Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Step by Step [With CDROM] Paperback - 2005

Whether you are new to programming or to Visual Basic 2005, this tutorial gives you practical guidance to build your programming knowledge. Use the real-world exercises to teach yourself the essentials of Visual Basic--and begin creating applications for Microsoft Windows and the Web.

Discover how to: Work in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development environmentUse Toolbox controls to create compelling user interfaces complete with digital photos, menus, toolbars, check boxes, and moreAdd artwork, animation, and special effects to an applicationUse inheritance and other new object-oriented programming capabilitiesDetect, track, and repair bugs in your code Store program data using variables, modules, arrays, and collectionsAdd sophisticated functions to your applications with Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 classes and methodsManage code flow with decision structures, loops, timers, and proceduresProgram interactive Web applications with Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0Create datacentric applications using Microsoft ADO.NETWrite custom code for printers and configure dialog boxes for printing Migrate Visual Basic 6.0 code to Visual Basic 2005

CD includes all practice exercises.

For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.