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Microsoft Visual Basic .NET : Reloaded

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Microsoft Visual Basic .NET : Reloaded

by: Zak,Diane

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0619215658
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Copyright: 02/12/2004
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET: RELOADED teaches students how to create programs in Visual Basic .NET in a new, more challenging style. Users will find a clean presentation of the material, uninterrupted by opening cases, step sections, or separate lessons within a chapter.

Preface

xii

Read This Before You Begin

xvii

An Introduction to Visual Basic NET

(40)

Programmers

(1)

A Brief History of Programming Languages

(2)

Machine Languages

(1)

Assembly Languages

(1)

High-Level Languages

(1)

OOP Terminology

(2)

Visual Studio NET

(2)

Solutions, Projects, and Files

(1)

Starting Microsoft Visual Studio NET

(1)

Creating a Visual Basic NET Windows-Based Application

(3)

Managing the Windows in the IDE

(1)

The Dynamic Help Window

(1)

The Windows Form Designer Window

(1)

The Solution Explorer Window

(1)

The Properties Window

(3)

Properties of a Windows Form Object

(2)

The Toolbox Windows

(4)

The Label Tool

(1)

The Button Tool

(1)

The Code Editor Window

(3)

The Me.Close Method

(1)

Saving a Solution

(1)

Starting and Ending an Application

(2)

Printing Your Code

(1)

Closing the Current Solution

(1)

Opening an Existing Solution

(1)

Programming Example: State Capitals

(2)

User Interface

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

(1)

Code

(1)

Quick Review

(1)

Key Terms

(3)

Review Questions

(2)

Exercises

(2)

Case Projects

(2)

Castle's Ice Cream Parlor

(1)

Allen School District

(1)

Elvira Learning Center

(1)

Mary Golds Flower Shop

(1)

Creating a User Interface

(30)

Planning an Application

(1)

Skate-Away Sales

(6)

Identifying the Application's Tasks

(2)

Identifying the Objects

(2)

Identifying the Events

(2)

Designing the User Interface

(7)

Arranging the Controls

(2)

Aligning and Sizing Controls

(1)

Including Graphics in the User Interface

(1)

Including Different Fonts in the User Interface

(1)

Including Color in the User Interface

(1)

Assigning Access Keys

(1)

Setting the Tablndex Property

(3)

Designating Default and Cancel Buttons

(1)

Programming Example: Moonbucks Coffee

(3)

TOE Chart

(1)

User Interface:

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

(1)

Tab Order

(1)

Code

(1)

Quick Review

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Review Questions

(2)

Exercises

(2)

Case Projects

(2)

Crispies Bagels and Bites

(1)

Perry Primary School

(1)

Jasper Health Foods

(1)

Sophia's Italian Deli

(1)

Variables, Constants, Methods, and Calculations

(46)

Variables

(3)

Selecting a Data Type for a Variable

(2)

Selecting a Name for a Variable

(1)

Declaring a Variable

(2)

Assigning Data to an Existing Variable

(3)

Using the Convert Class

(1)

Writing Arithmetic Expressions

(2)

The Scope and Lifetime of a Variable

(2)

Named Constants

(1)

Internally Documenting the Program Code

(1)

Option Explicit and Option Strict

(1)

Coding the Skate-Away Sales Application

(4)

Using Pseudocode to Plan a Procedure

(1)

Using a Flowchart to Plan a Procedure

(2)

Coding the btnClear Control's Click Event Procedure

(3)

Assigning a Value to the Property of a Control

(2)

Using the Focus Method

(1)

Coding the btnCalc Control's Click Event Procedure

(3)

Testing and Debugging the Application

(3)

Formatting Numeric Output

100

(3)

Programming Example: Currency Calculator

103

(3)

TOE Chart

103

(1)

User Interface

103

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

104

(1)

Tab Order

104

(1)

Pseudocode

105

(1)

Code

105

(1)

Quick Review

106

(1)

Key Terms

107

(2)

Review Questions

109

(2)

Exercises

111

(4)

Case Projects

115

(2)

Willow Pools

115

(1)

Builder's Inc.

115

(1)

Tile Limited

115

(1)

Quick Loans

116

(1)

Making Decisions in a Program

117

(60)

The Selection Structure

118

(1)

Writing Pseudocode for the If and If/Else Selection Structures

119

(1)

Flowcharting the If and If/Else Selection Structures

120

(2)

Coding the If and If/Else Selection Structures

122

(1)

Comparison Operators

123

(8)

Using Comparison Operators -- Example 1

125

(4)

Using Comparison Operators -- Example 2

129

(2)

Using the To Upper and ToLower Methods

131

(3)

Logical Operators

134

(6)

Using the Truth Tables

136

(3)

Using Logical Operators in an If... Then... Else Statement

139

(1)

Modifying the Skate-Away Sales Application

140

(8)

The IsNumeric Function

142

(1)

The MessageBox.Show Method

143

(5)

Nested Selection Structures

148

(5)

The If/Elself/Else Selection Structure

153

(1)

The Case Selection Structure

154

(4)

Using To and Is in an ExpressionList

156

(2)

Programming Example: Fat Calculator

158

(4)

TOE Chart

158

(1)

User Interface

159

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

159

(1)

Tab Order

160

(1)

Pseudocode

160

(1)

Code

161

(1)

Quick Review

162

(1)

Key Terms

163

(2)

Review Questions

165

(3)

Exercises

168

(8)

Case Projects

176

(1)

Allenton Water Department

176

(1)

Professor Juarez

176

(1)

Barren Community Center

176

(1)

Willow Health Club

176

(1)

Repeating Program Instructions

177

(36)

The Repetition Structure

178

(1)

The For...Next Statement

178

(3)

The Pmt Function

181

(4)

The Payment Calculator Application

183

(2)

The Do...Loop Statement

185

(6)

Using Counters and Accumulators

191

(1)

The Sales Express Application

191

(6)

The InputBox Function

193

(2)

Code for the Sales Express Application

195

(2)

Programming Example: Grade Calculator

197

(5)

TOE Chart

198

(1)

User Interface

198

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

198

(1)

Tab Order

199

(1)

Pseudocode

199

(1)

Code

200

(2)

Quick Review

202

(1)

Key Terms

202

(1)

Review Questions

203

(3)

Exercises

206

(5)

Case Projects

211

(2)

Caldwell Middle School

211

(1)

Franklin University

211

(1)

Edmonton Bank

211

(1)

Math Is Fun Inc.

211

(2)

String Manipulation

213

(36)

Manipulating Strings in Visual Basic .NET

214

(1)

Determining the Number of Characters Contained in a String

214

(1)

Removing Characters from a String

215

(4)

The Remove Method

217

(2)

Determining Whether a String Begins or Ends with a Specific Sequence of Characters

219

(2)

Accessing Characters Contained in a String

221

(2)

Replacing Characters in a String

223

(3)

The Mid Statement

224

(2)

Inserting Characters at the Beginning and End of a String

226

(4)

Inserting Characters within a String

228

(2)

Searching a String

230

(1)

The Like Operator

231

(4)

Programming Example: Hangman Game

235

(4)

TOE Chart

235

(1)

User Interface

236

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

236

(1)

Tab Order

237

(1)

Pseudocode

237

(1)

Code

238

(1)

Quick Review

239

(1)

Key Terms

240

(1)

Review Questions

241

(2)

Exercises

243

(4)

Case Projects

247

(2)

Georgetown Credit

247

(1)

Jacobson Finance

247

(1)

BobCat Motors

248

(1)

Pig Latin Is Challenging

248

(1)

Suo and Function Procedures

249

(34)

Procedures

250

(1)

Sub Procedures

250

(5)

The Gladis Antiques Application

252

(3)

Including Parameters in an Independent Sub Procedure

255

(1)

Passing Variables

256

(7)

Passing Variables by Value

256

(4)

Passing Variables by Reference

260

(3)

Function Procedures

263

(5)

The Pine Lodge Application

265

(3)

Programming Example: Rainfall Application

268

(3)

TOE Chart

268

(1)

User Interface

268

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

269

(1)

Tab Order

269

(1)

Pseudocode

270

(1)

Code

270

(1)

Quick Review

271

(1)

Key Terms

272

(1)

Review Questions

272

(4)

Exercises

276

(4)

Case Projects

280

(3)

Car Shoppers Inc.

280

(1)

Wallpaper Warehouse

280

(1)

Cable Direct

281

(1)

Harvey Industries

281

(2)

Sequential Access Files and Error Handling

283

(40)

File Types

284

(1)

Using Sequential Access Files

284

(1)

Declaring StreamWriter and StreamReader Variables

285

(1)

Opening a Sequential Access File

286

(4)

Determining Whether a File Exists

289

(1)

Writing Information to a Sequential Access File

290

(4)

Aligning Columns of Information

292

(2)

Reading Information from a Sequential Access File

294

(1)

Closing a Sequential Access File

295

(1)

The Friends Application

295

(4)

Using a Try/Catch Block

299

(6)

Writing and Reading Records

305

(2)

Programming Example: PAO Application

307

(6)

TOE Chart

307

(1)

User Interface

308

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

308

(1)

Tab Order

309

(1)

Pseudocode

310

(1)

Code

311

(2)

Quick Review

313

(1)

Key Terms

313

(1)

Review Questions

314

(3)

Exercises

317

(5)

Case Projects

322

(1)

Warren High School

322

(1)

WKRK-Radio

322

(1)

Shoe Circus

322

(1)

Revellos

322

(1)

Arrays

323

(48)

Using Arrays

324

(1)

One-Dimensional Arrays

324

(2)

Storing Data in a One-Dimensional Array

326

(2)

Manipulating One-Dimensional Arrays

328

(12)

Displaying the Contents of a One-Dimensional Array

328

(2)

The For Each...Next Statement

330

(1)

Using the Subscript to Access an Element in a One-Dimensional Array

331

(1)

Searching a One-Dimensional Array

332

(1)

Calculating the Average Amount Stored in a One-Dimensional Numeric Array

333

(1)

Determining the Highest Value Stored in a One-Dimensional Array

334

(2)

Updating the Values Stored in a One-Dimensional Array

336

(1)

Sorting the Data Stored in a One-Dimensional Array

337

(3)

Using a Module-Level One-Dimensional Array

340

(3)

Parallel One-Dimensional Arrays

343

(3)

Two-Dimensional Arrays

346

(2)

Storing Data in a Two-Dimensional Array

348

(1)

Searching a Two-Dimensional Array

349

(2)

Programming Example: Perrytown Gift Shop Application

351

(6)

TOE Chart

352

(1)

User Interface

352

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

352

(1)

Tab Order

353

(1)

Pseudocode

354

(1)

Code

355

(2)

Quick Review

357

(1)

Key Terms

357

(1)

Review Questions

358

(4)

Exercises

362

(7)

Case Projects

369

(2)

JT Sales

369

(1)

Waterglen Horse Farms

369

(1)

Conway Enterprises

370

(1)

Parker Apparel

370

(1)

Structures and More Controls

371

(44)

Structures

372

(1)

Using a Structure to Declare a Variable

373

(9)

Passing a Structure Variable to a Procedure

374

(6)

Creating an Array of Structure Variables

380

(2)

Adding a Radio Button to the Form

382

(4)

Adding a Check Box Control to the Form

386

(2)

Adding a List Box to an Interface

388

(6)

Adding Items to a List Box

389

(2)

The Selectedltem and SelectedIndex Properties

391

(3)

Using the KeyPress Event

394

(1)

Selecting the Existing Text in a Text Box

395

(1)

Associating a Procedure With Different Events

396

(1)

Programming Example: Glovers Application

397

(5)

TOE Chart

397

(1)

User Interface

398

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

398

(1)

Tab Order

399

(1)

Pseudocode

399

(1)

Code

400

(2)

Quick Review

402

(1)

Key Terms

403

(1)

Review Questions

404

(2)

Exercises

406

(6)

Case Projects

412

(3)

Glasgow Health Club

412

(1)

Swanee Grade School

413

(1)

Smoke Shack Barbeque

413

(1)

Harvey Industries

413

(2)

Creating Classes and Objects

415

(30)

Classes and Objects

416

(1)

Defining a Class

416

(3)

Example 1 --- Using a Class That Contains Properties Only

419

(3)

Example 2 --- Using a Class That Contains Properties And Methods

422

(5)

Constructors

424

(1)

Methods Other Than Constructors

425

(2)

Example 3 --- Using a Class That Contains Two Constructors and Data Validation

427

(4)

Programming Example: Kessler Landscaping Application

431

(4)

TOE Chart

431

(1)

User Interface

431

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

432

(1)

Tab Order

432

(1)

Pseudocode

433

(1)

Code (MyRectangle.vb file)

433

(1)

Code (Kessler Form.vb file)

434

(1)

Quick Review

435

(1)

Key Terms

436

(1)

Review Questions

436

(3)

Exercises

439

(4)

Case Projects

443

(2)

Glasgow Health Club

443

(1)

Franklin University

443

(1)

Political Awareness Organization

444

(1)

Pennington Book Store

444

(1)

Using ADO.NET

445

(38)

Database Terminology

446

(1)

ADO.NET

447

(2)

Creating and Configuring a DataAdapter Object

449

(6)

SQL

455

(6)

Using the Query Builder to Enter a Select Statement

456

(5)

Creating a Dataset

461

(4)

Using the Fill Method

464

(1)

Binding the DataSet Object to a DataGrid Control

465

(2)

Reconfiguring the DataAdapter Object

467

(2)

Binding the DataSet Object to a Label Control or Text Box

469

(2)

Programming Example: Cartwright Industries Application

471

(3)

TOE Chart

472

(1)

User Interface

472

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

473

(1)

Tab Order

473

(1)

Pseudocode

474

(1)

Code

474

(1)

Quick Review

474

(1)

Key Terms

475

(1)

Review Questions

476

(3)

Exercises

479

(1)

Case Projects

480

(3)

Addison Playhouse

480

(1)

College Courses

481

(1)

Sports Action

481

(1)

The Fiction Bookstore

481

(2)

Creating Web Applications Using ASP.NET

483

(38)

Web Terminology

484

(6)

Creating Web Applications

490

(8)

Adding Controls to a Web Form

493

(3)

Starting a Web Application

496

(2)

Using the Web Validator Tools

498

(1)

Including a List Box on a Web Form

499

(3)

Including a DataGrid Control on a Web Form

502

(5)

Customizing the Appearance of the Web DataGrid Control's Data

505

(2)

Programming Example: Monthly Payment Calculator Application

507

(4)

TOE Chart

507

(1)

User Interface

508

(1)

Objects, Properties, and Settings

508

(2)

Pseudocode

510

(1)

Code

510

(1)

Quick Review

511

(1)

Key Terms

512

(1)

Review Questions

513

(2)

Exercises

515

(3)

Case Projects

518

(3)

Cable Direct

518

(1)

WKRK-Radio

518

(1)

Skate-Away Sales

518

(1)

Perrytown Gift Shop

518

(3)

APPENDIX A A Tour of the Visual Studio .NET IDE

521

(22)

Starting Visual Studio .NET

521

(2)

Creating a Visual Basic .NET Windows-Based Application

523

(2)

Managing the Windows in the IDE

525

(1)

Using the Toolbox Window to Add Objects to a Form

526

(2)

Using the Properties Window to Change an Object's Properties

528

(3)

Using the Format Menu

531

(1)

Saving a Solution

532

(1)

Starting and Ending an Application

533

(2)

Writing Visual Basic .NET Code

535

(5)

Closing the Current Solution

540

(1)

Opening an Existing Solution

541

(1)

Printing Your Code

541

(1)

Exiting Visual Studio .NET

542

(1)

APPENDIX B GUI Design Rules

543

(4)

APPENDIX C Basic Tools Included in the Windows Form Designer Toolbox

547

(4)

APPENDIX D Creating Reports using Crystal Reports

551

(10)

Creating a Crystal Report

551

(10)

Glossary

561

(10)

Index

571

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