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Visual Basic expert Rod Stephens shows you how to leverage the latest features of VB 2010

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) is the most popular programming language in the world, with millions of lines of code used in businesses and applications of all types and sizes. The new release of Visual Basic 2010 is tightly integrated with the Windows operating system and the .NET programming environment. Renowned VB authority Rod Stephens provides a comprehensive guide to Visual Basic programming, including the latest enhancements to the VB language and programming environment with Visual Studio 2010 The tutorial is packed with detailed and practical code examples that show readers how to master all of the features of VB.

• Visual Basic authority Rod Stephens presents a must-have resource on Visual Basic, the most popular programming language in the word
• Fully covers the newest features of Visual Basic 2010, such as array literals and initializers, collection initializers, implicit line continuation, Lambda expressions, and more
• Features extensively revised and tested code to ensure compliance with the latest release

With this essential resource, you'll be able to quickly review the details of important programming, objects, properties, methods, and events.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

This study of the VB.NET programming language through hacks and pranks relates to all contemporary versions of the Windows family of operating systems, including Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003. Windows GUI, shell, and multimedia and game programming are addressed along with tricks and secrets used in development. Developers are shown how to work with the .NET framework controls, how to build custom controls for Windows and web pages, and how to create their own structures from the building blocks offered by the .NET Framework. Windows paint and draw elements are also explained, as well as how to use the built-in graphics of Windows.

Cet ouvrage fournit toutes les instructions pour créer des bases de données puissantes et personnalisées grâce à l'utilisation conjointe de SQL Server 2000 et d'un des langages les plus performants de l'offre .NET : Visual Basic .NET. Sont aussi présentées les fonctionnalités mises à disposition par la plate-forme .NET permettant de développer des applications Web basées sur SQL Server 2000 : ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML et les services Web. Les exemples de code-source sont téléchargeables sur le site internet. Sommaire : Bases de Visual Basic. Net et de SQL Server 2000 : Commencer avec Visual Basic .Net pour SQL Server 2000; Accès aux données, manipulation de données et définitions des données SQL Server 2000 : Types de données et tables, Programmation de l'accès aux données avec T-SQL, Programmation des vues et des procédures stockées, Programmation de fonctions définies par l'utilisateur et de déclencheurs, Fonctionnalités XML de SQL Server 2000, Sécurité SQL Server 2000; Travail avec Visual Basic .Net et ses techniques apparentées et SQL Server 2000 : Aperçu du .Net Framework, Création d'une application Windows, Programmation de solutions Windows avec ADO.Net, Programmation de solutions ASP.Net, etc.

Whether you are using Windows Forms to build rich-client business applications, or the ASP.NET 2.0 framework to build powerful web applications or web services, the use of well-designed graphics will greatly enhance their usability, impact, and visual appeal. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the use of graphics in .NET applications and aims to provide you with all the information you need to build effective custom controls.

The opening section of the book investigates the .NET Framework classes that implement graphics. It covers all of the classes, methods, and techniques needed to create, manipulate, and display precise graphics in a form, a page being sent to a printer, or an image.

On this foundation, the second section describes how to design and build effective custom controls for use in a business environment. Topics covered include building composite controls, implementing keyboard navigation, and enhancing design-time support.

The final section of the book explores the use of GDI+ and ASP.NET to build custom controls that can provide reusable, GUI components for web projects, and to deliver customized graphics over the Internet.

Would you like to write Windows programs but don’t know where to start?

Visual Basic. NET, the latest distribution of Microsoft’s programming language was designed to let anybody—even people with no prior programming experience—create sophisticated programs with stunning user interfaces, quickly and easily. A true marvel of computing technology, Visual Basic .NET combines BASIC, the only programming language specifically designed to teach beginners how to program, with a completely intuitive drawing program that lets you create cool user interfaces without having to write a single line of code.

Written by computer book author and well-known stand-up comic Wallace Wang, Visual Basic .NET For Dummies offers you a fun and easy way to master VB .NET programming. Featuring crystal-clear explanations along with dozens of working examples, it gives you what you need to tap the power of Visual Basic .NET. In no time you’ll:

• Design a user interface
• Create pull-down menus
• Write programs on any scale—both large and small
• Debug your programs
• Write your own code
• Work with loops, subrouting, and decision commands
• Use object-oriented techniques in your programming

Visual Basic .NET For Dummies was designed to give you the confidence and skills you need to start building Windows programs right away—not turn you into a computer scientist. To that end, it features hands-on, jargon-free coverage of the full range of practical VB .NET topics, including:

• Getting started and using the Visual Basic .NET interface
• Creating full-featured user interfaces
• Making menus--including pull-downs, submenus, growing menus, pop-up menus—and showing dialog boxes
• Writing BASIC code
• Making programs appear intelligent by using loops and decision commands
• Writing small subprograms and combining them to make large, robust programs
• Getting a handle on object-oriented programming

Visual Basic .NET For Dummies is the pain-free way to get up to speed on Visual Basic programming and all the new features in Visual Basic .NET.

DVD includes Visual Web Developer 2010 Express and ASP.NET 4

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to build complete, professional-quality web solutions with ASP.NET 4 and Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master the entire process, from site design through data collection, user management through debugging and deployment. Scott Mitchell, editor of top ASP.NET resource site 4GuysFromRolla.com, shows how to use the newest ASP.NET 4 enhancements and make the most of free tools like ASP.NET Ajax and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a strong, practical foundation for success!

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common ASP.NET 4 development tasks.

Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.

By the Way, Did You Know?, and Watch Out! boxes point out shortcuts and solutions.

Learn how to…

• Get started fast with ASP.NET 4 and Visual Web Developer 2010
• Use Visual Web Developer 2010 to quickly build professional-quality ASP.NET websites
• Design, create, and test ASP.NET web pages
• Collect, process, and validate input from your site’s visitors
• Build a website that supports user accounts
• Create web pages that access, display, and edit database data using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
• Define site maps to provide efficient, easy navigation
• Use master pages to build more consistent and well-designed sites
• Create more responsive and interactive web pages with ASP.NET Ajax
• Host, upload, deploy, and update production web sites

Take Web Application Programming to a Whole New Level
Microsoft's .NET Framework means enormous changes for Web programming. Using Visual Studio's ASP.NET and VB.NET, and a host of established and up-and-coming Internet technologies, you can build cleaner, more powerful Web applications, and you can do it more quickly than ever before. Mastering ASP.NET with VB.NET is packed with the vital information you need to get started and build the skills to develop the new generation of dynamic, easy-to-maintain web sites.
Coverage includes:
* Using HTML and CSS effectively
* Creating code-behind classes
* Making effective use of intrinsic objects
* Handling files
* Sending email
* Writing a Windows service
* Communicating with other Web Forms
* Communicating with databases
* Using XML namespace objects
* Performing transforms with XSLT and XHTML
* Creating user controls
* Creating custom controls
* Writing dynamic client-side code
* Using DHTML appropriately
* Creating Web Services
* Writing applications that use Web Services

If you know the VB.NET basics, this book teaches everything else you need for developing and deploying database applications with Visual Basic .NET and ADO.NET, the new data access method for the .NET platform. That includes Windows as well as web applications, and both two-tiered and three-tiered applications. Along the way, you'll learn how to use typed and untyped datasets, bound and unbound controls, data views, parameterised queries, and more. You'll also learn how to use XML for defining data structures, Crystal Reports for developing reports, and the Server Explorer for working with a database.

I wrote this book from the perspective of a programmer wanting to learn how to integrate reports within a .NET application. I've been working with Crystal Reports since Visual Basic 3 and it's always been difficult to find technical information on report writing.
I spent a year and a half researching what .NET programmers need to successfully create, implement and deploy a Crystal Reports application. I even put the book on the internet for everyone to read for free all of last year. This generated an incredible number of emails from programmers telling me what they liked, disliked, and what was missing from the book. I learned that there are two distinct types of .NET programmers using Crystal Reports.
The first type of programmer doesn't have much experience with Crystal Reports and wants a series of tutorials to help them build reports from scratch. For this programmer I wrote 13 chapters which teach you everything about adding reports to ASP.NET and Windows applications. It starts with the basics of building reports to adding charts, crosstab reports, sorting and grouping, subreports and using the formula editor with Basic syntax and Crystal syntax.
The second type of programmer has been using Crystal Reports for years and is mostly concerned with how to do technical runtime customization of reports. For this programmer I researched and diagrammed the undocumented report object models. I included dozens of examples in both VB.NET and C# to show you how to modify reports, manipulate different data sources (XML, ADO.NET, ODBC, OLE DB, stored procedures with parameters), modify formulas and report parameters, and integrate .NET with the RAS and RDC.
The dozens of emails I received when the book was online were instrumental for doing a major revision of many chapters before publishing the book in hardcopy format. Since releasing the book I continue to receive more emails from people. They regret that the free book isn't online anymore, but understand that it couldn't last forever and that the hardcopy version is even better. I hope you like it and that it helps you achieve your reporting goals.
September 2004 Update: Due to high demand, I did a second printing of the book. I took advantage of this opportunity to go through the book and remove all grammatical errors. The content is the same, but the typos have been corrected.

This book is a complete reference to the ASP.NET namespaces for developers who are already familiar with using ASP.NET. There is no trivial introductory material or useless .NET hype - we get stuck into the .NET Framework and don't look back. We provide in-depth coverage of all the major ASP.NET classes in a pure reference format, giving you those real-world tips that the documentation doesn't offer, and demonstrating complex techniques with simple examples.

Each chapter covers another of the ASP.NET namespaces, from System.Web right through to System.Web.Services.Protocols, with coverage of individual classes, methods, and properties presented in easy-to-use alphabetical order. For anyone who is serious about getting the most out of the ASP.NET classes, this book is a must.