Michael Halvorson — новинки

This book offers the Illustrated Series' signature, two-page spread format covering Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. This book offers additional material on Microsoft Windows XP as well as a tear-off back cover FastCard on File Management.

Whether you are new to programming or to Visual Basic 2005, this tutorial gives you practical guidance to build your programming knowledge. Use the real-world exercises to teach yourself the essentials of Visual Basic—and begin creating applications for Microsoft Windows and the Web.

Discover how to:

Work in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development environment
Use Toolbox controls to create compelling user interfaces complete with digital photos, menus, toolbars, check boxes, and more
Add artwork, animation, and special effects to an application
Use inheritance and other new object-oriented programming capabilities
Detect, track, and repair bugs in your code
Store program data using variables, modules, arrays, and collections
Add sophisticated functions to your applications with Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 classes and methods
Manage code flow with decision structures, loops, timers, and procedures
Program interactive Web applications with Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0
Create datacentric applications using Microsoft ADO.NET
Write custom code for printers and configure dialog boxes for printing
Migrate Visual Basic 6.0 code to Visual Basic 2005

Get on the fast track to professional application development with Visual Basic .NET 2003. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamentals—using step-by-step exercises, code samples, optimization tips, and real-world advice to accelerate your productivity. Work at your own pace, learning core programming skills by selecting just the chapters and lessons you need. Upgrade your Visual Basic 6 applications quickly with the help of “Upgrade Notes” sidebars, a special upgrading index, and insights into the enhanced Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Wizard. It’s everything you need to start creating .NET-connected software now!

Discover how to:

Create a compelling user interface with Toolbox controls, menus, and dialog boxes
Use methods in the .NET Framework 1.1 class libraries
Utilize the new debugging tools and structured error handlers to build robust code
Manage data in your programs using collections, arrays, and string processing techniques
Automate Microsoft Office applications and manage processes
Manage Windows Forms and create graphics and animation effects
Use inheritance and other new object-oriented programming capabilities
Write custom code for printers and dialog boxes for printing
Manage Microsoft Access databases and create custom database applications with Microsoft ADO.NET
Display HTML documents using Microsoft Internet Explorer
Use Web Forms to build Internet interfaces
Deploy Visual Basic .NET applications
Port Visual Basic 6 programs to Visual Basic .NET

Get on the fast track to professional application development with Visual Basic .NET 2003. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamentals—using step-by-step exercises, code samples, optimization tips, and real-world advice to accelerate your productivity. Work at your own pace, learning core programming skills by selecting just the chapters and lessons you need. Upgrade your Visual Basic 6 applications quickly with the help of “Upgrade Notes” sidebars, a special upgrading index, and insights into the enhanced Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Wizard. It’s everything you need to start creating .NET-connected software now!

Discover how to:

Create a compelling user interface with Toolbox controls, menus, and dialog boxes
Use methods in the .NET Framework 1.1 class libraries
Utilize the new debugging tools and structured error handlers to build robust code
Manage data in your programs using collections, arrays, and string processing techniques
Automate Microsoft Office applications and manage processes
Manage Windows Forms and create graphics and animation effects
Use inheritance and other new object-oriented programming capabilities
Write custom code for printers and dialog boxes for printing
Manage Access databases and create custom database applications with Microsoft ADO.NET
Display HTML documents using Microsoft Internet Explorer
Use Web Forms to build Internet interfaces
Deploy Visual Basic .NET applications
Port Visual Basic 6 programs to Visual Basic .NET

This information-packed STEP BY STEP course—based on the best-selling first edition—is the easiest, fastest way to teach yourself how to write 32-bit Microsoft Windows–based programs with Visual Basic. Work through every lesson to complete the full course, or do just the lessons you want to learn exactly the skills you need. Either way, you receive professional Visual Basic 6.0 training at your own pace, with real-world examples and practice files to help you master core programming skills.

Topics covered include:

Getting Started with Visual Basic: Opening and running a Visual Basic program, writing your first program, and working with controls, menus, and dialog boxes
Programming fundamentals: Working with Visual Basic variables and operators and using decision structures, loops, and timers
Creating the perfect user interface: Working with forms, printers, and error handlers and adding artwork and special effects
Managing corporate data: Using modules and procedures, exploring text files and processing strings, managing Microsoft Access databases, and connecting to Microsoft Office
Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition tools and techniques: Word processing with the Rich TextBox control, displaying progress and status information, using the Multimedia MCI control, and using the Windows API
Web programming fundamentals: Downloading files with the Internet Transfer control, displaying HTML documents with Internet Explorer, designing Dynamic HTML (DHTML) pages, and adding Toolbox elements and ActiveX Controls to DHTML pages
Advanced database programming: Managing data with the FlexGrid control and exploring ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
Upgrade notes: What’s new and improved in Visual Basic .NET and how to plan an upgrade

Get on the fast track to professional application development with Visual Basic .NET 2003. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamentals—using step-by-step exercises, code samples, optimization tips, and real-world advice to accelerate your productivity. Work at your own pace, learning core programming skills by selecting just the chapters and lessons you need. Upgrade your Visual Basic 6 applications quickly with the help of “Upgrade Notes” sidebars, a special upgrading index, and insights into the enhanced Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Wizard. It’s everything you need to start creating .NET-connected software now!

Discover how to:

Create a compelling user interface with Toolbox controls, menus, and dialog boxes
Use methods in the .NET Framework 1.1 class libraries
Utilize the new debugging tools and structured error handlers to build robust code
Manage data in your programs using collections, arrays, and string processing techniques
Automate Microsoft Office applications and manage processes
Manage Windows Forms and create graphics and animation effects
Use inheritance and other new object-oriented programming capabilities
Write custom code for printers and dialog boxes for printing
Manage Access databases and create custom database applications with Microsoft ADO.NET
Display HTML documents using Microsoft Internet Explorer
Use Web Forms to build Internet interfaces
Deploy Visual Basic .NET applications
Port Visual Basic 6 programs to Visual Basic .NET