Introduction: Welcome to .NET. Book I The Fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET Programming. Chapter 1: Getting With the Program. Chapter 2: Common Tasks. Chapter 3: Managing Files and Directories. Chapter 4: Old Concepts in New Clothes. Book II Tapping the Power of .NET Editor. Chapter 1: Organizing Your Projects. Chapter 2: Viewing Your Work. Chapter 3: Investigating the Toolbox. Chapter 4: Windows, Windows Everywhere. Chapter 5: Customization -- Doing It Your Way. Book III Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming. Chapter 1: Understanding Variable Types. Chapter 2: Working with Arrays. Chapter 3: Serious Serialization and Streams. Chapter 4: Creating Runtime Controls. Chapter 5: Overloaded Functions and Parameters. Chapter 6: Smashing Bugs. Chapter 7: No More Paranoia -- Programmatic Encryption. Book IV Programming for the Web. Chapter 1: Introduction to ASP.NET. Chapter 2: Everything's Eventual. Chapter 3: Using ASP.NET Controls. Chapter 4: Making Database Connections on WebForms. Chapter 5: Creating a Web Service. Chapter 6: Bugs in the Web. Book V Visual Basic .NET Database Programming. Chapter 1: The Basics of Databases. Chapter 2: User Interface Techniques. Chapter 3: Managing DataSets. Chapter 4: Migrating to ADO.NET. Chapter 5: Deeper into ADO.NET. Chapter 6: Querying Data. Book VI Fun and Games with Graphics. Chapter 1: You Be Picasso. Chapter 2: The Creative Photographer. Chapter 3: Mastering .NET Printing (It's Complicated Until You Know How). Chapter 4: Constructing Wolfram Diagrams. Book VII Visual Basic .NET Object-Oriented Programming. Chapter 1: Introduction to OOP. Chapter 2: Creating Classes. Chapter 3: Inheritance. Chapter 4: Your First OOP Project. Chapter 5: Exploiting the .NET Framework. Appendix: Dictionary of VB.NET. Index.
Show moreIntroduction: Welcome to .NET. Book I The Fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET Programming. Chapter 1: Getting With the Program. Chapter 2: Common Tasks. Chapter 3: Managing Files and Directories. Chapter 4: Old Concepts in New Clothes. Book II Tapping the Power of .NET Editor. Chapter 1: Organizing Your Projects. Chapter 2: Viewing Your Work. Chapter 3: Investigating the Toolbox. Chapter 4: Windows, Windows Everywhere. Chapter 5: Customization -- Doing It Your Way. Book III Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming. Chapter 1: Understanding Variable Types. Chapter 2: Working with Arrays. Chapter 3: Serious Serialization and Streams. Chapter 4: Creating Runtime Controls. Chapter 5: Overloaded Functions and Parameters. Chapter 6: Smashing Bugs. Chapter 7: No More Paranoia -- Programmatic Encryption. Book IV Programming for the Web. Chapter 1: Introduction to ASP.NET. Chapter 2: Everything's Eventual. Chapter 3: Using ASP.NET Controls. Chapter 4: Making Database Connections on WebForms. Chapter 5: Creating a Web Service. Chapter 6: Bugs in the Web. Book V Visual Basic .NET Database Programming. Chapter 1: The Basics of Databases. Chapter 2: User Interface Techniques. Chapter 3: Managing DataSets. Chapter 4: Migrating to ADO.NET. Chapter 5: Deeper into ADO.NET. Chapter 6: Querying Data. Book VI Fun and Games with Graphics. Chapter 1: You Be Picasso. Chapter 2: The Creative Photographer. Chapter 3: Mastering .NET Printing (It's Complicated Until You Know How). Chapter 4: Constructing Wolfram Diagrams. Book VII Visual Basic .NET Object-Oriented Programming. Chapter 1: Introduction to OOP. Chapter 2: Creating Classes. Chapter 3: Inheritance. Chapter 4: Your First OOP Project. Chapter 5: Exploiting the .NET Framework. Appendix: Dictionary of VB.NET. Index.
Show moreIntroduction: Welcome to .NET 1
Book I The Fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET Programming 11
Chapter 1: Getting With the Program 13
Chapter 2: Common Tasks 21
Chapter 3: Managing Files and Directories 49
Chapter 4: Old Concepts in New Clothes 57
Book II Tapping the Power of .NET Editor 73
Chapter 1: Organizing Your Projects 75
Chapter 2: Viewing Your Work 85
Chapter 3: Investigating the Toolbox 97
Chapter 4: Windows, Windows Everywhere 113
Chapter 5: Customization — Doing It Your Way 125
Book III Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming 133
Chapter 1: Understanding Variable Types 135
Chapter 2: Working with Arrays 157
Chapter 3: Serious Serialization and Streams 171
Chapter 4: Creating Runtime Controls 191
Chapter 5: Overloaded Functions and Parameters 207
Chapter 6: Smashing Bugs 217
Chapter 7: No More Paranoia — Programmatic Encryption 233
Book IV Programming for the Web 259
Chapter 1: Introduction to ASP.NET 261
Chapter 2: Everything’s Eventual 277
Chapter 3: Using ASP.NET Controls 291
Chapter 4: Making Database Connections on WebForms 303
Chapter 5: Creating a Web Service 317
Chapter 6: Bugs in the Web 335
Book V Visual Basic .NET Database Programming 351
Chapter 1: The Basics of Databases 353
Chapter 2: User Interface Techniques 377
Chapter 3: Managing DataSets 403
Chapter 4: Migrating to ADO.NET 429
Chapter 5: Deeper into ADO.NET 449
Chapter 6: Querying Data 463
Book VI Fun and Games with Graphics 489
Chapter 1: You Be Picasso 491
Chapter 2: The Creative Photographer 517
Chapter 3: Mastering .NET Printing (It’s Complicated Until You Know How) 527
Chapter 4: Constructing Wolfram Diagrams 541
Book VII Visual Basic .NET Object-Oriented Programming 559
Chapter 1: Introduction to OOP 561
Chapter 2: Creating Classes 571
Chapter 3: Inheritance 579
Chapter 4: Your First OOP Project 589
Chapter 5: Exploiting the .NET Framework 605
Appendix: Dictionary of VB.NET 623
Index 753Richard Mansfield was a member of the Visual Basic .NET technical beta from its start. Hes the author of 32 computer books, including four bestsellers.
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