Starting Out with Visual Basic 2005

Contents



Preface



Chapter 1 Introduction to Programming and Visual Basic 2005 1.1 Computer Systems: Hardware and Software

1.2 Programs and Programming Languages

TUTORIAL 1-1: Running an application that demonstrates objects

TUTORIAL 1-2: Running an application that demonstrates event procedures

1.3 More about Controls and Programming

TUTORIAL 1-3: Running an application that demonstrates various controls

1.4 The Programming Process

1.5 Visual Studio and Visual Basic Express (the Visual Basic Environment)

TUTORIAL 1-4: Starting Visual Studio

TUTORIAL 1-5: Opening the Design, Solution Explorer, Dynamic Help, and Properties windows in Visual Studio

TUTORIAL 1-6: Getting familiar with Visual Studio



Chapter 2 Creating Applications with Visual Basic 2.1 Focus on Problem Solving: Building the Directions Application

TUTORIAL 2-1: Beginning the Directions application

TUTORIAL 2-2: Adding a Label control

TUTORIAL 2-3: Setting the Label's TextAlign property

TUTORIAL 2-4: Changing the Label's font size and style

TUTORIAL 2-5: Deleting a control

TUTORIAL 2-6: Inserting a PictureBox control

TUTORIAL 2-7: Saving and running the application

TUTORIAL 2-8: Closing a Visual Basic project

TUTORIAL 2-9: Opening an existing project

TUTORIAL 2-10: Using the Object box, Alphabetical button, and Categorized button

2.2 Focus on Problem Solving: Responding to Events

TUTORIAL 2-11: Placing the lblDirections, btnDisplayDirections, and btnExit controls

TUTORIAL 2-12: Writing event procedures for the Directions application

TUTORIAL 2-13: Changing the text colors

TUTORIAL 2-14: Setting the FormBorderStyle property and locking the controls

2.3 Modifying the Text Property with Code

TUTORIAL 2-15: Examining an application that displays messages

2.4 The AutoSize, BorderStyle, and TextAlign Properties

2.5 Clickable Images

TUTORIAL 2-16: Writing Click event procedures for PictureBox controls

2.6 Using Visual Basic Help

TUTORIAL 2-17: Using Visual Basic Help

2.7 Debugging Your Application

TUTORIAL 2-18: Locating a compile error in Design mode



Chapter 3 Input, Variables, Exceptions, and Calculations 3.1 Gathering Text Input

TUTORIAL 3-1: Using a TextBox control

3-2: Building the Date String application

TUTORIAL 3-3: Using the Focus method

TUTORIAL 3-4: Changing the tab order

TUTORIAL 3-5: Setting access keys, accept, and cancel buttons

3.2 Variables

TUTORIAL 3-6: Assigning text to a variable

3.3 Performing Calculations and Working with Numbers

TUTORIAL 3-7: Examining a Simple Calculator application

3.4 Exception Handling

TUTORIAL 3-8: Salary Calculation program with exception handling

3.5 Formatting Numbers for Output

TUTORIAL 3-9: Examining the Format Demo application

3.6 Group Boxes and the Load Event Procedure

3.7 Focus on Program Design and Problem Solving: Building the Room Charge Calculator Application

TUTORIAL 3-10: Beginning the Room Charge Calculator application

TUTORIAL 3-11: Changing a label's colors

3.8 More about Debugging: Locating Logic Errors

TUTORIAL 3-12: Single-stepping through an application's execution



Chapter 4 Making Decisions and Working with Strings 4.1 The Decision Structure

4.2 The If...Then Statement

TUTORIAL 4-1: Examining an application that uses the If...Then statement

4.3 The If...Then...Else Statement

TUTORIAL 4-2: Completing an application that uses the If...Then...Else statement

4.4 The If...Then...ElseIf Statement

TUTORIAL 4-3: Completing an application that uses the If...Then...ElseIf statement

TUTORIAL 4-4: Comparing an If...Then...ElseIf statement to a series of If...Then statements

4.5 Nested If Statements

TUTORIAL 4-5: Completing an application with a nested If statement

4.6 Logical Operators

4.7 Comparing, Testing, and Working with Strings

TUTORIAL 4-6: Examining an application that performs string comparisons

TUTORIAL 4-7: Completing a string searching application

4.8 Focus on GUI Design: The Message Box

4.9 The Select Case Statement

TUTORIAL 4-8: Examining Crazy Al's Sales Commission Calculator application

4.10 Introduction to Input Validation

4.11 Focus on GUI Design: Radio Buttons and Check Boxes

TUTORIAL 4-9: Completing an application with radio buttons and check boxes

4.12 Class-Level Variables

4.13 Focus on Program Design and Problem Solving: Building the Health Club Membership Fee Calculator Application

TUTORIAL 4-10: Building the Health Club Membership Fee Calculator application



Chapter 5 Lists, Loops, Validation, and More 5.1 Input Boxes

5.2 List Boxes

TUTORIAL 5-1: Creating list boxes

5.3 Introduction to Loops: The Do While Loop

TUTORIAL 5-2: Completing an application that uses the Do While loop

TUTORIAL 5-3: Modifying the Do While Loop Demo program to use a posttest loop

TUTORIAL 5-4: Using a loop to keep a running total

TUTORIAL 5-5: Examining an application that uses a user-controlled loop

5.4 The Do Until and For...Next Loops

TUTORIAL 5-6: Examining an application that uses the Do Until loop

TUTORIAL 5-7: Examining an application that uses the For...Next loop

TUTORIAL 5-8: Completing an application that uses the For...Next loop

5.5 Nested Loops

5.6 Multicolumn List Boxes, Checked List Boxes, and Combo Boxes

TUTORIAL 5-9: Creating combo boxes

5.7 Input Validation

TUTORIAL 5-10: Completing an application that demonstrates input validation

TUTORIAL 5-11: An example of inconvenient data input correction

TUTORIAL 5-12: Modifying the Validation Demo project to use the SelectAll method

5.8 ToolTips

TUTORIAL 5-13: Adding ToolTips to an application

5.9 Focus on Program Design and Problem Solving: Building the Vehicle Loan Calculator Application

TUTORIAL 5-14: Building the Loan Calculator application



Chapter 6 Sub Procedures and Functions 6.1 Sub Procedures

TUTORIAL 6-1: Examining an application with a Sub procedure

TUTORIAL 6-2: Creating a Sub procedure

6.2 Passing Arguments to Procedures

TUTORIAL 6-3: Examining an application that demonstrates passing an argument to a procedure

TUTORIAL 6-4: Working with ByVal and ByRef

6.3 Function Procedures

TUTORIAL 6-5: Examining the GPA Calculator application

6.4 More about Debugging: Stepping Into, Over, and Out of Procedures and Functions

TUTORIAL 6-6: Practicing the Step Into, Step Over, and Step Out commands

6.5 Focus on Program Design and Problem Solving: Building the Bagel and Coffee Price Calculator Application

TUTORIAL 6-7: Building the Bagel House application



Chapter 7 Multiple Forms, Standard Modules, and Menus 7.1 Multiple Forms

TUTORIAL 7-1: Completing an application that displays modal and modeless forms

TUTORIAL 7-2: Completing an application with multiple forms

7.2 Standard Modules

TUTORIAL 7-3: Examining an application that uses a standard module

7.3 Menus

TUTORIAL 7-4: Building a menu

7.4 Focus on Problem Solving: Building the High Adventure Travel Agency Price Quote Application

TUTORIAL 7-5: Building the High Adventure Travel Agency Price Quote application



Chapter 8 Arrays, Timers, and More 8.1 Arrays

TUTORIAL 8-1: Completing an application that uses an array

8.2 More about Array Processing

TUTORIAL 8-2: Examining an application that uses parallel arrays

8.3 Sub Procedures and Functions That Work with Arrays

TUTORIAL 8-3: Examining an application with functions and with arrays

8.4 Multidimensional Arrays

TUTORIAL 8-4: Completing an application that sums the rows of a two-dimensional array

8.5 Focus on GUI Design: The Enabled Property, Timer Control, and Splash Screens

TUTORIAL 8-5: The Timer Demo

TUTORIAL 8-6: Creating a splash screen

8.6 Focus on GUI Design: Anchoring and Docking Controls

8.7 Random Numbers

TUTORIAL 8-7: Examining the CatchMe Program

8.8 Focus on Problem Solving: Building the Demetris Leadership Center Application

TUTORIAL 8-8: Building the Demetris Leadership Center Sales Reporting application



Chapter 9 Files, Printing, and Structures 9.1 Using Files

TUTORIAL 9-1: Completing an application that writes data to a file

TUTORIAL 9-2: Completing an application that reads a file

TUTORIAL 9-3: Examining an application that detects the end of a file

9.2 The OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog, FontDialog, and ColorDialog Controls

TUTORIAL 9-4: Creating a simple text editor application

9.3 The PrintDocument Control

TUTORIAL 9-5: Adding printing capabilities to the Simple Text Editor application

9.4 Structures

TUTORIAL 9-6: Examining an application with a structure

9.5 Focus on Problem Solving: Modifying the Demetris Leadership Center Application

TUTORIAL 9-7: Modifying the Demetris Leadership Center Sales-Reporting application



Chapter 10 Working with Databases 10.1 What Is a Database?

10.2 Using the DataGridView

TUTORIAL 10-1: Showing a database table in a DataGridView control

10.3 Selecting Dataset Rows

TUTORIAL 10-2: Filtering rows in the SalesStaff table

10.4 Data-Bound Controls

TUTORIAL 10-3: Displaying the Members table in a list box

TUTORIAL 10-4: Inserting Karate student payments

TUTORIAL 10-5: Adding a total to the Karate student payments

10.5 Structured Query Language (SQL)

10.6 Focus on Problem Solving: Karate School Management Application

TUTORIAL 10-6: Creating the Karate School Manager startup window

TUTORIAL 10-7: Adding the Membership/List all function to the Karate School Manager

TUTORIAL 10-8: Adding the Membership/Add new member function to the Karate School Manager

TUTORIAL 10-9: Adding the Membership/Find member function to the Karate School Manager

TUTORIAL 10-10: Adding the Payments/All members function to the Karate School Manager

TUTORIAL 10-11: Adding the Payments/One member function to the Karate School Manager



Chapter 11 Developing Web Applications 11.1 Programming for the Web

11.2 Creating ASP.NET Applications

TUTORIAL 11-1: Creating the Click application

11.3 Web Server Controls

TUTORIAL 11-2: Student Picnic program

11.4 Designing Web Forms

TUTORIAL 11-3: Signing up for a Kayak Tour

11.5 Applications with Multiple Web Pages

TUTORIAL 11-4: Adding a description form to the Kayak Tour program

11.6 Using Databases

TUTORIAL 11-5: Displaying the Karate Members table in a GridView

TUTORIAL 11-6: Updating the Karate Members table



Chapter 12 Classes, Exceptions, Collections, and Scrollable Controls 12.1 Classes and Objects

12.2 Creating a Class

TUTORIAL 12-1: Creating the Student Data application

12.3 Collections

12.4 Focus on Problem Solving: Creating the Student Collection Application

TUTORIAL 12-2: Completing the Student Collection program

12.5 The Object Browser

TUTORIAL 12-3: Using the Object Browser

12.6 Focus on GUI Design: Scroll Bars and Track Bars

TUTORIAL 12-4: Working with scrollable controls

12.7 Introduction to Inheritance

TUTORIAL 12-5: Completing an application that uses inheritance



Appendix A User Interface Design Guidelines

Appendix B Converting Mathematical Expressions to Programming Statements

Appendix C Answers to Checkpoints

Appendix D Glossary

Appendix E Visual Basic 2005 Function and Method Reference (located on the Student CD-ROM)

Appendix F Binary and Random-Access Files (located on the Student CD-ROM)

Appendix G Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions (located on the Companion Website at http://www.aw.com/gaddisvb)



Index