[...]... learning Visual Basic and the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is that you can use many of the same tools to write programs for Microsoft Visual C++ 2010, Microsoft Visual C# 2010, Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010, and other popular products Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step is a comprehensive introduction to Visual Basic programming using the Visual Basic 2010 software... of Visual Basic 2010 and Visual Studio 2010, but especially with the tools and techniques available in Visual Studio 2010 Professional and Visual Basic 2010 Express Although Visual Basic 2010 is similar in many ways to Visual Basic 2008, there are many important differences and improvements, so I recommend that you complete the exercises in this book using the Visual Basic 2010 software Note  The Visual. .. you will need to download Visual Web Developer 2010 Express to complete the exercises Visual Web Developer is included in Visual Studio Professional, Premium, and Ultimate, but not Visual Basic Express Introduction xix Downloading Visual Basic 2010 Express As noted previously, if you don’t have Visual Studio 2010 Professional, Visual Studio 2010 Premium, or Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, you can complete... support for the Visual Studio 2010 software and this book’s contents xxviii Introduction Visual Studio 2010 Software Support For questions about the Visual Studio 2010 software, I recommend two Microsoft Web sites: n http://msdn .microsoft. com/vbasic/ (the Microsoft Visual Basic Developer Center home page) n http://www .microsoft. com/communities/ (the home of technical communities related to Microsoft software... Visual Studio 2010 installed, such as Visual Studio 2010 Professional edition (Most of the exercises will also work with Visual Studio 2010 Express.) Return to this point in Chapter 1 when you’re ready to go Start Visual Studio 2010 1 On the Windows taskbar, click Start, click All Programs, and then click the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 folder The folders and icons in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. .. Click the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 icon Tip  If you are using Visual Basic 2010 Express, click the Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express icon If this is the first time you are starting Visual Studio, the program will take a few m ­ oments to configure the environment If you are prompted to identify your p ­ rogramming preferences at this time, select Visual Basic development settings When Visual Studio... to open is in a newer file format, you might be trying to load Visual Basic 2010 files into an older version of the Visual Basic software (Earlier versions of Visual Basic can’t open the Visual Basic 2010 projects included on the companion CD.) To check which version of Visual Basic you’re using, click the About command on the Help menu Visual Studio provides a special check box named Always Show Solution... of Visual Basic came out in 2003, 2005, and 2008, Visual Basic became a component within the Visual Studio suite, and significant support was added to the product for database, Internet, and team development projects, as well as continued improvements to the NET Framework Visual Basic 2010 is now so tightly integrated with Visual Studio that it is available only as a component in the Visual Studio 2010. .. in this book by downloading Visual Basic 2010 Express from the Web for free This will give you an opportunity to learn Visual Basic programming and see for yourself if you want to upgrade to a full release of the Visual Studio software To download Visual Basic 2010 Express, complete the following steps: 1 Open a Web browser (such as Internet Explorer), and go to http://www .microsoft. com/ express 2 Follow... programming ­anguage l you’ll be learning in this book is Visual Basic, most of the features in the Visual Studio IDE a ­ pply equally to Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C++, and Microsoft Visual C# All of these p ­ rograms (or more properly, compiler technologies) are available to you in the same IDE, which you can experiment with now by starting Visual Studio and looking at the product Important  But . of Visual Basic 2010 and Visual Studio 2010, but especially with the tools and techniques available in Visual Studio 2010 Professional and Visual Basic 2010 Express. Although Visual Basic 2010. 2010, Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010, and other popular products. Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step is a comprehensive introduction to Visual Basic programming using the Visual Basic. Visual Basic and the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is that you can use many of the same tools to write programs for Microsoft Visual C++ 2010, Microsoft Visual C# 2010,