Synopses & Reviews
The author team of Julia Bradley and Anita Millspaugh remain the guiding light for countless students around the world in Programming in Visual Basic 2008. How better to master the most popular object-oriented programming language than to use the bestselling textbook? Be at the cutting edge of technology with examples, feedback questions, and a full Hands-On Programming Example. Apply the concepts yourself with Case Studies and Exercises. Screen captures, step-by-step exercises, and thorough appendices ensure that Programming Excellence Begins Here.
About the Author
Julia Case Bradley is professor emeritus at Mt. San Antonio College. From 1978 until her retirement, she taught courses in introductory and advanced Visual Basic, Access programming, and Microsoft Office in the department of Computer Information Systems. She began writing BASIC textbooks in 1984 using MS-BASIC (GW-BASIC), and has authored or co-authored texts in Macintosh Basic, QuickBasic, QBasic, Visual Basic, the Internet, and desktop publishing using PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, and Publish It.Anita Millspaugh teaches programming courses in Visual Basic, C++, and Java at Mt. San Antonio College and has served as chair of the department for 8 years. She received her MBA from California State Polytechnic University, with a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems. Anita has also led Great Teacher's Conferences for Mt. Sac and for California Vocational Faculty.
Table of Contents
Advanced Programming in Visual Basic 2008, 4/e
Chapter 1. Visual Studio and the .NET Framework 1
Chapter 2. Building Multitier Programs with Classes 49
Chapter 3. Windows Database Applications 105
Chapter 4. Windows Database using Related Tables 149
Chapter 5. Windows Database Updates 187
Chapter 6. Services 249
Chapter 7. Web Applications 275
Chapter 8. Web Database Applications 351
Chapter 9. Reports 403
Chapter 10. Collections 431
Chapter 11. User Controls 465
Chapter 12. Help Files 491
Chapter 13. Additional Topics in Visual Basic 507
Appendix A. Answers to Feedback Questions 541
Appendix B. Review of Introductory VB Concepts 553
Appendix C. Deployment 599
Appendix D. Tips and Shortcuts for Mastering the Environment 607
Glossary 625
Index 634