Programming Visual Basic 2005

Preface Part I. Building Windows Applications 1. Design and First Forms The Requirements Getting Started Creating the Customer Detail Page Summary 2. Data Access Adding Data to the Customer Page Using the Details View to Create the Detail Form Modify the Display with Events 3. Cool Controls Adding a Menu and Toolbar Displaying Web Documents Masked Text Box Printing a Document Copying Files Using Tree Views 4. Custom Controls Custom Controls Design Building the Controls Using the Custom Controls 5. GDI+ and Drawing The Graphics Class Implementing the Control 6. Mice and Fonts Click the Mouse 7. Legacy COM Controls Importing ActiveX Controls Importing COM Components Part II. Building Web Applications 8. Web Application, Design, and First Forms Understanding Web Forms Getting Started Adding Controls State Lifecycle Directives 9. Validation Controls The RequiredFieldValidator Client-Side Evaluation The Summary Validator The Compare Validator Range Checking Regular Expressions Custom Validation Validation Groups 10. Master Pages and Navigation Creating Master Pages Navigation 11. Web Data Access Getting Data from a Database Multiuser Updates The DataList Control 12. Personalization Implementing Forms-Based Security Add Roles to ASP.NET Accounts Create Personalized Web Sites Personalize with Complex Types Anonymous Personalization Themes and Skins Web Parts Enabling Editing and Layout Changes 13. Custom Controls User Controls Custom Controls 14. Web Services Platform Independence How Web Services Work Creating a Web Service WebMethod Properties Testing Your Web Service Writing the Client Part III. Programming with Visual Basic 2005 15. Visual Studio 2005 Start Page Projects and Solutions The Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Building and Running 16. Visual Basic 2005 Fundamentals Types Variables Whitespace Statements Branching Iteration Statements Operators 17. Using Collections and Generics Arrays Generics Queues Stacks Dictionaries 18. Object-Oriented Visual Basic 2005 Defining Classes Instantiating Objects Scope The Heap Access Modifiers Method Arguments Constructors Initializers Copy Constructors Using Shared Members Destroying Objects Overloading Methods and Constructors Encapsulating Data with Properties Specialization and Generalization Inheritance Polymorphism Abstract Classes The Root of All Classes: Object Boxing and Unboxing Types Interfaces Interfaces Versus Abstract Base Classes Defining an Interface Implementing an Interface Index