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Programming Visual Basic .NET

by Dave Grundgeiger

December 2001

Beginner

464 pages

13h 51m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Organization of This Book
What Is the Microsoft .NET Framework?
hello, worldHello, WindowsHello, Browser
Source Files

Numeric LiteralsString LiteralsCharacter LiteralsDate LiteralsBoolean LiteralsNothingSummary of Literal Formats
Fundamental TypesCustom TypesArraysInitializing arraysDynamically allocating arraysCollectionsType Conversions
The Namespace StatementThe Imports Statement
Variable Initializers
Unary OperatorsArithmetic OperatorsRelational OperatorsString-Concatenation OperatorsBitwise OperatorsLogical OperatorsOperator PrecedenceOperator Overloading
Option StatementsBranching StatementsCallExitGotoIfRaiseEventReturnSelect CaseIteration StatementsDoForFor EachMathematical FunctionsInput/Output
Object Instantiation and NewConstructorsFieldsRead-only fieldsHandling EventsInheritanceMethodsMethod parametersPassing arrays as parametersVariable-length parameter listsMain methodImplementing interface methodsOverriding inherited methodsOverloadingOverloading inherited methodsShadowingPropertiesThe Me and MyClass KeywordsThe MyBase KeywordNested ClassesDestructorsEarly Versus Late Binding
Boxing and Unboxing
Using Events and Delegates Together
Creating Custom AttributesReading Attributes
Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) and Common Language Runtime (CLR)
Namespaces
Global Assembly Cache (GAC)Comparison of Assemblies, Modules, and Namespaces
FinalizeDispose
Configuration File FormatConfiguration Section GroupsThe <appSettings> Section
Creating a FormCreating a Form Using Visual Studio .NETAdding event handlersCreating a Form in CodeAdding event handlers
Parent and Child FormsCreating a Window MenuMerging MenusDetecting MDI Child Window Activation
The Graphics ClassThe Pen ClassThe Brush ClassThe Color StructureSystem colorsAlpha BlendingAntialiasing
Hello, Printer!The PrintPageEventArgs ClassThe OnBeginPrint and OnEndPrint MethodsChoosing a PrinterThe PageSettings ClassThe PrinterSettings ClassPage Setup Dialog BoxPrint PreviewSummary of Printing
Common Controls and ComponentsThe Button ClassThe CheckBox ClassThe ComboBox ClassThe DateTimePicker ClassThe GroupBox ClassThe ImageList ClassThe Label ClassThe LinkLabel ClassThe ListBox ClassThe ListBox.ObjectCollection ClassThe ListView ClassThe MonthCalendar ClassThe Panel ClassThe PictureBox ClassThe RadioButton ClassThe TextBox ClassThe Timer ClassOther Controls and Components
The Anchor PropertyThe Dock PropertyControlling dock orderThe Splitter control
ColorDialogFontDialogOpenFileDialogPageSetupDialogPrintDialogPrintPreviewDialogSaveFileDialog
Adding Menus in the Visual Studio .NET Windows Forms DesignerProgrammatically Creating MenusHandling Menu EventsCloning Menus
Building Controls from Other ControlsBuilding Controls That Draw ThemselvesBuilding Nonrectangular Controls
Creating a Web FormCreating a Form Using Visual Studio .NETAdding event handlersCreating a Form in CodeSetting control properties using attributesAdding event handlers
AutoEventWireup
Web ControlsThe Button controlThe CheckBox controlThe DropDownList controlThe Image controlThe Label controlThe ListBox controlThe RadioButton controlThe Table controlThe TextBox controlOther web controlsHTML ControlsHandling Control EventsProgrammatically Instantiating Controls
More About Validation-Control Tag AttributesUsing Validation-Control PropertiesProviding a Summary View of Validation FailuresPerforming Custom Validation
The Server ObjectThe Application ObjectThe Session ObjectThe Cache ObjectThe Request ObjectThe Response Object
The Session ObjectThe Application ObjectCookies
Session and Application Startup and Shutdownglobal.asax Compiles to a ClassAdding Global Objects
AuthenticationForms authenticationWindows authenticationIntegrated Windows authenticationDigest authenticationBasic authenticationUnderstanding authenticationAuthorizationASP.NET authorizationWindows NTFS authorizationCode-access authorizationAccessing Network ResourcesIUSR_ComputerNameImpersonation
User ControlsServer ControlsCreating a custom server control using Visual Studio .NETCreating a custom server control in codeUsing a custom server control in Visual Studio .NETUsing a custom server control manually
Creating a Web ServiceThe WebService AttributeThe WebMethod AttributeThe WebService Class
Consuming a Web Service in Visual Studio .NETConsuming a Web Service in NotepadSynchronous Versus Asynchronous Calls
A Brief History of Universal Data Access
The DataSet ClassFinding TablesFinding RowsThe Select method versus the SQL SELECT statementFinding Column ValuesFinding Column DefinitionsChanging, Adding, and Deleting RowsWriting Updates Back to the Data Source
.NET Information

Overview

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

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

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 Visual Basic 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:

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.