Starting Out with Visual Basic 2008

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction to Programming and Visual Basic 2008
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

Appendices
A User Interface Design Guidelines
B Converting Mathematical Expressions to Programming Statements
C Answers to Checkpoints
D Glossary
E Visual Basic 2005 Function and Method Reference (located on the Student CD-ROM)
F Binary and Random-Access Files (located on the Student CD-ROM)
G Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions (located on the Companion Website

Index