Visual Basic 2005 Express is designed to make Windows programming easy for everyone-from hobbyists to professional software developers. Visual Basic 2005 Express: Now Playing takes that easy approach and runs with it, providing a short primer on the general principles behind computer programming before moving on to explain how to use the Visual Basic Express program, and then write programs using the Visual Basic language. Best-selling Visual Basic author Wallace Wang covers all the bases, including various programming shortcuts for specific functions and on overview of the built-in Help system that comes with VB Express, so that, by the time you finish the book, you´ll be comfortable enough to progress by yourself. At the same time, the book doesn´t "dumb down" the important information you want to learn.
This latest release of the Visual Basic product appeals to a new generation of aspiring programmers while staying true to its original roots as a tool for making Windows programming simple, fast, and most importantly fun. Visual Basic 2005 Express: Now Playing will make sure you don´t miss anything along the way.
KEY SELLING POINTS
- By the best-selling author of Visual Basic 6 for Dummies
- CD includes Visual Basic 2005 Express and numerous short source code examples that readers can run and modify on their own
- CD includes movies that show how to accomplish specific tasks
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Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
- Programmers new to Visual Basic - Newcomers to programming
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Maße
Höhe: 230 mm
Breite: 185 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-59327-059-9 (9781593270599)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introduction Part I: Learning the VB Express User Interface Chapter 1: Making your first program Chapter 2: Understanding the VB user interface Chapter 3: Working with projects Chapter 4: Designing a user interface Chapter 5: Using the Code window Chapter 6: Getting help (repairing VB) Part II: Designing a User Interface Chapter 7: Understanding Controls and Properties Chapter 8: Using the Appearance Properties Chapter 9: Using the Layout and Behavior Properties Chapter 10: Designing Windows Part III: Getting and Displaying Data on a User Interface Chapter 11: Writing Event Procedures Chapter 12: Getting Commands through Buttons, Menus, and ToolStrips Chapter 13: Offering Choices with Radio Buttons and Check Boxes Chapter 14: Accepting and Displaying Data in Text Boxes and Labels Chapter 15: Accepting a Range of Numeric Values Chapter 16: Using Layout Controls Chapter 17: Displaying Dialog Boxes Part IV: Writing BASIC Code Chapter 18: Variables and Constants Chapter 19: Decision making (If-then, Case) Chapter 20: Loops Chapter 21: Data structures Chapter 22: String manipulation and mathematical operators Chapter 23: Subprograms (general procedures and functions) Chapter 24: Object-oriented programming Chapter 25: Error handling Chapter 26: Debugging (comments) Part V: Enhancing Your Visual Basic Programs Chapter 27: Enhancing your user interface Chapter 28: Connecting to a database Chapter 29: Displaying Pictures and Video Chapter 30: Playing Sounds Appendix: CD Contents Sample VB programs ELIZA Graphics demo Sound demo Saving, opening file demo Database demo RoboDemo tutorials for learning VB user interface
