...
Explorer; and of course, one of the following:
MicrosoftVisualBasic2008 Express
MicrosoftVisualBasic2008 Profession Edition
MicrosoftVisualBasic2008 Team System
As the later chapters ... Introduction
VisualBasic2008 is Microsoft ’ s latest version of the highly popular VisualBasic .NET programming
language, one of the many languages supported in Visual Studio 2008.VisualBasic2008 ... process, Visual Studio 2008 is ready to use. Now the real fun can
begin! So get comfortable, relax, and enter the world of VisualBasic2008.
The VisualBasic2008 IDE
You don ’ t need Visual Basic...
... security.
MicrosoftVisual Studio 2008 Standard Edition, Visual Studio 2008 Enterprise Edition,
or MicrosoftVisual C# 2008 Express Edition and MicrosoftVisual Web Developer 2008
Express ... 2008 Standard Edition, Visual Studio
2008 Professional Edition, and Visual C# 2008 Express Edition.
If you are using Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition or Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Edition, ... Edition, Visual Studio 2008 Professional
Edition, or Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. Additionally, unless explicitly stated, all refer-
ences to Visual Studio 2008 apply to Visual Studio 2008 Standard...
... environment in MicrosoftVisual Studio 2008, you can use the same tools
to write programs for MicrosoftVisual C++ 2008, MicrosoftVisual C# 2008, MicrosoftVisual
Web Developer 2008, and other ... to,
Visual Basic2008 one of the most powerful development tools in use today.
Microsoft VisualBasic2008 Step by Step is a comprehensive introduction to VisualBasic
programming using the Microsoft ... might be trying to load VisualBasic2008 fi les into
the older VisualBasic .NET 2002, 2003, or 2005 software. (Earlier versions of VisualBasic
can’t open the VisualBasic2008 projects included...
... 2010, Microsoft
Visual Web Developer 2010, and other popular products.
Microsoft VisualBasic 2010 Step by Step is a comprehensive introduction to VisualBasic
programming using the VisualBasic ... editions of VisualBasic 2010 and Visual Studio 2010, but especially with the tools
and techniques available in Visual Studio 2010 Professional and VisualBasic 2010 Express.
Although VisualBasic ... format, you might be trying to load VisualBasic 2010 files into
an older version of the VisualBasic software. (Earlier versions of VisualBasic can’t open
the VisualBasic 2010 projects included...
... supplied names.
3. VisualBasic2008 finds a Case statement that satisfies the request and immediately moves to
strFavoriteColor = “ Passionate Purple ” .
4. VisualBasic2008 moves to the ... statement at the end tells VisualBasic2008 that this method should
automatically be called when the
Click event on the button is fired. As part of this, VisualBasic2008
provides two parameters, ... processing code
that ’ s beneath a
Case statement, if you meet another Case statement, VisualBasic2008 jumps out of
the block and down to the line immediately following the block. Here ’...
... use a
VisualBrush . A
VisualBrush paints an area with a visual image, in this case the image of the credit card. The Visual
attribute shown in the following code is used to set the visual ...
< VisualBrush Visual= ”{Binding ElementName=Image1}” >
< VisualBrush.Transform >
< ScaleTransform CenterX=”300” CenterY=”100” ScaleX=”1”
ScaleY=”-1” / >
< /VisualBrush.Transform ...
< VisualBrush Visual= ”{Binding ElementName=Image1}” >
< VisualBrush.Transform >
< ScaleTransform CenterX=”300” CenterY=”100” ScaleX=”1”
ScaleY=”-1” / >
< /VisualBrush.Transform...
... benefits to software developers. This is mainly
because languages such as Visual Basic, C++, and, of course, VisualBasic2008 and C# have
matured to a point where they make creating objects and ... that can be used to print the bill
When you write software in VisualBasic 2008, you are given a vast set of classes called the Microsoft
.NET Framework Classes. These classes describe virtually ... you don ’ t care about the technical hoops it has to go through to do that.
Events
In VisualBasic2008 you listen for events to determine when something has happened to a control on a
form....
... happens that in VisualBasic2008 you normally have a single
namespace inside a single assembly of the same name.
The MSDN Library documentation that gets installed with Visual Studio 2008 contains ... you might decide
to modify the library slightly. Using Visual Studio 2008 you can do this very easily. When working in
Visual Studio 2008 you can make any changes you like to the code in the ... code.
However, the Visual Studio 2008 environment can still tell a lot about the classes even without the
source code. For example, IntelliSense still works. This is because Visual Studio 2008 can tell...
... way. VisualBasic2008 applications often manipulate
data that come from relational databases. To do this, your application needs to interface with
relational database software such as Microsoft ... that you ’ ve learned the basics of building user controls that support their own user interface,
take a look at the image - handling capabilities in VisualBasic2008.
Working with Images ... menu that lets you select the tool you want.
If you need a refresher on how to use the VisualBasic2008 Menu Designer, refer to Chapter 9 .
Try It Out Adding a Tools Menu
1. Open the Forms...
... focus on the basics for web site development and move
to database - driven applications. With Visual Studio 2008, you will be building data - driven sites in
no time.
Visual Studio 2008 is the ... toolbox for ASP.NET
Create a web site project in Visual Studio 2008
Choose between the possible locations for web sites in Visual Studio 2008
Exercises
1. Create a new web site, name it ... you saw a few basic controls and
learned that client and server code are handled differently. In the next section, you will learn where
you can host web sites with Visual Studio 2008.
Web Site...
... Chapter 20: VisualBasic2008 and XML
708
The beginning of this chapter pitched XML as a technology for integrating software applications. It then
went on to say that for newcomers to Visual Basic, ... Documents\” & _
Visual Studio\Projects\Address Book\Address Book\bin\Debug\” & _
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Chapter 20: VisualBasic2008 and XML
703
... the flow and test if it is correct or not. Enter names like
1990_NEW .PDF , 0001_REMOVE
.PDF
, 9878_ADDRESS .PDF , 88877_NO .PDF and then just enter random text. Those will take
you through each...
... that discuss both VisualBasic .NET and Visual
Basic 2008. These sites give everything from news on moving from VisualBasic .NET to VisualBasic
2008, to listings of up and coming conferences ... more!
VisualBasic2008 Programmer ’ s Reference
(Wrox Press, 978 - 0 - 470 - 18262 - 8)
VisualBasic2008 Programmer ’ s Reference is a language tutorial and a reference guide to the 2008 ... build on the VisualBasic2008
knowledge gained here. These will help you to specialize in particular areas. Here are the details of a
couple of key titles.
Professional VisualBasic2008
(Wrox...
... the VisualBasic2008 software (sold separately) for use.
Upgrading from MicrosoftVisualBasic 6.0
Before VisualBasic .NET, of course, the programming world was blessed to have VisualBasic ... of VisualBasic2008 and Visual Studio 2008, but especially
with the tools and techniques available in Visual Studio Standard Edition and Visual Studio
Professional Edition. Although VisualBasic ... Microsoft released Visual
Basic 2008 in early 2008.VisualBasic2008 is now so tightly integrated with Visual Studio
that it is only available as a component in the Visual Studio 2008 programming suite,...
... Part I Getting Started with MicrosoftVisualBasic2008
Setting the IDE for VisualBasic Development
The fi rst setting that you need to check was established when Visual Studio was fi rst installed ... Getting Started with MicrosoftVisualBasic2008
Create a Hello World program
1. Start Visual Studio 2008 if it isn’t already open.
2. On the File menu, click New Project.
Visual Studio displays ... the following
illustration.
72 Part I Getting Started with MicrosoftVisualBasic2008
Note Readers who experimented with VisualBasic some time ago will notice that the
TextBox control no...
... release of MicrosoftVisualBasic .NET 2003, it has been necessary for Visual
Basic programmers to explicitly declare variables before using them. This was a change
from VisualBasic 6 and ... VisualBasic Windows Forms Application project named MyWebLink.
The new project is created, and a blank form appears in the Designer.
112 Part I Getting Started with MicrosoftVisualBasic2008
The ... buttons.
108 Part I Getting Started with MicrosoftVisualBasic2008
Adding Toolbars with the ToolStrip Control
Parallel to the MenuStrip control, you can use the Visual Studio ToolStrip control to...