Beginning Visual Basic 2005

Thearon Willis is a Senior Consultant with over 20 years of programming experience. He started writing applications using the BASIC language in 1980 and later moved on to Visual Basic and finally to Visual Basic .NET. Thearon began working with databases in 1987 and has been hooked on writing database applications every since. He has experience with SQL Server, Oracle, and DB2 but works with SQL Server on a daily basis. Thearon has programmed in several other languages, some of which include C++, assembly language, Pascal, and COBOL. However, he enjoys Visual Basic .NET the best because it provides the features needed to quickly build Windows and Web applications, as well as components and Web Services. Thearon currently develops intranet applications, Web Services, and server-side and client-side utilities using Visual Basic .NET. Most of these applications and utilities are database-driven and make use of XML and XSL. Thearon lives with his wife Margie and daughter Stephanie in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area. Bryan Newsome works in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a custom software project manager specializing in Microsoft solutions. He leads a team of developers focused on meeting the needs of each client and project using the latest technologies. Each day, he helps provide clients with solutions and mentoring on leading-edge Microsoft technologies. Bryan is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer for .NET.

Acknowledgments.Introduction.Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2005.Chapter 2: The Microsoft .NET Framework.Chapter 3: Writing Software.Chapter 4: Controlling the Flow.Chapter 5: Working with Data Structures.Chapter 6: Building Windows Applications.Chapter 7: Displaying Dialog Boxes.Chapter 8: Creating Menus.Chapter 9: Debugging and Error Handling.Chapter 10: Building Objects.Chapter 11: Advanced Object-Oriented Techniques.Chapter 12: Building Class Libraries.Chapter 13: Creating Your Own Custom Controls.Chapter 14: Programming Custom Graphics.Chapter 15: Accessing Databases.Chapter 16: Database Programming with SQL Server and ADO.NET.Chapter 17: Web Forms.Chapter 18: Forms Authentication.Chapter 19: Visual Basic 2005 and XML.Chapter 20: Web Services and .NET Remoting.Chapter 21: Deploying Your Application.Chapter 22: Building Mobile Applications.Appendix A: Where To Now?Appendix B: Implementing the Microsoft Solutions Framework.Appendix C: An Introduction to Security.Appendix D: Solutions.Index.