Mansfield R. - Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition for Dummies [2005, PDF, ENG]

Introduction ................................................................1
Part I: The Basics of Visual Basic Express ....................11
Chapter 1: What It’s All About: Visual Basic Express Takes a Bow ...........................13
Chapter 2: Up and Running ............................................................................................23
Chapter 3: At Your Service: Loads of Built-In Helpers ................................................35
Chapter 4: Tackling Essential Tools ..............................................................................51
Part II: Programming the Practical Way ......................75
Chapter 5: Common Tasks .............................................................................................77
Chapter 6: It’s All about My ............................................................................................97
Chapter 7: Whose Type Are You: Managing Variable Types ....................................105
Chapter 8: Superstrings: Managing Arrays ................................................................129
Chapter 9: Pretty Printing ............................................................................................143
Chapter 10: Testing and Deployment ..........................................................................161
Part III: Dealing with Databases ...............................179
Chapter 11: The Basics of Databases ..........................................................................181
Chapter 12: Quick Database User-Interface Techniques ..........................................191
Chapter 13: Managing DataSets ...................................................................................209
Part IV: Programming for the Web ............................225
Chapter 14: Painless Internet Programming ..............................................................227
Chapter 15: Everything’s Eventual: Web Page Management ....................................245
Part V: The Part of Tens ...........................................263
Chapter 16: Ten Great Visual Basic Express Tips and Tricks ..................................265
Chapter 17: Ten Important VB Resources ..................................................................277
Appendix A: About the CDs .......................................283
Bonus Appendix B: A Dictionary of VB.NET ....On the Web
Index .......................................................................287