Visual Basic 2005: Introduction

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• Introduction to VB .NET
• The Development VB Language
• What is the .NET Platform
• What is the .NET Framework
• Graphical User Interface Design
• Event-driven Programming
• Rapid Application Development

VISUAL STUDIO

• Starting Visual Studio .NET
• The Integrated Development Environment
• Common Visual Studio
• Getting Help
• Assembly Information (Optional)

CONTROLS AND PROPERTIES

• Controls and Properties
• Property Categories
• Container Controls
• Aligning Your Controls
• Label Controls
• Text Box Controls
• ToolTip Controls
• Button Controls
• Understanding Focus
• Picture Box Controls

CODING BASICS

• Introduction to Coding Basics
• Where Does the Code Go?
• The Message Box Control
• IntelliSense
• Reading and Writing with Text
• Boxes/ Labels
• Passing Data to other Windows
• Variables
• Option Explicit & Option Strict
• Other Variable Types
• The Objects Databases
• 101 Code Examples

DOING MATHS

• Doing Maths
• Converting Data Types
• Formatting Output
• IntelliSense Summary
• Methods Relating to Data Types (Optional)

PROCEDURES

• Procedures
• Variable Scope
• Passing Arguments into Procedures
• Returning Data from Procedures
• Procedures and Event Procedures
• Procedures - More Details
• Functions vs Subroutines
• By Value and By Reference

CONTROLLING PROGRAM FLOW

• Program Flow
• Making Decisions
• Error Checking
• Error Providers

DESIGNING THE USER INTERFACE

• Designing the User Interface
• Adding Menus to Forms
• Connecting Menus to Event Procedures
• Creating Context Menus (Optional)

MULTIPLE FORMS

• Introduction
• Adding New Forms
• Adding an About Form
• Adding Forms From Other Projects