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Beginning Microsoft Visual Basic 2008

ISBN: 978-0-470-19134-7
Paperback
912 pages
May 2008
Beginning Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 (0470191341) cover image
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ChapterPageDetailsDatePrint Run
4 Error in Code
the sample code that is provided should contain a greater than or equal to operator in the second IF statement.
06/24/2008
50 Error in Code
Highlighted code comment "Delcare variable" should be "Declare variable"
11/30/2010
98 Error in Code
the code area reads:

'Is intNumber greater than or equal to 27? If intNumber = 27 Then MessageBox.Show("Is 'intNumber' greater than or qual to 27? Yes!", "if Demo") Else MessageBox.Show("is 'intNumber' greater than or qual to 27? No!", "If Demo") End If

The operator is wrong.
If intNumber = 27 Then
Should be:
If intNumber >= 27 Then
06/04/08
5 171 Error in Text
Step 3:

Click the Test button

Should be

Click the List Customer button
03/11/09
192 Error in Try It Out
In Step 6 of the Try It Out on page 192, the reader is asked to set the Height property twice (to two different values: 185 and 200):

The height of the image should be 185. The second height should not be there.
09/08/08
245 Error in Text
In the Try It Out, point number 2:

'Update the status bar text
StatusText = "The text is read"<---- *
End Sub

This should be "Red" NOT "Read."
4/27/10
12 408 Error in Text
Step 4:

lstFavorites

Should be

lvwFavorites
03/03/09
626 & 627 Error in javascript
The javascript uses the innerText property that is not supported in firefox. To make the app work in firefox and IE change the javascript to

document.getElementById("lblClient").innerHTML = "Changed";
document.getElementById("lblServer").innerHTML = "Server";

inside of the btnClient_onclick() event.
06/13/2008
636 Alternate Version of Text
On line 16:

To the Red subfolder, add three new text files.

text files could also be skin files.
3/31/09
627 Error in Text
VB Script

Should say

JavaScript
6/18/09
640 Error in Text
Step 8:

The page directive is not consistent with the How It Works example on page 644.

To be consistent, it would be

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master" Theme="Red"
3/31/09
644 Error in Code
The code for News.aspx does not need the <hr/><br/>.
3/31/09
650 Error in Text
AllowPaging:

turns on sorting

Should be

turns on paging
3/31/09
650 Error in Text
AutoGenerateColumns:

turns on sorting

Should be

auto generate columns
3/31/09

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