Programming Visual Basic 2005

This information-packed guide helps you understand Visual Basic 2005, the next-generation release of the popular Visual Basic programming language. This book aims to make you immediately productive in creating Windows and web applications using Visual Basic 2005 and all of its tools. Perfect for experienced VB6 and novice programmers.

Preface

Part I. Building Windows Applications

1. Design and First Forms

The Requirements

Getting Started

Creating the Customer Detail Page

Summary

2. Data Access

Adding Data to the Customer Page

Using the Details View to Create the Detail Form

Modify the Display with Events

3. Cool Controls

Adding a Menu and Toolbar

Displaying Web Documents

Masked Text Box

Printing a Document

Copying Files Using Tree Views

4. Custom Controls

Custom Controls

Design

Building the Controls

Using the Custom Controls

5. GDI+ and Drawing

The Graphics Class

Implementing the Control

6. Mice and Fonts

Click the Mouse

7. Legacy COM Controls

Importing ActiveX Controls

Importing COM Components

Part II. Building Web Applications

8. Web Application, Design, and First Forms

Understanding Web Forms

Getting Started

Adding Controls

State

Lifecycle

Directives

9. Validation Controls

The RequiredFieldValidator

Client-Side Evaluation

The Summary Validator

The Compare Validator

Range Checking

Regular Expressions

Custom Validation

Validation Groups

10. Master Pages and Navigation

Creating Master Pages

Navigation

11. Web Data Access

Getting Data from a Database

Multiuser Updates

The DataList Control

12. Personalization

Implementing Forms-Based Security

Add Roles to ASP.NET Accounts

Create Personalized Web Sites

Personalize with Complex Types

Anonymous Personalization

Themes and Skins

Web Parts

Enabling Editing and Layout Changes

13. Custom Controls

User Controls

Custom Controls

14. Web Services

Platform Independence

How Web Services Work

Creating a Web Service

WebMethod Properties

Testing Your Web Service

Writing the Client

Part III. Programming with Visual Basic 2005

15. Visual Studio 2005

Start Page

Projects and Solutions

The Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Building and Running

16. Visual Basic 2005 Fundamentals

Types

Variables

Whitespace

Statements

Branching

Iteration Statements

Operators

17. Using Collections and Generics

Arrays

Generics

Queues

Stacks

Dictionaries

18. Object-Oriented Visual Basic 2005

Defining Classes

Instantiating Objects

Scope

The Heap

Access Modifiers

Method Arguments

Constructors

Initializers

Copy Constructors

Using Shared Members

Destroying Objects

Overloading Methods and Constructors

Encapsulating Data with Properties

Specialization and Generalization

Inheritance

Polymorphism

Abstract Classes

The Root of All Classes: Object

Boxing and Unboxing Types

Interfaces

Interfaces Versus Abstract Base Classes

Defining an Interface

Implementing an Interface