Visual Basic 2012 Programmer's Reference

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Contents
3. Part I: IDE
   1. Chapter 1: Introduction To The IDE
      1. Introducing the IDE
      2. Different IDE Appearances
      3. IDE Configurations
      4. Projects and Solutions
      5. Starting the IDE
      6. Creating a Project
      7. Saving a Project
      8. Summary
   2. Chapter 2: Menus, Toolbars, and Windows
      1. IDE Tools
      2. Menus
      3. Toolbars
      4. Secondary Windows
      5. Summary
   3. Chapter 3: Windows Forms Designer
      1. Introducing Windows Forms Designer
      2. Setting Designer Options
      3. Adding Controls
      4. Selecting Controls
      5. Copying Controls
      6. Moving and Sizing Controls
      7. Arranging Controls
      8. Setting Properties
      9. Adding Code to Controls
      10. Summary
   4. Chapter 4: WPF Designer
      1. Introducing WPF Designer
      2. Editor Weaknesses
      3. Recognizing Designer Windows
      4. Adding Controls
      5. Selecting Controls
      6. Moving and Sizing Controls
      7. Setting Properties
      8. Setting Group Properties
      9. Adding Code to Controls
      10. Summary
   5. Chapter 5: Visual Basic Code Editor
      1. Editing Code
      2. Margin Icons
      3. Outlining
      4. Tooltips
      5. IntelliSense
      6. Code Coloring and Highlighting
      7. Code Snippets
      8. Architectural Tools
      9. The Code Editor at Run Time
      10. Summary
   6. Chapter 6: Debugging
      1. Debugging and Testing
      2. The Debug Menu
      3. The Debug ⇒ Windows Submenu
      4. The Breakpoints Window
      5. The Command and Immediate Windows
      6. Summary
4. Part II: Getting Started
   1. Chapter 7: Selecting Windows Forms Controls
      1. Controls
      2. Controls Overview
      3. Choosing Controls
      4. Third-Party Controls
      5. Summary
   2. Chapter 8: Using Windows Forms Controls
      1. Using Controls and Components
      2. Controls and Components
      3. Creating Controls
      4. Properties
      5. Methods
      6. Events
      7. Summary
   3. Chapter 9: Windows Forms
      1. Using Forms
      2. Transparency
      3. About, Splash, and Login Forms
      4. Mouse Cursors
      5. Icons
      6. Properties Adopted by Child Controls
      7. Property Reset Methods
      8. Overriding WndProc
      9. MRU Lists
      10. Dialog Boxes
      11. Wizards
      12. Summary
   4. Chapter 10: Selecting WPF Controls
      1. WPF Controls and Code
      2. Controls Overview
      3. Containing and Arranging Controls
      4. Making Selections
      5. Entering Data
      6. Displaying Data
      7. Providing Feedback
      8. Initiating Action
      9. Presenting Graphics and Media
      10. Providing Navigation
      11. Managing Documents
      12. Digital Ink
      13. Summary
   5. Chapter 11: Using Wpf Controls
      1. WPF Controls
      2. WPF Concepts
      3. WPF in the IDE
      4. XAML Features
      5. Procedural WPF
      6. Documents
      7. Summary
   6. Chapter 12: WPF Windows
      1. Using WPF Windows
      2. Window Applications
      3. Page Applications
      4. Summary
   7. Chapter 13: Program and Module Structure
      1. Solutions and Projects
      2. Hidden Files
      3. Code File Structure
      4. Typographic Code Elements
      5. Summary
   8. Chapter 14: Data Types, Variables, and Constants
      1. Variables
      2. Data Types
      3. Type Characters
      4. Data Type Conversion
      5. Variable Declarations
      6. Initializing Collections
      7. Option Explicit and Option Strict
      8. Scope
      9. Parameter Declarations
      10. Property Procedures
      11. Enumerated Data Types
      12. Anonymous Types
      13. Nullable Types
      14. Constants
      15. Delegates
      16. Naming Conventions
      17. Summary
   9. Chapter 15: Operators
      1. Understanding Operators
      2. Arithmetic Operators
      3. Concatenation Operators
      4. Comparison Operators
      5. Logical Operators
      6. Bitwise Operators
      7. Operator Precedence
      8. Assignment Operators
      9. The StringBuilder Class
      10. Date and TimeSpan Operations
      11. Operator Overloading
      12. Summary
   10. Chapter 16: Subroutines and Functions
       1. Managing Code
       2. Subroutines
       3. Functions
       4. Property Procedures
       5. Extension Methods
       6. Lambda Functions
       7. Relaxed Delegates
       8. Asynchronous Methods
       9. Summary
   11. Chapter 17: Program Control Statements
       1. Controlling Programs
       2. Decision Statements
       3. Looping Statements
       4. Summary
   12. Chapter 18: Error Handling
       1. The Struggle for Perfection
       2. Bugs versus Unplanned Conditions
       3. Structured Error Handling
       4. Debugging
       5. Summary
   13. Chapter 19: Database Controls and Objects
       1. Data Sources
       2. Automatically Connecting to Data
       3. Automatically Created Objects
       4. Other Data Objects
       5. Data Overview
       6. Connection Objects
       7. Transaction Objects
       8. Data Adapters
       9. Command Objects
       10. DataView
       11. DataRowView
       12. Simple Data Binding
       13. CurrencyManager
       14. Complex Data Binding
       15. Summary
   14. Chapter 20: LINQ
       1. The Many Faces of LINQ
       2. Introduction to LINQ
       3. Basic LINQ Query Syntax
       4. Advanced LINQ Query Syntax
       5. LINQ Functions
       6. LINQ Extension Methods
       7. LINQ to Objects
       8. LINQ to XML
       9. LINQ into XML
       10. LINQ out of XML
       11. LINQ to ADO.NET
       12. PLINQ
       13. Summary
   15. Chapter 21: Metro-Style Applications
       1. Building Metro-Style Applications
       2. Starting a New Project
       3. Special Image Files
       4. Building MetroBones
       5. Testing
       6. Summary
5. Part III: Object-Oriented Programming
   1. Chapter 22: OOP Concepts
      1. Introducing OOP
      2. Classes
      3. Encapsulation
      4. Inheritance
      5. Polymorphism
      6. Method Overloading
      7. Extension Methods
      8. Summary
   2. Chapter 23: Classes and Structures
      1. Packaging Data
      2. Classes
      3. Structures
      4. Class Instantiation Details
      5. Structure Instantiation Details
      6. Garbage Collection
      7. Constants, Properties, and Methods
      8. Events
      9. Summary
   3. Chapter 24: Namespaces
      1. Handling Name Conflicts
      2. The Imports Statement
      3. The Root Namespace
      4. Making Namespaces
      5. Classes, Structures, and Modules
      6. Resolving Namespaces
      7. Summary
   4. Chapter 25: Collection Classes
      1. Grouping Data
      2. What Is a Collection?
      3. Arrays
      4. Collections
      5. Dictionaries
      6. CollectionsUtil
      7. Stacks and Queues
      8. Generics
      9. Collection Initializers
      10. Iterators
      11. Summary
   5. Chapter 26: Generics
      1. Class Creators
      2. Advantages of Generics
      3. Defining Generics
      4. Instantiating Generic Classes
      5. Generic Collection Classes
      6. Generic Methods
      7. Generics and Extension Methods
      8. Summary
6. Part IV: Interacting With The Environment
   1. Chapter 27: Printing
      1. Printing Concepts
      2. Basic Printing
      3. Drawing Basics
      4. A Booklet Example
      5. Summary
   2. Chapter 28: Configuration and Resources
      1. The Need for Configuration
      2. My
      3. Environment
      4. Registry
      5. Configuration Files
      6. Resource Files
      7. Application
      8. Summary
   3. Chapter 29: Streams
      1. Stream Concepts
      2. Stream
      3. FileStream
      4. MemoryStream
      5. BinaryReader and BinaryWriter
      6. TextReader and TextWriter
      7. StringReader and StringWriter
      8. StreamReader and StreamWriter
      9. OpenText, CreateText, and AppendText
      10. Custom Stream Classes
      11. Summary
   4. Chapter 30: Filesystem Objects
      1. Programming Approaches
      2. Permissions
      3. Visual Basic Methods
      4. .NET Framework Classes
      5. My.Computer.FileSystem
      6. My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories
      7. Summary
7. Appendices
   1. Appendix A: Useful Control Properties, Methods, and Events
   2. Appendix B: Variable Declarations and Data Types
   3. Appendix C: Operators
   4. Appendix D: Subroutine and Function Declarations
   5. Appendix E: Control Statements
   6. Appendix F: Error Handling
   7. Appendix G: Windows Forms Controls and Components
   8. Appendix H: WPF Controls
   9. Appendix I: Visual Basic Power Packs
   10. Appendix J: Form Objects
   11. Appendix K: Classes and Structures
   12. Appendix L: LINQ
   13. Appendix M: Generics
   14. Appendix N: Graphics
   15. Appendix O: Useful Exception Classes
   16. Appendix P: Date And Time Format Specifiers
   17. Appendix Q: Other Format Specifiers
   18. Appendix R: The Application Class
   19. Appendix S: The My Namespace
   20. Appendix T: Streams
   21. Appendix U: Filesystem Classes
   22. Appendix V: Visual Studio Versions
8. Introduction
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