Dewey Decimal005.1/33
Table Of ContentPreface; Organization of This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments;Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 What Is the Microsoft .NET Framework?; 1.2 What Is Visual Basic .NET?; 1.3 An Example Visual Basic .NET Program;Chapter 2: The Visual Basic .NET Language; 2.1 Source Files; 2.2 Identifiers; 2.3 Keywords; 2.4 Literals; 2.5 Types; 2.6 Namespaces; 2.7 Symbolic Constants; 2.8 Variables; 2.9 Scope; 2.10 Access Modifiers; 2.11 Assignment; 2.12 Operators and Expressions; 2.13 Statements; 2.14 Classes; 2.15 Interfaces; 2.16 Structures; 2.17 Enumerations; 2.18 Exceptions; 2.19 Delegates; 2.20 Events; 2.21 Standard Modules; 2.22 Attributes; 2.23 Conditional Compilation; 2.24 Summary;Chapter 3: The .NET Framework; 3.1 Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) and Common Language Runtime (CLR); 3.2 Common Type System (CTS); 3.3 Portions of the CLI; 3.4 Modules and Assemblies; 3.5 Application Domains; 3.6 Common Language Specification (CLS); 3.7 Intermediate Language (IL) and Just-In-Time (JIT) Compilation; 3.8 Metadata; 3.9 Memory Management and Garbage Collection; 3.10 A Brief Tour of the .NET Framework Namespaces; 3.11 Configuration; 3.12 Summary;Chapter 4: Windows Forms I: Developing Desktop Applications; 4.1 Creating a Form; 4.2 Handling Form Events; 4.3 Relationships Between Forms; 4.4 MDI Applications; 4.5 Component Attributes; 4.6 2-D Graphics Programming with GDI+; 4.7 Printing; 4.8 Summary;Chapter 5: Windows Forms II: Controls, Common Dialog Boxes, and Menus; 5.1 Common Controls and Components; 5.2 Control Events; 5.3 Form and Control Layout; 5.4 Common Dialog Boxes; 5.5 Menus; 5.6 Creating a Control; 5.7 Summary;Chapter 6: ASP.NET and Web Forms: Developing Browser-Based Applications; 6.1 Creating a Web Form; 6.2 Handling Page Events; 6.3 More About Server Controls; 6.4 Adding Validation; 6.5 Using Directives to Modify Web Page Compilation; 6.6 ASP.NET Objects: Interacting with the Framework; 6.7 Discovering Browser Capabilities; 6.8 Maintaining State; 6.9 Application-Level Code and global.asax; 6.10 Web-Application Security; 6.11 Designing Custom Controls; 6.12 Summary;Chapter 7: Web Services; 7.1 Creating a Web Service; 7.2 Testing a Web Service with a Browser; 7.3 Web-Service Descriptions; 7.4 Consuming a Web Service; 7.5 Web-Service Discovery; 7.6 Limitations of Web Services; 7.7 Summary;Chapter 8: ADO.NET: Developing Database Applications; 8.1 A Brief History of Universal Data Access; 8.2 Managed Providers; 8.3 Connecting to a SQL Server Database; 8.4 Connecting to an OLE DB Data Source; 8.5 Reading Data into a DataSet; 8.6 Relations Between DataTables in a DataSet; 8.7 The DataSet's XML Capabilities; 8.8 Binding a DataSet to a Windows Forms DataGrid; 8.9 Binding a DataSet to a Web Forms DataGrid; 8.10 Typed DataSets; 8.11 Reading Data Using a DataReader; 8.12 Executing Stored ProceduresThrough a SqlCommand Object; 8.13 Summary;Custom Attributes Defined in the System Namespace;Exceptions Defined in the System Namespace;Cultures;Resources for Developers; .NET Information; Discussion Lists;Math Functions;Colophon;
SynopsisThis is a programmer's complete guide to Visual Basic .NET. Starting with a sample application and a high-level map, the book jumps right into showing how the parts of .NET fit with VB .NET. Topics include the common language runtime, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Web Forms, Web Services, ADO.NET, transactional applications, internationalization, security, and debugging., Programming Visual Basic .NET is the complete guide to application development using Visual Basic .NET. Targeted at programmers with some prior programming experience, the book covers the major areas of application development for Microsoft's new .NET platform.After starting with the traditional "hello world" application, the book discusses the two basic building blocks of any .NET application built with Visual Basic--the Visual Basic .NET programming language and the .NET Framework.Topics covered include: Visual Basic language elements Visual Basic's object-oriented language features Programming with attributes The Common Language Runtime Garbage Collection and the Finalize and Dispose methods Programmatically reading from and writing to .NET configuration files The remainder of the book focuses on the three major kinds of applications that can be developed with the .NET Framework: Windows Forms applications, ASP.NET applications, and web services. In each case, the book shows you how to build an application using Visual Studio .NET as well as using a text editor and the VisualBasic command-line compiler. This gives you an "under the hood" look at what Visual Studio is doing and allows you to gain a greater understanding of how a .NET application works--an understanding that you can take advantage of in building your own applications. Individual development topics covered in these chapters include: Developing Multiple Document Interface (MDI) Windows Forms applications. Handling form and control placement and resizing Working with Windows Forms menus Working with Windows Common Dialogs Taking advantage of .NET printer services programmatically Using ASP.NET HTML controls and Web controls Understanding security in ASP.NET Creating, discovering, and consuming web services Accessing data in your .NET applications using ADO.NET Published just in time for the first release of Visual Studio .NET, Programming Visual Basic .NET is sure to become a key component of developers' .NET libraries., "Programming Visual Basic .NET" is the complete guide to application development using Visual Basic .NET. Targeted at programmers with some prior programming experience, the book covers the major areas of application development for Microsoft's new .NET platform.After starting with the traditional "hello world" application, the book discusses the two basic building blocks of any .NET application built with Visual Basic--the Visual Basic .NET programming language and the .NET Framework.Topics covered include: Visual Basic language elementsVisual Basic's object-oriented language featuresProgramming with attributesThe Common Language RuntimeGarbage Collection and the Finalize and Dispose methodsProgrammatically reading from and writing to .NET configuration filesThe remainder of the book focuses on the three major kinds of applications that can be developed with the .NET Framework: Windows Forms applications, ASP.NET applications, and web services. In each case, the book shows you how to build an application using Visual Studio .NET as well as using a text editor and the VisualBasic command-line compiler. This gives you an "under the hood" look at what Visual Studio is doing and allows you to gain a greater understanding of how a .NET application works--an understanding that you can take advantage of in building your own applications. Individual development topics covered in these chapters include: Developing Multiple Document Interface (MDI) Windows Forms applications.Handling form and control placement and resizingWorking with Windows Forms menusWorking with Windows Common DialogsTaking advantage of .NET printer services programmaticallyUsing ASP.NET HTML controls and Web controlsUnderstanding security in ASP.NETCreating, discovering, and consuming web servicesAccessing data in your .NET applications using ADO.NETPublished just in time for the first release of Visual Studio .NET, "Programming Visual Basic .NET" is sure to become a key component of developers' .NET libraries.
LC Classification NumberQA76.73.B3G776 2002