Programming Microsoft Windows with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Core Reference)

by Petzold, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780735617995
• ISBN10: 0735617996
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-31
• Publisher: Microsoft Pr

Summary

Petzold's popular C# book -- now for anyone who develops with Microsoft Visual Basic.NET!Charles Petzold, one of the world's leading Windows development experts, has revised his popular Programming Microsoft Windows with C# book for developers who work in Visual Basic.NET! The best-selling author shows how to use Visual Basic.NET to get the most out of Windows Forms -- the next generation Windows programming class library. You'll learn to use the .NET-enabled version of Visual Basic to create dynamic user interfaces and graphical outputs for Windows-based applications. With dozens of client application examples to illustrate common techniques and plenty of no-nonsense advice on best practices, you'll learn how to go far beyond the basics with Visual Basic.NET.

Author Biography

Charles Petzold has been programming for Windows since obtaining a beta Windows 1.0 SDK in the spring of 1985

Table of Contents

The Basics
Console Thyself	1	(42)
Hello, Windows Forms	43	(42)
Essential Structures	85	(42)
An Exercise in Text Output	127	(34)
Graphics
The User Interface
Lines, Curves, and Area Fills	161	(44)
Tapping into the Keyboard	205	(44)
Pages and Transforms	249	(46)
Taming the Mouse	295	(56)
Text and Fonts	351	(74)
The Timer and Time	425	(44)
Images and Bitmaps	469	(66)
Buttons and Labels and Scrolls	535	(76)
Beziers and Other Splines	611	(30)
Menus	641	(44)
Paths, Regions, and Clipping	685	(40)
Dialog Boxes	725	(56)
Brushes and Pens	781	(56)
Edit, List, and Spin	837	(72)
Font Fun	909	(42)
Toolbars and Status Bars	951	(42)
Printing	993	(46)
Tree View and List View	1039	(56)
Metafiles	1095	(38)
Clip, Drag, and Drop	1133
Appendices
A Files and Streams	1179
B Math Class	1217
C String Theory	1233