Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005

Evangelos Petroutsos works as a consultant on large projects, teaches VB and SQL, writes articles, and continues to write code. He has authored and co-authored dozens of programming titles, including the best-selling Mastering Visual Basic .NET, Mastering Database Programming with Visual Basic, and Visual Basic .NET Developer's Handbook, all from Sybex. Evangelos has been a Visual Basic programmer since version 1. Acey J. Bunch has over a decade of experience as both a technical writer working for Microsoft and a developer of custom corporate applications using Microsoft technologies, such as Visual Basic, SQL Server, and Office. Today he is working primarily with data access technologies such as ADO.NET and SQL Native Client. Acey has written and contributed to numerous articles and books and served as a technical editor on many different projects.

Introduction. Part 1: Getting Started with Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. Chapter 1: Welcome to Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. Chapter 2: Using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. Chapter 3: Introducing Windows Application Development. Chapter 4: Building Windows Forms. Part 2: Understanding the Visual Basic Language. Chapter 5: Using the Visual Basic Programming Language. Chapter 6: Using Subroutines, Functions, and Events. Chapter 7: Controlling Program Flow. Chapter 8: Using Arrays and Collections. Chapter 9: Debugging and Handling Errors. Part 3: Using Windows Controls. Chapter 10: Using the Basic Windows Controls. Chapter 11: Using the Text Controls. Chapter 12: Using the Common Windows Dialogs. Chapter 13: Using the TreeView and ListView Controls. Chapter 14: Using Other Windows Controls. Part 4: Understanding Object-Oriented Programming. Chapter 15: Understanding Objects. Chapter 16: Building Your Own Objects. Chapter 17: Building Your Own Windows Controls. Part 5: Common Programming Tasks. Chapter 18: Using the My Object. Chapter 19: Working with Folders and Files. Chapter 20: Working with XML. Chapter 21: Automating Office Applications. Chapter 22: Using Images, Drawing, and Printing. Chapter 23: Handling Characters and Strings. Chapter 24: Using Console Applications. Part 6: Programming Databases. Chapter 25: Introduction to Databases. Chapter 26: Using the Visual Database Tools. Chapter 27: Using Data in Windows Forms. Chapter 28: Programming with ADO.NET. Chapter 29: Working with SQL Server Express. Chapter 30: Interacting with the Internet. Index.