Stephens' Visual Basic Programming 24-Hour Trainer

Section I: The Visual Studio IDE and Controls.

Lesson 1: Getting Started with the Visual Studio IDE.

Lesson 2: Creating Controls.

Lesson 3: Making Controls  Arrange Themselves.

Lesson 4: Handling Events.

Lesson 5: Making Menus.

Lesson 6: Making Tool Strips and Status Strips.

Lesson 7: Using RichTextBoxes.

Lesson 8: Using Standard Dialogs.

Lesson 9: Creating and Displaying New Forms.

Lesson 10: Building Custom Dialogs.

Section II : Variables and Calculations.

Lesson 11: Using Variables and Performing Calculations.

Lesson 12: Debugg ing Code.

Lesson 13: Understanding Scope.

Lesson 14: Working with Strings.

Lesson 15: Working with Dates and Times.

Lesson 16: Using Arrays and Collections.

Lesson 17: Using Enumerations and Structures.

Section III : Program Statements.

Lesson 18: Making Choices.

Lesson 19: Repeating Program Steps.

Lesson 20: Reusing Code with Procedures.

Lesson 21: Handling Errors.

Lesson 22: Preventing Bugs.

Section IV: Classes.

Lesson 23: Defining Classes and Their Properties.

Lesson 24: Defining Class Methods and Events.

Lesson 25: Using Inheritance and Polymorphism.

Lesson 26: Initializing Objects.

Lesson 27: Fine-Tuning Classes.

Lesson 28: Overloading Operators.

Lesson 29: Using Interfaces.

Lesson 30: Making Generic Classes.

Section V: System Interactions.

Lesson 31: Reading and Writing Files.

Lesson 32: Using File System Classes.

Lesson 33: Printing.

Lesson 34: Using the Clipboard.

Lesson 35: Providing Drag and Drop.

Section VI: Specialized topics.

Lesson 36: Using the My Namespace.

Lesson 37: Localizing Programs.

Lesson 38: Manipulating Data with LIN Q to Objects.

Lesson 39: Manipulating  Databases with the Entity Framework.

Appendix A: Glossary.

Appendix B: Control Summary.

Appendix C: What's on the DVD?

Index.