Visual Basic 2012 Programmer''s Reference

Informationen zum Autor Rod Stephens is a VB programming guru and the author of more than two dozen programming books! including Stephens' Visual Basic Programming 24-Hour Trainer. He also writes frequently for such magazines as Visual Basic Developer! Visual Basic Programmer's Journal! and Dr. Dobb's Journal. Rod's VB Helper website (vb-helper.com) provides thousands of pages of tips! tricks! and code examples for VB programmers. Klappentext The comprehensive guide to Visual Basic 2012Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) is the most popular programming language in the world! with millions of lines of code used in businesses and applications of all types and sizes. In this edition of the bestselling Wrox guide! Visual Basic expert Rod Stephens offers novice and experienced developers a comprehensive tutorial and reference to Visual Basic 2012. This latest edition introduces major changes to the Visual Studio development platform! including support for developing mobile applications that can take advantage of the Windows 8 operating system.* This new edition includes information on developing Win8-compatible Metro applications using pre-loaded templates* Explores the new design features and support for WPF designers* Explains how to develop Windows smartphone apps* Covers new VB language features such as Asynch and AwaitVisual Basic 2012 Programmer's Reference is the programmer's go-to reference for the 2012 edition of Visual Basic. Zusammenfassung The comprehensive guide to Visual Basic 2012 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) is the most popular programming language in the world! with millions of lines of code used in businesses and applications of all types and sizes. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION xxviiPART I: IDECHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE IDE 3CHAPTER 2: MENUS! TOOLBARS! AND WINDOWS 15CHAPTER 3: WINDOWS FORMS DESIGNER 35CHAPTER 4: WPF DESIGNER 45CHAPTER 5: VISUAL BASIC CODE EDITOR 55CHAPTER 6: DEBUGGING 69PART II: GETTING STARTEDCHAPTER 7: SELECTING WINDOWS FORMS CONTROLS 81CHAPTER 8: USING WINDOWS FORMS CONTROLS 97CHAPTER 9: WINDOWS FORMS 115CHAPTER 10: SELECTING WPF CONTROLS 131CHAPTER 11: USING WPF CONTROLS 143CHAPTER 12: WPF WINDOWS 171CHAPTER 13: PROGRAM AND MODULE STRUCTURE 179CHAPTER 14: DATA TYPES! VARIABLES! AND CONSTANTS 203CHAPTER 15: OPERATORS 251CHAPTER 16: SUBROUTINES AND FUNCTIONS 267CHAPTER 17: PROGRAM CONTROL STATEMENTS 299CHAPTER 18: ERROR HANDLING 321CHAPTER 19: DATABASE CONTROLS AND OBJECTS 337CHAPTER 20: LINQ 381PART III: OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMINGCHAPTER 21: METRO-STYLE APPLICATIONS 417CHAPTER 22: OOP CONCEPTS 433CHAPTER 23: CLASSES AND STRUCTURES 449CHAPTER 24: NAMESPACES 481CHAPTER 25: COLLECTION CLASSES 493CHAPTER 26: GENERICS 515PART IV: INTERACTING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTCHAPTER 27: PRINTING 529CHAPTER 28: CONFIGURATION AND RESOURCES 547CHAPTER 29: STREAMS 571CHAPTER 30: FILESYSTEM OBJECTS 585PART V: APPENDICESAPPENDIX A: USEFUL CONTROL PROPERTIES! METHODS! AND EVENTS 611APPENDIX B: VARIABLE DECLARATIONS AND DATA TYPES 619APPENDIX C: OPERATORS 629APPENDIX D: SUBROUTINE AND FUNCTION DECLARATIONS 637APPENDIX E: CONTROL STATEMENTS 641APPENDIX F: ERROR HANDLING 647APPENDIX G: WINDOWS FORMS CONTROLS AND COMPONENTS 649APPENDIX H: WPF CONTROLS 657APPENDIX I: VISUAL BASIC POWER PACKS 665APPENDIX J: FORM OBJECTS 669APPENDIX K: CLASSES AND STRUCTURES 681APPENDIX L: LINQ 685APPENDIX M: GENERICS 695APPENDIX N: GRAPHICS 699APPENDIX O: USEFUL EXCEPTION CLASSES 711APPENDIX P: DATE AND TIME FORMAT SPECIFIERS 715APPENDIX Q: OTHER FORMAT SPECIFIERS 719APPENDIX R: THE APPLICATION CLASS 725APPENDIX S: THE MY NAMESPACE 729APPENDIX T: STREAMS 747APPENDIX U: FILESYSTEM CLASSES 755APPENDIX V: VISUAL STUDIO VERSIONS 771INDEX 773 ...

List of contents

INTRODUCTION xxviiPART I: IDECHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE IDE 3CHAPTER 2: MENUS, TOOLBARS, AND WINDOWS 15CHAPTER 3: WINDOWS FORMS DESIGNER 35CHAPTER 4: WPF DESIGNER 45CHAPTER 5: VISUAL BASIC CODE EDITOR 55CHAPTER 6: DEBUGGING 69PART II: GETTING STARTEDCHAPTER 7: SELECTING WINDOWS FORMS CONTROLS 81CHAPTER 8: USING WINDOWS FORMS CONTROLS 97CHAPTER 9: WINDOWS FORMS 115CHAPTER 10: SELECTING WPF CONTROLS 131CHAPTER 11: USING WPF CONTROLS 143CHAPTER 12: WPF WINDOWS 171CHAPTER 13: PROGRAM AND MODULE STRUCTURE 179CHAPTER 14: DATA TYPES, VARIABLES, AND CONSTANTS 203CHAPTER 15: OPERATORS 251CHAPTER 16: SUBROUTINES AND FUNCTIONS 267CHAPTER 17: PROGRAM CONTROL STATEMENTS 299CHAPTER 18: ERROR HANDLING 321CHAPTER 19: DATABASE CONTROLS AND OBJECTS 337CHAPTER 20: LINQ 381PART III: OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMINGCHAPTER 21: METRO-STYLE APPLICATIONS 417CHAPTER 22: OOP CONCEPTS 433CHAPTER 23: CLASSES AND STRUCTURES 449CHAPTER 24: NAMESPACES 481CHAPTER 25: COLLECTION CLASSES 493CHAPTER 26: GENERICS 515PART IV: INTERACTING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTCHAPTER 27: PRINTING 529CHAPTER 28: CONFIGURATION AND RESOURCES 547CHAPTER 29: STREAMS 571CHAPTER 30: FILESYSTEM OBJECTS 585PART V: APPENDICESAPPENDIX A: USEFUL CONTROL PROPERTIES, METHODS, AND EVENTS 611APPENDIX B: VARIABLE DECLARATIONS AND DATA TYPES 619APPENDIX C: OPERATORS 629APPENDIX D: SUBROUTINE AND FUNCTION DECLARATIONS 637APPENDIX E: CONTROL STATEMENTS 641APPENDIX F: ERROR HANDLING 647APPENDIX G: WINDOWS FORMS CONTROLS AND COMPONENTS 649APPENDIX H: WPF CONTROLS 657APPENDIX I: VISUAL BASIC POWER PACKS 665APPENDIX J: FORM OBJECTS 669APPENDIX K: CLASSES AND STRUCTURES 681APPENDIX L: LINQ 685APPENDIX M: GENERICS 695APPENDIX N: GRAPHICS 699APPENDIX O: USEFUL EXCEPTION CLASSES 711APPENDIX P: DATE AND TIME FORMAT SPECIFIERS 715APPENDIX Q: OTHER FORMAT SPECIFIERS 719APPENDIX R: THE APPLICATION CLASS 725APPENDIX S: THE MY NAMESPACE 729APPENDIX T: STREAMS 747APPENDIX U: FILESYSTEM CLASSES 755APPENDIX V: VISUAL STUDIO VERSIONS 771INDEX 773

Product details

• Authors: Rod Stephens
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2012
• EAN: 9781118314074
• ISBN: 978-1-118-31407-4
• No. of pages: 840
• Series: Wrox; Wrox
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages