Comprehensive Guide to VB.NET Development (4574)

Contents

xvii Web Forms 133

Intellisense 134

Customizing the IDE 135

• Customizing the Code Editor 135
• Customizing Shortcut Keys 135
• Customizing the Toolbars 136

Exercise 3.4 Adding a New Toolbar to the Existing Set 136

Exercise 3.5 Adding Commands to Toolbars 137

Customizing Built-In Commands 137

Exercise 3.6 Creating an Alias 138

Customizing the Start Page 139

Accessibility Options 141

Summary 142

Solutions Fast Track 142

Frequently Asked Questions 143

Chapter 4 Common Language Runtime 145

Introduction 146

• Component Architecture 148
• Managed Code versus Unmanaged Code 150
• Interoperability with Managed Code 152
• System Namespace 153
• File I/O 155
• Drawing 156
• Printing 157

Common Type System 158

• Type Casting 160
• Garbage Collection 163
• Object Allocation/Deallocation 164
• Close/Dispose 165

Summary 166

Solutions Fast Track 167

Frequently Asked Questions 168

Developing & Deploying

Embrace Your Parameters VB.NET is insistent upon enclosing parameters of function calls within parentheses regardless of whether we are returning a value or whether we are using the Call statement. This improves readability and is consistent with standards in other languages.

Chapter 5 .NET Programming Fundamentals 171

• Variables 173
• Constants 175
• Structures 176
• Program Flow Control 178
• If…Then…Else 178
• Select Case 182
• While Loops 184
• For Loops 186
• Arrays 187
• Object-Oriented Programming 196
• Inheritance 196
• Polymorphism 197
• Encapsulation 197
• Error Handling 210

Chapter 6 Advanced Programming Concepts 219

• Using Modules 221
• Utilizing Namespaces 222
• Delegates and Events 232
• File Operations 239
• Collections 246
• Understanding Free Threading 262

Summary 265

Chapter 7 Creating Windows Forms 269

• Application Model 270
• Properties of Windows Forms 275
• Creating Multiple Document Interface Applications 297
• Adding Controls to Forms 300
• Dialog Boxes 305
• Data Binding 332

Chapter 8 Windows Forms Components and Controls 347

• Label Control 351
• Button Control 361
• ListBox Control 371
• ComboBox Control 381
• DateTimePicker Control 391

Chapter 9 Using ADO.NET 409

• Understanding ADO.NET Architecture 412
• Connected Layer 417
• Disconnected Layer 427

Chapter 10 Developing Web Applications 459

• Web Forms 461
• Adding Controls to Web Forms 467
• Code Behind 473
• ASP.NET Server Controls 476
• Custom Controls 487
• Web Services 504

Chapter 11 Optimizing, Debugging, and Testing 523

• Debugging Concepts 524
• Code Optimization 541
• Testing Phases and Strategies 546

Chapter 12 Security 553

• Security Concepts 555
• Permissions 555
• Code Access Security 558
• Cryptography 600

Chapter 13 Application Deployment 615

• Packaging Code 617
• Deploying Controls 637

Chapter 14 Upgrading Visual Basic Applications to .NET 647

• Considerations Before Upgrading 648
• Upgrading Interfaces from Visual Basic 6.0 699