Wrox's Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit

Andrew Parsons has been programming with the Basic language for more than 20 years and with Visual Basic for the last eight years. He has experience with more than a dozen programming languages but keeps coming back to the Basic language because of its easy-to-understand syntax and the powerful features found in the modern versions, and he believes that Visual Basic is the best language to program in no matter what your level of experience. Andrew has written several books and technical articles about Visual Basic for magazines in Australia and New Zealand and is constantly improving his own skills in Visual Basic with ongoing programming work with companies such as Quicken Software (associated with Intuit Inc.) and APS. When he's not writing code for other people, or books to help people learn how to program effectively, he serves as editor of MSDN Magazine, Australia and New Zealand, and still finds time to write add-ins for Microsoft Office at GrayMatter Software (www.graymatter.com.au). You can contact Andrew at andrewp@parsonsdesigns.com.

Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Getting Familiar. Chapter 1: Basic Installation. Chapter 2: Why Do All That Work? Chapter 3: Using Databases. Chapter 4: What the User Sees. Chapter 5: How Do You Make That Happen? Part II: Extending Yourself Is Good. Chapter 6: Take Control of Your Program. Chapter 7: Who Do You Call? Chapter 8: It's My World-Isn't It? Chapter 9: Getting into the World. Chapter 10: When Things Go Wrong. Part III: Making It Hum. Chapter 11: It's Printing Time! Chapter 12: Using XML. Chapter 13: Securing Your Program. Chapter 14: Getting It Out There. Appendix A: Need More? What's on the CD and Website. Appendix B: .NET-The Foundation. Appendix C: Answers to Exercises. Index.