101 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Applications
Published on 11. June 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-0-7356-1891-6 (ISBN)
Description
Explore 101 of the most useful Visual Basic .NET applications in action-and jumpstart your own Microsoft .NET Framework-based development projects. This guide provides expert, behind-the-code commentary on 101 fully executable code samples-distilling more than 700 hours of programming time into best practices for Microsoft Windows Forms development. Each code sample demonstrates core features and functions of Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Framework, explains the underlying programming concepts, and provides a complete code walkthrough. From creating basic data entry forms to drilling deep into the .NET Framework, you'll learn the techniques that Microsoft's own developers use to write real-world applications with Visual Basic .NET.
Get code, comments, and instruction to help you:
Build smart client applications using Windows Forms
Use Microsoft ADO.NET to build data-centric applications
Master advanced .NET-based techniques: threading, remoting, and serialization
Use GDI+ to manipulate images and animate your solutions
Use performance counters and the Event Log to monitor the OS and instrument your applications
Exploit COM+ features such as transactions and role-based security
Implement application security features such as encryption and authentication
Automate Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer using COM Interop
Create and deploy add-ins for Microsoft Visual Studio
Enable application messaging via MSMQ
Create and consume Web services
Plus:
See how to use what's new in Visual Studio .NET 2003 and .NET Framework 1.1
Learn how Microsoft Windows Server 2003 impacts application development and support
Get guidelines for applying the coding conventions described in the book
Get code, comments, and instruction to help you:
Build smart client applications using Windows Forms
Use Microsoft ADO.NET to build data-centric applications
Master advanced .NET-based techniques: threading, remoting, and serialization
Use GDI+ to manipulate images and animate your solutions
Use performance counters and the Event Log to monitor the OS and instrument your applications
Exploit COM+ features such as transactions and role-based security
Implement application security features such as encryption and authentication
Automate Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer using COM Interop
Create and deploy add-ins for Microsoft Visual Studio
Enable application messaging via MSMQ
Create and consume Web services
Plus:
See how to use what's new in Visual Studio .NET 2003 and .NET Framework 1.1
Learn how Microsoft Windows Server 2003 impacts application development and support
Get guidelines for applying the coding conventions described in the book
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Language
English
Place of publication
Redmond
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 187 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7356-1891-6 (9780735618916)
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Sean Campbell, Scott Swigart, Bob Carver, Patrick Barnes, Jim Pragit, Oz Rugless, Kris Horrocks is a team of authors from 3 Leaf Solutions, which is a company that provides training, consulting and other services to early adopters of Microsoft technology. 3 Leaf Solutions does a significant number of external and internal projects directly for Microsoft. These projects allow 3 Leaf Solutions to gain a deep understanding of new Microsoft products and technologies before they appear publicly. Once products are released publicly 3 Leaf Solutions then takes the knowledge they have gained and enables early adopters to build solutions that build upon newly released products via consulting, mentoring, training or other services. These experiences with Microsoft and early adopters have led 3 Leaf Solutions to a deep understanding of the core questions and concerns of VB.NET developers. The 100 sample applications detailed in this book are derived from the experiences of 3 Leaf consultants and their exposure to real world adopters of VB.NET. These applications leverage the years of experience 3 Leaf already has in designing VB.NET applications to show developers "in code" how to develop VB.NET Windows Forms and Web Form applications.
Content
Introduction xxi 1 Working with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 1 Visual Studio .NET 2003 1 Changes to Add Web Reference 1 Coding Enhancements 3 Debugging Enhancements 5 Easy Access to the Object Browser 6 Changes to the Start Page 6 Code and Project Migration 7 Significant Framework Changes 8 Services Without Components 10 Application #101 New for 2003 12 Side-By-Side Execution 13 Windows Forms Applications 13 ASP.NET Applications 15 No-Touch Deployment 16 Components 17 Framework Configuration 17 Language Changes 18 Loop Variable Declaration 18 BitShift Operators 19 Additional Framework Changes 19 The ODBC Namespace 19 Enabling Windows XP Theme Support 20 Folder Browser 20 SpecialFolder Enumeration 21 System.IO 21 Conclusion 22 2 Working with the Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Language 23 Application #1: Use Arrays 23 New Concepts 23 Code Walkthrough 25 Conclusion 29 Application #2: Use DateTimes 29 New Concepts 29 Code Walkthrough 30 Conclusion 35 Application #3: String Manipulation 35 New Concepts 35 Code Walkthrough 36 Conclusion 43 Application #4: Try...Catch...Finally 43 New Concepts 43 Structured Exception Handling Specifics 45 Code Walkthrough 46 Conclusion 50 Application #5: Custom Exceptions 50 New Concepts 50 Code Walkthrough 52 Conclusion 58 Application #6: Walking the Stack 58 New Concepts 59 Code Walkthrough 60 Conclusion 63 Application #7: Object-Oriented Features 64 New Concepts 64 Code Walkthrough 65 Conclusion 68 Application #8: Scoping, Overloading, Overriding 68 New Concepts 69 Code Walkthrough 71 Conclusion 78 Application #9: Use Callbacks 79 New Concepts 79 Code Walkthrough 80 Conclusion 83 Application #10: Use XML Comments 84 New Concepts 84 Code Walkthrough 84 Conclusion 88 Application #11: Key Visual Basic .NET Benefits 89 New Concepts 90 Code Walkthrough 91 Conclusion 94 3 Data Access 95 Application #12: Use a DataSet and DataView 95 New Concepts 96 Code Walkthrough 97 Conclusion 100 Application #13: Use Stored Procedures 100 New Concepts 101 Code Walkthrough 102 Conclusion 105 Application #14: Use a SqlDataReader 105 New Concepts 106 Code Walkthrough 109 Conclusion 111 Application #15: Bind Data to a ComboBox 112 New Concepts 112 Code Walkthrough 113 Conclusion 116 Application #16: Data Binding with Navigation 116 New Concepts 117 Code Walkthrough 119 Conclusion 121 Application #17: Custom Data-Binding Format Handlers 121 New Concepts 122 Code Walkthrough 123 Conclusion 124 Application #18: Build a Master-Details Windows Form 124 New Concepts 125 Code Walkthrough 126 Conclusion 127 Application #19: Use a Typed DataSet 129 New Concepts 130 Code Walkthrough 133 Conclusion 135 Application #20: Build a Data-Entry Form 135 New Concepts 136 Code Walkthrough 136 Conclusion 140 Application #21: Build a Three-Tier Data Form 140 New Concepts 142 Code Walkthrough 143 Conclusion 146 Application #22: Build an Offline Application 147 New Concepts 148 Code Walkthrough 150 Conclusion 154 Application #23: Use T-SQL to Create Database Objects 154 New Concepts 155 Code Walkthrough 156 Conclusion 159 Application #24: Load Images from and Save Images to a Database 159 New Concepts 160 Code Walkthrough 161 Conclusion 164 Application #25: Use Legacy ADO 164 New Concepts 165 Code Walkthrough 166 Conclusion 168 Application #26: Use Crystal Reports 168 New Concepts 170 Code Walkthrough 172 Conclusion 174 Application #27: Compare Data Binding in Web and Windows Forms 174 New Concepts 175 Code Walkthrough 176 Conclusion 177 Application #28: Work with the XML DOM 178 New Concepts 179 Code Walkthrough 180 Conclusion 184 4 Building Windows Forms User Interfaces 185 Application #29: Use the ListBox and ComboBox 186 New Concepts 187 Code Walkthrough 188 Conclusion 191 Application #30: Use Common Dialog Boxes 191 New Concepts 192 Code Walkthrough 194 Conclusion 199 Application #31: Validate Text Boxes 200 New Concepts 201 Code Walkthrough 202 Conclusion 205 Application #32: Use Format Codes to Format Data 205 New Concepts 206 Code Walkthrough 207 Conclusion 209 Application #33: Format a DataGrid 209 New Concepts 211 Code Walkthrough 212 Conclusion 214 Application #34: DataGrid Sorting and Filtering 215 New Concepts 216 Code Walkthrough 217 Conclusion 218 Application #35: Create an Explorer-Style Application 218 New Concepts 219 Code Walkthrough 220 Conclusion 223 Application #36: Create a System Tray Icon 223 New Concepts 224 Code Walkthrough 225 Conclusion 228 Application #37: Use Menus 228 New Concepts 229 Code Walkthrough 230 Conclusion 233 Application #38: Use Owner-Drawn Menus 233 New Concepts 234 Code Walkthrough 235 Conclusion 237 Application #39: Use the Clipboard 237 New Concepts 238 Code Walkthrough 239 Conclusion 241 Application #40: Use Drag-and-Drop 241 New Concepts 243 Code Walkthrough 244 Conclusion 246 Application #41: Simple Printing 246 New Concepts 247 Code Walkthrough 250 Conclusion 254 Application #42: Associate Help with an Application 254 New Concepts 255 Code Walkthrough 257 Conclusion 259 Application #43: XP Theme Support 259 New Concepts 260 Code Walkthrough 261 Conclusion 262 Application #44: Inherited Windows Forms 263 New Concepts 264 Code Walkthrough 265 Conclusion 267 Application #45: Create Top-Level Forms 267 New Concepts 268 Code Walkthrough 269 Conclusion 270 Application #46: Dynamic Control Creation 270 New Concepts 272 Code Walkthrough 272 Conclusion 274 5 Building Web Applications 275 Application #47: Build Data-Entry Web Forms 275 New Concepts 276 Code Walkthrough 277 Conclusion 284 Application #48: Implement DataGrid Sorting 285 Code Walkthrough 286 Conclusion 289 Application #49: Implement DataGrid Paging 289 New Concepts 290 Code Walkthrough 291 Conclusion 293 Application #50: Expose a Simple Web Service 294 New Concepts 295 Code Walkthrough 295 Conclusion 297 Application #51: Consume a Web Service 298 New Concepts 299 Code Walkthrough 300 Conclusion 302 Application #52: Transfer Binary Data from a Web Service 302 New Concepts 303 Code Walkthrough 304 Conclusion 306 6 Working with Console Applications 307 Application #53: Working with Console Applications 307 New Concepts 308 Code Walkthrough 309 Conclusion 312 7 Interacting with the Operating System 313 Application #54: Work with Environment Settings 313 New Concepts 314 Code Walkthrough 314 Conclusion 315 Application #55: Use the File System 315 New Concepts 315 Code Walkthrough 316 Conclusion 318 Application #56: Receive File Notifications 318 New Concepts 319 Code Walkthrough 319 Conclusion 320 Application #57: Use the Event Log 320 New Concepts 320 Code Walkthrough 321 Conclusion 323 Application #58: Read and Write Performance Counters 323 New Concepts 323 Code Walkthrough 324 Conclusion 326 Application #59: Use the Process Class and Shell Functionality 326 New Concepts 326 Code Walkthrough 327 Conclusion 328 Application #60: View Process Information 328 New Concepts 328 Code Walkthrough 329 Conclusion 332 Application #61: Use WMI 332 New Concepts 333 Code Walkthrough 333 Conclusion 335 Application #62: Respond to System Events 335 New Concepts 335 Code Walkthrough 336 Conclusion 336 Application #63: Use the COM Port 336 New Concepts 337 Code Walkthrough 338 Conclusion 339 Application #64: Interact with Services 339 New Concepts 340 Code Walkthrough 340 Conclusion 341 Application #65: Interact with a Windows Service 342 New Concepts 342 Code Walkthrough 342 Conclusion 344 8 Working with the .NET Framework 345 Application #66: Build a Custom Collection Class 345 New Concepts 346 Code Walkthrough 346 Conclusion 348 Application #67: Understand the Garbage Collector 349 New Concepts 349 Code Walkthrough 351 Conclusion 353 Application #68: Partition an Application 353 New Concepts 354 Code Walkthrough 355 Conclusion 359 Application #69: Send and Receive Data 359 New Concepts 359 Code Walkthrough 360 Conclusion 365 Application #70: Reflection 365 New Concepts 365 Examining Loaded Assemblies 366 Code Walkthrough 367 Conclusion 368 Application #71: Use MSMQ 369 New Concepts 369 Code Walkthrough 370 Conclusion 373 Application #72: Configuration Settings 373 New Concepts 373 Code Walkthrough 375 Conclusion 379 Application #73: Read From and Write To a Text File 380 New Concepts 380 Code Walkthrough 381 Conclusion 384 Application #74: Use Temporary Resources 384 New Concepts 384 Code Walkthrough 385 Conclusion 386 Application #75: Send Mail 386 New Concepts 386 Code Walkthrough 387 Conclusion 389 Application #76: Create and Use Trace Listeners 389 New Concepts 390 Code Walkthrough 390 Conclusion 394 Application #77: Use Regular Expressions 394 New Concepts 394 Code Walkthrough 394 Conclusion 396 9 Advanced .NET Framework 397 Application #78: Create a Windows Service 397 New Concepts 398 Code Walkthrough 398 Conclusion 401 Application #79: Use Thread Pooling 401 New Concepts 403 Code Walkthrough 404 Conclusion 406 Application #80: Use Sockets 406 New Concepts 407 Code Walkthrough 408 Conclusion 410 Application #81: Work with Resource Files 411 New Concepts 412 Code Walkthrough 413 Conclusion 413 Application #82: Serialize Objects 413 New Concepts 414 Conclusion 417 Application #83: Use TCP Remoting 417 New Concepts 418 Code Walkthrough 419 Conclusion 420 Application #84: Asynchronous Calls 421 New Concepts 422 Code Walkthrough 422 Conclusion 424 10 GDI+ 425 Application #85: Work with GDI+ Pens 425 New Concepts 426 Code Walkthrough 427 Conclusion 431 Application #86: Work with GDI+ Brushes 431 New Concepts 432 Code Walkthrough 433 Conclusion 436 Application #87: Work with GDI+ Text 436 New Concepts 437 Code Walkthrough 438 Conclusion 442 Application #88: Work with GDI+ to Manipulate Images 442 New Concepts 443 Code Walkthrough 444 Conclusion 448 Application #89: Create a Screen Saver with GDI+ 448 New Concepts 448 Code Walkthrough 449 Deploying the Screen Saver 454 Conclusion 454 Application #90: Animation 455 New Concepts 455 Code Walkthrough 456 Conclusion 460 11 Building Enterprise Services Applications 461 Application #91: Create an Enterprise Services Component 461 New Concepts 462 Code Walkthrough 463 Conclusion 466 Application #92: Implement Role-Based Security 466 New Concepts 466 Code Walkthrough 467 Conclusion 472 12 COM Interop/PInvoke 473 Application #93: Automate Office via COM Interop 473 New Concepts 474 Code Walkthrough 475 Conclusion 479 Application #94: Automate Internet Explorer via COM Interop 479 New Concepts 479 Code Walkthrough 480 Conclusion 484 Application #95: Make Win32 API Calls 484 New Concepts 484 Code Walkthrough 487 Conclusion 490 13 Visual Studio .NET 491 Application #96: Create a Visual Studio .NET Add-In 491 New Concepts 491 Code Walkthrough 493 Conclusion 495 14 Securing Applications 497 Application #97: Implement Windows Role-Based Security 497 New Concepts 498 Code Walkthrough 499 Conclusion 502 Application #98: Create a Login Dialog Box 502 New Concepts 503 Code Walkthrough 504 Conclusion 508 Application #99: Cryptographic Hash Algorithms 508 New Concepts 509 Code Walkthrough 510 Conclusion 512 Application #100: Encrypt and Decrypt Data 512 New Concepts 513 Code Walkthrough 515 Conclusion 518 15 Coding Conventions 519 Why Are Coding Conventions Important? 519 How Much Is Too Much? 520 Coding Recommendations 521 Conclusion 528 16 Windows Server 2003 for .NET Developers 529 Windows Server 2003 as an Application Server 529 .NET Framework 1.1 529 Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 530 IIS Architecture 530 IIS 6.0 Application Isolation 532 IIS 6.0 Application Pools 536 XML Metabase 538 Enterprise UDDI Services 540 What Is UDDI? 540 Active Directory 541 Active Directory Application Partitions 542 Active Directory Application Mode 542 COM+ 1.5 543 Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) 3.0 544 INDEX 545