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Contents at a Glance
Part I






1 Exploring the Visual Studio Integrated Development
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Writing Your First Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3 Working with Toolbox Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4 Working with Menus, Toolbars, and Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Part II

Getting Started with Microsoft Visual Basic 2010

Programming Fundamentals

5 Visual Basic Variables and Formulas,
and the .NET Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
6 Using Decision Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
7 Using Loops and Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
8 Debugging Visual Basic Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
9 Trapping Errors by Using Structured Error Handling . . . . . . . . . 227
10 Creating Modules and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
11 Using Arrays to Manage Numeric and String Data . . . . . . . . . . . 273
12 Working with Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
13 Exploring Text Files and String Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Part III Designing






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the User Interface

Managing Windows Forms and Controls at Run Time . . . . . . . .
Adding Graphics and Animation Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inheriting Forms and Creating Base Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working with Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part IV Database

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375
393
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and Web Programming

18 Getting Started with ADO.NET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
19 Data Presentation Using the DataGridView Control . . . . . . . . . 467
20 Creating Web Sites and Web Pages by Using Visual
Web Developer and ASP.NET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491


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