Visual Basic 2005 Express

Introduction Part I: Learning the VB Express User Interface Chapter 1: Making your first program Chapter 2: Understanding the VB user interface Chapter 3: Working with projects Chapter 4: Designing a user interface Chapter 5: Using the Code window Chapter 6: Getting help (repairing VB) Part II: Designing a User Interface Chapter 7: Understanding Controls and Properties Chapter 8: Using the Appearance Properties Chapter 9: Using the Layout and Behavior Properties Chapter 10: Designing Windows Part III: Getting and Displaying Data on a User Interface Chapter 11: Writing Event Procedures Chapter 12: Getting Commands through Buttons, Menus, and ToolStrips Chapter 13: Offering Choices with Radio Buttons and Check Boxes Chapter 14: Accepting and Displaying Data in Text Boxes and Labels Chapter 15: Accepting a Range of Numeric Values Chapter 16: Using Layout Controls Chapter 17: Displaying Dialog Boxes Part IV: Writing BASIC Code Chapter 18: Variables and Constants Chapter 19: Decision making (If-then, Case) Chapter 20: Loops Chapter 21: Data structures Chapter 22: String manipulation and mathematical operators Chapter 23: Subprograms (general procedures and functions) Chapter 24: Object-oriented programming Chapter 25: Error handling Chapter 26: Debugging (comments) Part V: Enhancing Your Visual Basic Programs Chapter 27: Enhancing your user interface Chapter 28: Connecting to a database Chapter 29: Displaying Pictures and Video Chapter 30: Playing Sounds Appendix: CD Contents Sample VB programs ELIZA Graphics demo Sound demo Saving, opening file demo Database demo RoboDemo tutorials for learning VB user interface