C. Visual Basic Resources
by Bill Sheldon, Kent Sharkey, Bill Evjen, Billy Hollis
Professional Visual Basic® 2008
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Editors
- Credits
- Introduction
- 1. Visual Basic 2008 Core Elements
- 1.1. Initial Keywords and Syntax
- 1.2. Value and Reference Types
- 1.3. Commands: Conditional
- 1.4. Value Types (Structures)
- 1.5. Reference Types (Classes)
- 1.6. Commands: Looping Statements
- 1.7. Boxing
- 1.8. Parameter Passing
- 1.9. Variable Scope
- 1.10. Data Type Conversions
- 1.11. Summary
- 2. Object Syntax Introduction
- 2.1. Object-Oriented Terminology
- 2.2. Working with Objects
- 2.3. Creating Classes
- 2.4. Advanced Concepts
- 2.5. Summary
- 3. Object-Oriented Programming
- 3.1. Inheritance
- 3.1.1. Implementing Inheritance
- 3.1.1.1. Creating a Base Class
- 3.1.1.2. Creating a Subclass
- 3.1.1.3. Overloading Methods
- 3.1.1.4. Overriding Methods
- 3.1.1.5. Shadowing
- 3.1.1.6. Levels of Inheritance
- 3.1.1.7. Interacting with the Base Class, Your Class, and Your Object
- 3.1.1.8. Constructors
- 3.1.1.9. Protected Scope
- 3.1.1.10. Events and Inheritance
- 3.1.1.11. Shared Methods
- 3.1.1.12. Shared Events
- 3.1.1.13. Creating an Abstract Base Class
- 3.1.2. Preventing Inheritance
- 3.1.1. Implementing Inheritance
- 3.2. Multiple Interfaces
- 3.3. Abstraction
- 3.4. Encapsulation
- 3.5. Polymorphism
- 3.6. Inheritance
- 3.7. Summary
- 3.1. Inheritance
- 4. The Common Language
- 5. Localization
- 6. Generics
- 7. Namespaces
- 8. Exception Handling and Debugging
- 8.1. A Brief Review of Error Handling in VB6
- 8.2. Exceptions in .NET
- 8.3. Structured Exception-Handling Keywords
- 8.4. Interoperability with VB6-Style Error Handling
- 8.5. Error Logging
- 8.6. Analyzing Problems and Measuring Performance via the Trace Class
- 8.7. Summary
- 9. Data Access with ADO.NET 3.5
- 9.1. ADO.NET Architecture
- 9.2. Basic ADO.NET Features
- 9.3. .NET Data Providers
- 9.4. The DataSet Component
- 9.5. Working with the Common Provider Model
- 9.6. Connection Pooling in ADO.NET
- 9.7. Building a Data-Access Component
- 9.8. Summary
- 10. Using XML in Visual Basic 2008
- 10.1. An Introduction to XML
- 10.2. XML Serialization
- 10.3. System.Xml Document Support
- 10.4. XML Stream-Style Parsers
- 10.5. XSLT Transformations
- 10.6. ADO.NET
- 10.7. XML in ASP.NET 3.5
- 10.8. Summary
- 11. LINQ
- 11.1. LINQ to SQL and Visual Studio 2008
- 11.2. How Objects Map to LINQ Objects
- 11.3. Working Without the O/R Designer
- 11.4. Custom Objects and the O/R Designer
- 11.5. Querying the Database
- 11.6. Stored Procedures
- 11.7. LINQ to XML
- 11.8. LINQ to XML and .NET 3.5
- 11.9. New XML Objects from the .NET Framework 3.5
- 11.10. Visual Basic 2008 and XML Literals
- 11.11. Using LINQ to Query XML Documents
- 11.12. Working Around the XML Document
- 11.13. Using LINQ to SQL with LINQ to XML
- 11.14. Summary
- 12. Security in the .NET Framework
- 13. Visual Studio 2008
- 13.1. Visual Studio 2008: Express through Team Suite
- 13.2. Project ProVB_VS in Visual Studio
- 13.3. Enhancing a Sample Application
- 13.4. Useful Features of Visual Studio 2008
- 13.5. Summary
- 14. Working with SQL Server
- 15. Windows Forms
- 15.1. Changes in Windows Forms Version 2.0
- 15.2. The System.Windows.Forms Namespace
- 15.3. Using Forms
- 15.3.1. Showing Forms via Sub Main
- 15.3.2. Setting the Startup Form
- 15.3.3. Startup Location
- 15.3.4. Form Borders
- 15.3.5. Always on Top — The TopMost Property
- 15.3.6. Owned Forms
- 15.3.7. Making Forms Transparent and Translucent
- 15.3.8. Visual Inheritance
- 15.3.9. Scrollable Forms
- 15.3.10. MDI Forms
- 15.3.11. An MDI Example in VB 2008
- 15.3.12. Dialog Forms
- 15.3.13. Forms at Runtime
- 15.4. Controls
- 15.4.1. Control Tab Order
- 15.4.2. Dynamic Sizing and Positioning of Controls
- 15.4.3. FlowLayoutPanel Control
- 15.4.4. TableLayoutPanel Control
- 15.4.5. Panel and GroupBox Container Controls
- 15.4.6. Extender Providers
- 15.4.7. Advanced Capabilities for Data Entry
- 15.4.8. Validating Data Entry
- 15.4.9. Toolbars and the New ToolStrip Control
- 15.4.10. Menus
- 15.4.11. Common Dialogs
- 15.4.12. Drag and Drop
- 15.4.13. Summary of Standard Windows.Forms Controls
- 15.4.14. Retired Controls
- 15.4.15. Handling Groups of Related Controls
- 15.4.16. Adding Controls at Runtime
- 15.5. Other Handy Programming Tips
- 15.6. Summary
- 16. Windows Forms Advanced Features
- 16.1. Packaging Logic in Visual Controls
- 16.2. Custom Controls in Windows Forms
- 16.3. Inheriting from an Existing Control
- 16.4. The Control and UserControl Base Classes
- 16.5. A Composite UserControl
- 16.6. Building a Control from Scratch
- 16.7. Attaching an Icon for the Toolbox
- 16.8. Embedding Controls in Other Controls
- 16.9. Summary
- 17. Windows Presentation Foundation
- 17.1. What, Where, Why, How — WPF Strategy
- 17.2. Raster Graphics and Vector Graphics
- 17.3. Should Your Next Windows Project Use WPF?
- 17.4. Creating a WPF Application
- 17.5. Summary
- 18. Integrating WPF and Windows Forms
- 19. Working with ASP.NET 3.5
- 19.1. The Goals of ASP.NET
- 19.1.1. Developer Productivity
- 19.1.2. Administration and Management
- 19.1.3. Performance and Scalability
- 19.1.4. The ASP.NET Compilation System
- 19.1.5. Health Monitoring for Your ASP.NET Applications
- 19.1.6. Reading and Writing Configuration Settings
- 19.1.7. Localization
- 19.1.8. Objects for Accessing Data
- 19.2. The IDE for Building ASP.NET 3.5 Pages
- 19.3. Building ASP.NET Applications
- 19.4. The ASP.NET Page Structure Options
- 19.5. ASP.NET 3.5 Page Directives
- 19.6. ASP.NET Page Events
- 19.7. ASP.NET Application Folders
- 19.8. Global.asax
- 19.9. ASP.NET Server Controls
- 19.10. Manipulating Pages and Server Controls with JavaScript
- 19.11. Summary
- 19.1. The Goals of ASP.NET
- 20. ASP.NET 3.5 Advanced Features
- 21. Silverlight Development
- 22. Visual Studio Tools for Office
- 23. Assemblies
- 24. Deployment
- 24.1. Application Deployment
- 24.2. New in Visual Studio 2008
- 24.3. Visual Studio Deployment Projects
- 24.4. Modifying the Deployment Project
- 24.5. Internet Deployment of Windows Applications
- 24.5.1. No-Touch Deployment
- 24.5.2. ClickOnce Deployment
- 24.5.2.1. Configuring an Application for ClickOnce
- 24.5.2.2. Online versus Locally Installed Applications
- 24.5.2.3. Deploying an Online Application
- 24.5.2.4. Deploying an Application That Is Available Offline
- 24.5.2.5. Files and Directories Produced by ClickOnce
- 24.5.2.6. Signing the Manifest
- 24.5.2.7. The Update Process
- 24.5.2.8. ClickOnce Configuration Options
- 24.5.2.9. The Bootstrapper
- 24.5.2.10. Manual Editing of ClickOnce Manifests
- 24.5.2.11. Rolling Back or Uninstalling ClickOnce Applications
- 24.5.2.12. ClickOnce versus Other Deployment Technologies
- 24.5.3. Custom Deployment Options
- 24.6. Summary
- 25. Working with Classic COM and Interfaces
- 26. Threading
- 27. Windows Workflow Foundation
- 28. XML Web Services
- 28.1. Introduction to Web Services
- 28.2. Early Architectural Designs
- 28.3. Building a Web Service
- 28.4. A Realistic Example
- 28.5. Overloading WebMethods
- 28.6. Caching Web Service Responses
- 28.7. SOAP Headers
- 28.8. Visual Basic and System.Web.Services
- 28.9. Architecting with Web Services
- 28.10. Security in Web Services
- 28.11. The Downside
- 28.12. Where We Go from Here
- 28.13. Summary
- 29. Remoting
- 29.1. Remoting Overview
- 29.2. Implementing Remoting
- 29.3. Summary
- 30. Enterprise Services
- 30.1. Transactions
- 30.2. Transactional Components
- 30.2.1. An Example of Transactions
- 30.2.1.1. Creating the Databases
- 30.2.1.2. Populating Your Databases
- 30.2.1.3. The Business Logic
- 30.2.1.4. Registering Your Component
- 30.2.1.5. Giving the Assembly a Strong Name
- 30.2.1.6. Registering with Component Services
- 30.2.1.7. The Component Services Console
- 30.2.1.8. Test Application
- 30.2.1.9. The Transaction Attribute
- 30.2.1.10. Invalid Data
- 30.2.1.11. When Something Goes Wrong
- 30.2.1. An Example of Transactions
- 30.3. Other Aspects of Transactions
- 30.4. Queued Components
- 30.5. Transactions and System.Transactions
- 30.6. Summary
- 31. Network Programming
- 32. Windows Communication Foundation
- 33. Windows Services
- 33.1. Example Windows Services
- 33.2. Characteristics of a Windows Service
- 33.3. Interacting with Windows Services
- 33.4. Creating a Windows Service
- 33.5. Creating a Windows Service in Visual Basic
- 33.6. Creating a Counter Monitor Service
- 33.7. Monitoring a Performance Counter
- 33.8. Communicating with the Service
- 33.9. Custom Commands
- 33.10. Passing Strings to a Service
- 33.11. Creating a File Watcher
- 33.11.1. Writing events using an Event Log
- 33.11.2. Creating a FileSystemWatcher
- 33.11.2.1. The FileSystemWatcher Component
- 33.11.2.2. The EnableRaisingEvents Property
- 33.11.2.3. The Path Property
- 33.11.2.4. The NotifyFilter Property
- 33.11.2.5. The Filter Property
- 33.11.2.6. The IncludeSubdirectories Property
- 33.11.2.7. Adding FileSystemWatcher Code to OnStart and OnStop
- 33.11.2.8. The EventLog Component
- 33.11.2.9. The Created Event
- 33.12. Debugging the Service
- 33.13. Summary
- 34. Visual Basic and the Internet
- 34.1. Downloading Internet Resources
- 34.2. Sockets
- 34.3. Using Internet Explorer in Your Applications
- 34.3.1. Windows Forms and HTML — no problem!
- 34.3.1.1. Allowing Simple Web Browsing in Your Windows Application
- 34.3.1.2. Launching Internet Explorer from Your Windows Application
- 34.3.1.3. Updating URLs and Page Titles
- 34.3.1.4. Creating a Toolbar
- 34.3.1.5. Showing Documents Using the WebBrowser Control
- 34.3.1.6. Printing Using the WebBrowser Control
- 34.3.1. Windows Forms and HTML — no problem!
- 34.4. Summary
- A. The Visual Basic Compiler
- A.1. The vbc.exe.config File
- A.2. Simple Steps to Compilation
- A.3. Compiler Output
- A.4. Looking at the vbc.rsp File
- B. Visual Basic Power Packs Tools
- C. Visual Basic Resources
The MSDN Visual Basic Developer Center msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic |
Blogs of the Microsoft VB team blogs.msdn.com/vbteam |
Visual Basic FAQs blogs.msdn.com/vbfaq |
The Microsoft Windows Forms site www.windowsforms.net |
The Microsoft ASP.NET site www.asp.net |
CodePlex www.codeplex.com |
VB City www.vbcity.com |
VB.NET Forums www.vbdotnetforums.com |
vbAccelerator.com www.vbaccelerator.com |
DotNetJunkies www.dotnetjunkies.com |
4 Guys from Rolla www.4guysfromrolla.com |
123ASPX www.123aspx.com |
Microsoft Newsgroups msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups |
Microsoft Developer Centers msdn.microsoft.com/developercenters |
VBRun: Microsoft's Visual Basic 6.0 site msdn.microsoft.com/VBRun |
.NET Framework 3.0 community site www.netfx3.com |
MSDN Forums on VB forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=10&SiteID=1 |
Silverlight www.silverlight.net |
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