creating and Adding Controls at Runtime
- 4.2. Iterating Through All Controls on a Form
- 4.3. Sharing Event-Handler Logic Among Many Controls
- 4.4. Working with Timers
- 4.5. Determining If a Control Can Take the Focus
- 4.6. Programmatically Clicking a Button
- 4.7. Drawing a Control
- 4.8. Making a Form the Top-Most Form
- 4.9. Indicating the Accept and Cancel Buttons on a Form
- 4.10. Remembering a Form’s Position Between Uses
- 4.11. Attaching a Control to the Edge of a Form
- 4.12. Moving or Resizing Controls as a Form Resizes
- 4.13. Limiting the Sizing of a Form
- 4.14. Centering a Form
- 4.15. Creating and Moving a Borderless Form
- 4.16. Creating a Fading Form
- 4.17. Creating a Nonrectangular Form
- 4.18. Changing Menus at Runtime
- 4.19. Creating Shortcut Menus
- 5. Strings
- Introduction
- 5.1. Using a StringBuilder
- 5.2. Creating a String of N Identical Characters
- 5.3. Creating a String by Repeating a String N Times
- 5.4. Obfuscating a String
- 5.5. Converting Binary Data to a Hexadecimal String
- 5.6. Extracting Substrings from Larger Strings
- 5.7. Converting a String’s Case
- 5.8. Comparing Strings with Case Sensitivity
- 5.9. Comparing Strings Without Case Sensitivity
- 5.10. Converting Strings to and from Character Arrays
- 5.11. Converting Strings to and from Byte Arrays
- 5.12. Tallying Characters
- 5.13. Counting Words
- 5.14. Removing Extra Whitespace
- 5.15. Using the Correct End-of-Line Characters
- 5.16. Replacing Substrings
- 5.17. Inserting a Character or String
- 5.18. Inserting a Line
- 5.19. Double-Spacing a String
- 5.20. Formatting Numbers into Strings
- 5.21. Trimming Sets of Characters from a String
- 5.22. Identifying and Validating Types of Data in a String
- 5.23. Converting Strings Between Encoding Systems
- 5.24. Determining a Character’s Type
- 5.25. Parsing Strings
- 5.26. Concatenating Strings
- 5.27. Speeding Up String Manipulation
- 5.28. Counting Occurrences of a Substring
- 5.29. Padding a String for Exact Length and Alignment
- 5.30. Converting Tabs to Spaces
- 5.31. Reversing a String
- 5.32. Shuffling a String
- 5.33. Using a Simple String Encryption
- 5.34. Converting a String to Morse Code
- 5.35. Adding Strings to an Application’s Resources
- 5.36. Converting Any Data to a String
- 5.37. Using Regular Expressions to Extract All Numbers
- 5.38. Getting a Count of Regular Expression Matches
- 5.39. Getting the Nth Regular Expression Match
- 5.40. Compiling Regular Expressions for Speed
- 5.41. Using Regular Expressions to Validate Data
- 5.42. Using Regular Expressions to Count Characters, Words, or Lines
- 5.43. Converting a String to and from Base64
- 5.44. Splitting a String
- 5.45. Creating a String of Space Characters
- 6. Numbers and Math
- Introduction
- 6.1. Using Compact Operator Notation
- 6.2. Choosing Integers of the Right Size and Type for the Job
- 6.3. Using Unsigned Integers
- 6.4. Swapping Two Integers Without Using a Third
- 6.5. Using Single- and Double-Precision Variables
- 6.6. Using Decimal Variables for Maximum Precision
- 6.7. Converting Between Number Types
- 6.8. Rounding Numbers Accurately
- 6.9. Declaring Loop Counters Within Loops
- 6.10. Converting Between Radians and Degrees
- 6.11. Limiting Angles to a Range
- 6.12. Creating Double-Precision Point Variables
- 6.13. Converting Between Rectangular and Polar Coordinates
- 6.14. Creating Three-Dimensional Variables
- 6.15. Converting Between Rectangular, Spherical, and Cylindrical Coordinates
- 6.16. Working with Complex Numbers
- 6.17. Solving Right Triangles
- 6.18. Solving Any Triangle
- 6.19. Determining if a String Contains a Valid Number
- 6.20. Converting Numbers to Integers
- 6.21. Calculating π to Thousands of Digits
- 6.22. Getting a Number’s Prime Factors
- 6.23. Using Recursion to Calculate Factorials
- 6.24. Manipulating Bits with Bitwise Operators
- 6.25. Storing and Retrieving Bits in a BitArray
- 6.26. Enhancing the Random Number Generator
- 6.27. Generating Random Integers in a Range
- 6.28. Generating Random Real Numbers in a Range
- 6.29. Generating Normal-Distribution Random Numbers
- 6.30. Generating Exponential-Distribution Random Numbers
- 6.31. Creating a Matrix
- 6.32. Inverting a Matrix
- 6.33. Calculating the Determinant of a Matrix
- 6.34. Solving Simultaneous Equations
- 6.35. Listing of the MatrixHelper Class
- 7. Dates and Times
- Introduction
- 7.1. Getting the System Date and Time
- 7.2. Accessing the System’s Time Zone
- 7.3. Using System Ticks
- 7.4. Timing Application Activities
- 7.5. Calculating Elapsed Time Using Ticks
- 7.6. Calculating Elapsed Time with the Stopwatch
- 7.7. Extracting Year, Month, and Day Numbers from a Date Value
- 7.8. Extracting Hour, Minute, and Second Numbers from a Date Value
- 7.9. Creating a Date or Time Value from Its Parts
- 7.10. Formatting Dates and Times
- 7.11. Parsing and Validating Dates and Times
- 7.12. Adding to Dates and Times
- 7.13. Subtracting from Dates and Times
- 7.14. Determining the Number of Days Between Two Dates
- 7.15. Determining the Day of the Week for a Date
- 7.16. Determining the Day of the Year for a Date
- 7.17. Determining the Number of Days in a Month
- 7.18. Using Controls to Enter or Select a Date
- 7.19. Calculating the Phase of the Moon
- 7.20. Creating a Calendar
- 7.21. Checking for Leap Years
- 7.22. Dates and Times in ISO 8601 Formats
- 8. Arrays and Collections
- Introduction
- 8.1. Filling an Array While Declaring It
- 8.2. Sorting Array Elements
- 8.3. Reversing an Array
- 8.4. Inserting into an Array
- 8.5. Shuffling an Array
- 8.6. Swapping Two Array Values
- 8.7. Resizing Arrays Without Losing Existing Values
- 8.8. Quickly Copying Part of an Array into Another
- 8.9. Writing a Comma-Separated-Values File from a String Array
- 8.10. Reading a Comma-Separated-Values File into a String Array
- 8.11. Using a Multivalue Array Instead of a Two-Dimensional Array
- 8.12. Converting Between Delimited Strings and Arrays
- 8.13. Formatting an Array as a Single String
- 8.14. Iterating Through Array Elements
- 8.15. Passing Arrays to Methods
- 8.16. Returning Arrays from Functions
- 8.17. Creating a Collection
- 8.18. Inserting an Item into a Collection
- 8.19. Deleting a Collection Item
- 8.20. Iterating Through a Collection
- 9. Graphics
- Introduction
- 9.1. Creating Graphics Objects
- 9.2. Drawing on Controls for Special Effects
- 9.3. Letting the User Select a Color
- 9.4. Working with Coordinate Systems (Pixels, Inches, Centimeters)
- 9.5. Creating a Bitmap
- 9.6. Setting a Background Color
- 9.7. Drawing Lines, Ellipses, and Rectangles
- 9.8. Drawing Lines One Pixel Wide Regardless of Scaling
- 9.9. Forcing a Form or Control to Redraw
- 9.10. Using Transparency
- 9.11. Scaling with Transforms
- 9.12. Using an Outline Path
- 9.13. Using Gradients for Smooth Color Changes
- 9.14. Drawing Bezier Splines
- 9.15. Drawing Cardinal Splines
- 9.16. Limiting Display Updates to Specific Regions
- 9.17. Drawing Text
- 9.18. Rotating Text to Any Angle
- 9.19. Mirroring Text on the Canvas
- 9.20. Getting the Height and Width of a Graphic String
- 9.21. Drawing Text with Outlines and Drop Shadows
- 9.22. Calculating a Nice Axis
- 9.23. Drawing a Simple Chart
- 9.24. Creating Odd-Shaped Forms and Controls
- 9.25. Using the RGB, HSB (HSV), and HSL Color Schemes
- 9.26. Creating a Rubber-Band Rectangular Selection
- 9.27. Animating with Transparency
- 9.28. Substitutions for Obsolete Visual Basic 6.0 Features
- 10. Multimedia
- Introduction
- 10.1. Playing an Audio File
- 10.2. Displaying Image Files
- 10.3. Playing a Video File
- 10.4. Making Your Computer Beep
- 10.5. Creating an Animation Using Multiple Images
- 10.6. Creating an Animation by Generating Multiple Bitmaps
- 10.7. Creating an Animation by Drawing at Runtime
- 10.8. Creating Animated Sprites
- 10.9. Resizing and Compressing JPEG Files
- 10.10. Getting JPEG Extended Information
- 10.11. Creating Thumbnails
- 10.12. Displaying Images While Controlling Stretching and Sizing
- 10.13. Scrolling Images
- 10.14. Merging Two or More Images
- 10.15. Using Resource Images
- 10.16. Capturing an Image of the Screen
- 10.17. Getting Display Dimensions
- 10.18. Speeding Up Image Processing
- 10.19. Converting an Image to Grayscale
- 10.20. Performing Edge Detection on an Image
- 10.21. Full Listing of the LockImage Class
- 11. Printing
- Introduction
- 11.1. Enumerating Printers
- 11.2. Sending “Raw” Data to a Printer
- 11.3. Get Details About the Default Printer
- 11.4. Creating a Print Preview
- 11.5. Prompting for Printed Page Settings
- 11.6. Drawing Text and Graphics to a Printer
- 11.7. Determining the Print Destination
- 11.8. Creating Graph Paper
- 12. Files and File Systems
- Introduction
- 12.1. Enumerating Drives
- 12.2. Determining if a Directory Exists
- 12.3. Creating a New Directory
- 12.4. Copying Directories
- 12.5. Moving Directories
- 12.6. Renaming Directories
- 12.7. Parsing File and Directory Paths
- 12.8. Searching Iteratively Through Directories and Subdirectories
- 12.9. Finding Directories and Files Using Wildcards
- 12.10. Determining If a File Exists
- 12.11. Getting and Setting File Attributes
- 12.12. Accessing Special User and Windows Directories
- 12.13. Determining the Space on a Drive
- 12.14. Browsing for a Directory
- 12.15. Getting File Information
- 12.16. Using File-Access Methods
- 12.17. Reading and Writing Files as Strings
- 12.18. Reading and Writing Binary Files
- 12.19. Copying or Moving a File
- 12.20. Sending a File to the Recycle Bin
- 12.21. Creating a Temporary File
- 12.22. Calculating a Checksum for a File
- 12.23. Comparing Two Files for Equality
- 12.24. Locking a File During Access
- 12.25. Reading from a File at a Specific Position
- 12.26. Reading and Writing Objects in a File
- 12.27. Creating a Comma-Separated-Values File
- 13. Databases
- Introduction
- 13.1. Connecting to a Data Provider
- 13.2. Issuing SQL Commands
- 13.3. Retrieving Results from a Database Query
- 13.4. Using SQL Parameters
- 13.5. Using Stored Procedures
- 13.6. Using Transactions
- 13.7. Storing the Results of a Query in Memory
- 13.8. Creating In-Memory Data Tables Manually
- 13.9. Writing In-Memory Data Tables to an XML File
- 13.10. Reading an XML File into In-Memory Data Tables
- 14. Special Programming Techniques
- Introduction
- 14.1. Preventing Multiple Instances of a Running Application
- 14.2. Creating a Simple User Control
- 14.3. Describing User Control Properties
- 14.4. Starting Other Applications by EXE, Document, or URL
- 14.5. Waiting for Applications to Finish
- 14.6. List All Running Processes
- 14.7. Terminating a Running Process
- 14.8. Pausing Execution of a Program
- 14.9. Control Applications by Simulating Keystrokes
- 14.10. Watching for File and Directory Changes
- 14.11. Creating an Icon in the System Tray
- 14.12. Accessing the Clipboard
- 14.13. Adding Tooltips to Controls
- 14.14. Dragging and Dropping Files to a ListBox
- 14.15. Dragging and Dropping Between ListBox Controls
- 14.16. Disposing of Objects Appropriately
- 14.17. Fine-Tuning Garbage Collection
- 14.18. Moving the (Mouse) Cursor
- 14.19. Intercepting All Key Presses on a Form
- 14.20. Accessing the Registry
- 14.21. Running Procedures in Threads
- 14.22. Reading XML into a TreeView
- 14.23. Creating an XML Document
- 14.24. Validating an XML Document
- 14.25. Using Generic Collections
- 14.26. Creating a Screensaver
- 14.27. Localizing the Controls on a Form
- 14.28. Adding Pop-up Help to Controls
- 14.29. Maintaining User-Specific Settings Between Uses of an Application
- 14.30. Verifying a Credit Card Number
- 14.31. Capturing a Console Application’s Output
- 14.32. Reading an Assembly’s Details
- 14.33. Performing Serial I/O
- 14.34. Rebooting the System
- 15. Exceptions
- 16. Cryptography and Compression
- Introduction
- 16.1. Generating a Hash
- 16.2. Encrypting and Decrypting a String
- 16.3. Encrypting and Decrypting a File
- 16.4. Prompting for a Username and Password
- 16.5. Handling Passwords Securely
- 16.6. Compressing and Decompressing a String
- 16.7. Compressing and Decompressing a File
- 16.8. Generating Cryptographically Secure Random Numbers
- 16.9. Complete Listing of the Crypto.vb Module
- 16.10. Complete Listing of the Compress.vb Module
- 17. Web Development
- Introduction
- 17.1. Displaying Web Pages on a Form
- 17.2. Accessing Content Within an HTML Document
- 17.3. Getting All Links from a Web Page
- 17.4. Get the Local Computer’s IP Address
- 17.5. Resolving a Host Name or IP Address for Another Computer
- 17.6. Pinging an IP Address
- 17.7. Using FTP to Download Files
- 17.8. Calling a Web Service
- 17.9. Sending Email Using SMTP
- 17.10. Getting POP3 Emails
- 17.11. Sending a Message to Another Computer
- 17.12. Adding Hyperlinks to a (Desktop) Form
- Index
- About the Authors
- Colophon
- Copyright
Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook
Tim Patrick
John Clark Craig
Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Köln • Sebastopol • Tokyo
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