VisualBasic .NET For Dummies

Visual Basic.NET For Dummies offers a fun and creative environment for developing programs with Visual Basic.NET. From the fundamentals of writing code to the excitement of building next-generation applications for Microsoft's new .NET Platform, Visual Basic.NET For Dummies explains this popular language in terms that non-programmers and first-time Visual Basic programmers can understand. Experienced Visual Basic programmers will benefit from this book as it highlights the features and functions of this new and much-changed version of Visual Basic. All readers will delight in expert For Dummies author Wallace Wang's coverage of topics that include: Variables, constants, loops and other programming fundamentals, Visual Basic.NET syntax, Working with the new Visual Basic.NET IDE, Forms and controls, and Understanding Objects.

Introduction 1 Part I: Creating a Visual Basic .NET Program 7 Chapter 1: How Visual Basic .NET Works 9 Chapter 2: Using the Visual Basic .NET User Interface 15 Chapter 3: Designing Your First User Interface 25 Chapter 4: Writing BASIC Code 35 Part II: Creating User Interfaces 49 Chapter 5: User Interface Design 101 51 Chapter 6: Designing Forms 73 Chapter 7: Boxes and Buttons for Making Choices 87 Chapter 8: Text Boxes and Labels for Typing and Showing Words 95 Chapter 9: Showing Choices with List and Combo Boxes 105 Chapter 10: Fine-Tuning the Appearance of Your User Interface 115 Part III: Making Menus 121 Chapter 11: Creating and Editing Pull-Down Menus 123 Chapter 12: Submenus, Growing Menus, and Pop-Up Menus 137 Chapter 13: Showing Dialog Boxes 147 Part IV: The Basics of Writing Code 165 Chapter 14: Writing Event-Handling Procedures 167 Chapter 15: Using Variables 181 Chapter 16: Getting Data from the User 195 Chapter 17: Math 101: Arithmetic, Logical, and Comparison Operators 203 Chapter 18: Strings and Things 219 Chapter 19: Defining Constants and Using Comments 233 Chapter 20: Storing Stuff in Data Structures 245 Chapter 21: Killing Bugs 257 Part V: Making Decisions and Getting Loopy 269 Chapter 22: Making Decisions with If-Then Statements 271 Chapter 23: The Select Case Statement 281 Chapter 24: Repeating Yourself with Loops 287 Chapter 25: For-Next Loops That Can Count 295 Chapter 26: Nested Loops and Quick Exits 301 Part VI: Writing Subprograms (So You Don’t Go Crazy All at Once) 305 Chapter 27: General Procedures (Subprograms That Everyone Can Share) 307 Chapter 28: Passing Arguments 317 Chapter 29: Function, a Unique Type of Subprogram 325 Part VII: Understanding Object-Oriented Programming 335 Chapter 30: What the Heck Is Object-Oriented Programming? 337 Chapter 31: Getting Some Class with Object-Oriented Programming 345 Chapter 32: Using Inheritance and Overloading 355 Part VIII: The Part of Tens 365 Chapter 33: Ten Visual Basic .NET Topics That Didn’t Fit Anywhere Else 367 Chapter 34: (Almost) Ten Tips for Using the Visual Basic .NET User Interface 375 Index 379