Microsoft® Visual Basic® 2005 Step by Step

by Michael Halvorson

Whether you are new to programming or to Visual Basic 2005, this tutorial gives you practical guidance to build your programming knowledge. Use the real-world exercises to teach yourself the essentials of Visual Basic—and begin creating applications for Microsoft Windows and the Web.

Discover how

Work in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development environmentUse Toolbox controls to create compelling user interfaces complete with digital photos, menus, toolbars, check boxes, and moreAdd artwork, animation, and special effects to an applicationUse inheritance and other new object-oriented programming capabilitiesDetect, track, and repair bugs in your code Store program data using variables, modules, arrays, and collectionsAdd sophisticated functions to your applications with Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 classes and methodsManage code flow with decision structures, loops, timers, and proceduresProgram interactive Web applications with Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0Create datacentric applications using Microsoft ADO.NETWrite custom code for printers and configure dialog boxes for printing Migrate Visual Basic 6.0 code to Visual Basic 2005CD includes all practice exercises.

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Genres: Nonfiction

560 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Michael Halvorson has written more than 35 books, including the popular Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Step by Step, Microsoft Office XP Inside Out, and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Step by Step. A former Visual Basic localization manager at Microsoft, Michael is an associate professor at Pacific Lutheran University. His current work is in Visual Studio; he is also writing a book on the history of innovation in Western societies. [Source: O'Reilly Media author site]

Reviews

[Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

How interesting can Visual Basic 2005 be? Still, a helpful guide to learning VB.Net but with little reference use.

[Irene · Rating 4 out of 5]

A useful guide for learing VB