Visual Basic .Net for Experienced Programmers

by Deitel, Harvey M.; Deitel, Paul J.; Yaeger, Cheryl H.; Nieto, Tem R.

• ISBN13: 9780130461315
• ISBN10: 0130461318
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

Written for programmers with backgrounds in C++, Visual Basic, Java or other high-level languages, this book applies the Deitels' signature Live-Code approach to teaching programming and explores Microsoft's Visual Basic .NET language in depth. Softcover.

Author Biography

Harvey M. Deitel is the founder of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized IT content-creation and corporate-training organization.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	xvi
Preface	xxxi
Introduction to .NET and Visual Basic .NET	1	(22)
Introduction	2	(1)
History of the Internet and World Wide Web	2	(2)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)	4	(1)
Extensible Markup Language (XML)	4	(1)
Key Software Trend: Object Technology	5	(2)
Introduction to Microsoft .NET	7	(2)
Visual Basic .NET	9	(1)
C, C++, Java™ and C#	10	(1)
.NET Framework and the Common Language Runtime	11	(1)
Tour of the Book	12	(7)
Summary	19	(2)
Internet and World Wide Web Resources	21	(2)
Introduction to the Visual Studio IDE and VB .NET Programming	23	(40)
Introduction	24	(1)
Visual Studio .NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Overview	25	(3)
Menu Bar and Toolbar	28	(2)
Visual Studio .NET Windows	30	(4)
Solution Explorer	30	(1)
Toolbox	31	(1)
Properties Window	31	(3)
Using Help	34	(1)
Simple Program: Displaying Text and an Image	35	(10)
Simple Program: Printing a Line of Text	45	(11)
Arithmetic	56	(2)
Decision Making: Equality and Relational Operators	58	(3)
Summary	61	(2)
Control Structures	63	(32)
Introduction	64	(1)
Control Structures	64	(2)
If/Then Selection Structure	66	(1)
If/Then/Else Selection Structure	66	(1)
While Repetition Structure	67	(1)
Do While/Loop Repetition Structure	67	(1)
Do Until/Loop Repetition Structure	67	(1)
Do/Loop While Repetition Structure	68	(1)
Do/Loop Until Repetition Structure	68	(1)
Assignment Operators	68	(1)
For/Next Repetition Structure	69	(1)
Example: Using the For/Next Structure to Compute Compound Interest	70	(5)
Select Case Multiple-Selection Structure	75	(3)
Using the Exit Keyword in a Repetition Structure	78	(2)
Logical Operators	80	(6)
Introduction to Windows Application Programming	86	(8)
Summary	94	(1)
Procedures and Arrays	95	(48)
Introduction	96	(1)
Modules, Classes and Procedures	97	(1)
Sub Procedures	97	(3)
Function Procedures	100	(1)
Methods	101	(3)
Argument Promotion	104	(2)
Option Strict and Data-Type Conversions	106	(2)
Value Types and Reference Types	108	(1)
Passing Arguments: Pass-by-Value vs. Pass-by-Reference	109	(2)
Duration of Identifiers	111	(1)
Scope Rules	112	(3)
Recursion	115	(3)
Procedure Overloading and Optional Arguments	118	(5)
Procedure Overloading	118	(2)
Optional Arguments	120	(3)
Modules	123	(2)
Arrays	125	(3)
Passing Arrays to Procedures	128	(3)
Passing Arrays: ByVal vs. ByRef	131	(5)
Multidimensional Rectangular and Jagged Arrays	136	(4)
For Each/Next Repetition Structure	140	(1)
Summary	141	(2)
Object-Based Programming	143	(48)
Introduction	144	(1)
Implementing a Time Abstract Data Type with a Class	145	(8)
Class Scope	153	(1)
Controlling Access to Members	153	(2)
Initializing Class Objects: Constructors	155	(1)
Using Overloaded Constructors	155	(6)
Properties	161	(7)
Composition: Objects as Instance Variables of Other Classes	168	(3)
Using the Me Reference	171	(2)
Garbage Collection	173	(1)
Shared Class Members	174	(4)
Const and ReadOnly Members	178	(3)
Data Abstraction and Information Hiding	181	(1)
Software Reusability	182	(1)
Namespaces and Assemblies	183	(4)
Class View and Object Browser	187	(1)
Summary	188	(3)
Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance	191	(36)
Introduction	192	(1)
Base Classes and Derived Classes	193	(3)
Protected and Friend Members	196	(1)
Relationship Between Base Classes and Derived Classes	196	(18)
Case Study: Three-Level Inheritance Hierarchy	214	(4)
Constructors and Finalizers in Derived Classes	218	(6)
Software Engineering with Inheritance	224	(1)
Summary	225	(2)
Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism	227	(51)
Introduction	228	(1)
Derived-Class-Object to Base-Class-Object Conversion	228	(7)
Type Fields and Select Case Statements	235	(1)
Polymorphism Examples	236	(1)
Abstract Classes and Methods	237	(2)
Case Study: Inheriting Interface and Implementation	239	(8)
NotIheritable Classes and NotOverridable Methods	247	(1)
Case Study: Payroll System Using Polymorphism	248	(10)
Case Study: Creating and Using Interfaces	258	(13)
Delegates	271	(6)
Summary	277	(1)
Exception Handling	278	(31)
Introduction	279	(1)
Exception Handling Overview	280	(3)
Example: DivideByZeroException	283	(4)
.NET Exception Hierarchy	287	(2)
Finally Block	289	(7)
Exception Properties	296	(5)
Programmer-Defined Exception Classes	301	(4)
Handling Overflows	305	(2)
Summary	307	(2)
Graphical User Interface Concepts: Part 1	309	(44)
Introduction	310	(2)
Windows Forms	312	(2)
Event-Handling Model	314	(7)
Control Properties and Layout	321	(4)
Labels, TextBoxes and Buttons	325	(3)
GroupBoxes and Panels	328	(3)
CheckBoxes and RadioButtons	331	(11)
PictureBoxes	342	(2)
Mouse-Event Handling	344	(3)
Keyboard-Event Handling	347	(4)
Summary	351	(2)
Graphical User Interface Concepts: Part 2	353	(64)
Introduction	354	(1)
Menus	354	(10)
LinkLabels	364	(4)
ListBoxes and CheckedListBoxes	368	(7)
ListBoxes	370	(2)
CheckedListBoxes	372	(3)
ComboBoxes	375	(5)
TreeViews	380	(5)
ListViews	385	(7)
Tab Control	392	(5)
Multiple-Document-Interface (MDI) Windows	397	(9)
Visual Inheritance	406	(4)
User-Defined Controls	410	(5)
Summary	415	(2)
Multithreading	417	(38)
Introduction	418	(2)
Thread States: Life Cycle of a Thread	420	(1)
Thread Priorities and Thread Scheduling	421	(5)
Thread Synchronization and Class Monitor	426	(2)
Producer/Consumer Relationship without Thread Synchronization	428	(6)
Producer/Consumer Relationship with Thread Synchronization	434	(9)
Producer/Consumer Relationship: Circular Buffer	443	(10)
Summary	453	(2)
Strings, Characters and Regular Expressions	455	(46)
Introduction	456	(1)
Fundamentals of Characters and Strings	456	(1)
String Constructors	457	(2)
String Length and Chars Properties, and CopyTo Method	459	(2)
Comparing Strings	461	(4)
String Method GetHashCode	465	(1)
Locating Characters and Substrings in Strings	466	(3)
Extracting Substrings from Strings	469	(1)
Concatenating Strings	470	(1)
Miscellaneous String Methods	471	(2)
Class StringBuilder	473	(1)
StringBuilder Indexer, Length and Capacity Properties, and EnsureCapacity Method	474	(2)
StringBuilder Append and AppendFormat Methods	476	(3)
StringBuilder Insert, Remove and Replace Methods	479	(3)
Char Methods	482	(3)
Card Shuffling and Dealing Simulation	485	(4)
Regular Expressions and Class Regex	489	(10)
Summary	499	(2)
Graphics and Multimedia	501	(64)
Introduction	502	(2)
Graphics Contexts and Graphics Objects	504	(1)
Color Control	505	(7)
Font Control	512	(5)
Drawing Lines, Rectangles and Ovals	517	(3)
Drawing Arcs	520	(3)
Drawing Polygons and Polylines	523	(4)
Advanced Graphics Capabilities	527	(5)
Introduction to Multimedia	532	(1)
Loading, Displaying and Scaling Images	532	(2)
Animating a Series of Images	534	(13)
Windows Media Player	547	(2)
Microsoft Agent	549	(14)
Summary	563	(2)
Files and Streams	565	(77)
Introduction	566	(1)
Data Hierarchy	566	(2)
Files and Streams	568	(2)
Classes File and Directory	570	(10)
Creating a Sequential-Access File	580	(11)
Reading Data from a Sequential-Access File	591	(11)
Random-Access Files	602	(5)
Creating a Random-Access File	607	(3)
Writing Data Randomly to a Random-Access File	610	(5)
Reading Data Sequentially from a Random-Access File	615	(5)
Case Study: A Transaction-Processing Program	620	(20)
Summary	640	(2)
Extensible Markup Language (XML)	642	(50)
Introduction	643	(1)
XML Documents	643	(5)
XML Namespaces	648	(3)
Document Object Model (DOM)	651	(18)
Document Type Definitions (DTDs), Schemas and Validation	669	(10)
Document Type Definitions	670	(4)
Microsoft XML Schemas	674	(5)
Extensible Stylesheet Language and XslTransform	679	(7)
Microsoft BizTalk™	686	(3)
Summary	689	(1)
Internet and World Wide Web Resources	690	(2)
Database, SQL and ADO .NET	692	(50)
Introduction	693	(1)
Relational Database Model	694	(1)
Relational Database Overview: Books Database	695	(6)
Structured Query Language (SQL)	701	(16)
Basic SELECT Statement	702	(1)
WHERE Clause	703	(3)
ORDER BY Clause	706	(2)
Merging Data from Multiple Tables: INNER JOIN	708	(3)
Joining Data from Tables Authors, AuthorISBN, Titles and Publishers	711	(3)
INSERT Statement	714	(1)
UPDATE Statement	715	(1)
DELETE Statement	716	(1)
ADO .NET Object Model	717	(1)
Programming with ADO .NET: Extracting Information from a Database	718	(10)
Connecting to and Querying an Access Data Source	718	(8)
Querying the Books Database	726	(2)
Programming with ADO .NET: Modifying a Database	728	(9)
Reading and Writing XML Files	737	(3)
Summary	740	(2)
ASP .NET, Web Forms and Web Controls	742	(83)
Introduction	743	(1)
Simple HTTP Transaction	744	(2)
System Architecture	746	(1)
Creating and Running a Simple Web-Form Example	747	(12)
Web Controls	759	(21)
Text and Graphics Controls	759	(6)
AdRotator Control	765	(5)
Validation Controls	770	(10)
Session Tracking	780	(19)
Cookies	781	(9)
Session Tracking with HttpSessionState	790	(9)
Case Study: Online Guest book	799	(6)
Case Study: Connecting to a Database in ASP .NET	805	(15)
Tracing	820	(2)
Summary	822	(2)
Internet and Web Resources	824	(1)
ASP .NET and Web Services	825	(62)
Introduction	826	(1)
Web Services	827	(4)
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Web Services	831	(1)
Publishing and Consuming Web Services	832	(15)
Session Tracking in Web Services	847	(13)
Using Web Forms and Web Services	860	(6)
Case Study: Temperature Information Application	866	(9)
User-Defined Types in Web Services	875	(10)
Summary	885	(1)
Internet and Web Resources	886	(1)
Networking: Streams-Based Sockets and Datagrams	887	(37)
Introduction	888	(1)
Establishing a Simple Server (Using Stream Sockets)	889	(2)
Establishing a Simple Client (Using Stream Sockets)	891	(1)
Client/Server Interaction via Stream-Socket Connections	892	(9)
Connectionless Client/Server Interaction via Datagrams	901	(6)
Client/Server Tic-Tac-Toe Using a Multithreaded Server	907	(15)
Summary	922	(2)
Data Structures and Collections	924	(61)
Introduction	925	(1)
Self-Referential Classes	925	(2)
Linked Lists	927	(13)
Stacks	940	(4)
Queues	944	(4)
Trees	948	(15)
Binary Search Tree of Integer Values	949	(7)
Binary Search Tree of IComparable Objects	956	(7)
Collection Classes	963	(20)
Class Array	964	(3)
Class ArrayList	967	(6)
Class Stack	973	(4)
Class Hashtable	977	(6)
Summary	983	(2)
Mobile Internet Toolkit	985	(51)
Introduction	986	(1)
Mobile Internet Toolkit Client Devices	986	(2)
Introduction to the Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit and Microsoft Mobile Web Forms	988	(15)
Advanced Mobile Web Forms Controls	1003	(7)
Example: Deitel Wireless Portal	1010	(5)
Device-Independent Web Design Using Stylesheets and Templates	1015	(14)
Consuming a Web Service from a Mobile Application	1029	(5)
Summary	1034	(1)
Internet and Web Resources	1035	(1)
A Operator Precedence Chart	1036	(2)
B Visual Studio .NET Debugger	1038	(16)
Introduction	1039	(1)
Breakpoints	1040	(2)
Examining Data	1042	(2)
Program Control	1044	(4)
Additional Procedure Debugging Capabilities	1048	(2)
Additional Class Debugging Capabilities	1050	(3)
Summary	1053	(1)
C ASCII Character Set	1054	(1)
D Unicode®	1055	(10)
Introduction	1056	(1)
Unicode Transformation Formats	1057	(1)
Characters and Glyphs	1058	(1)
Advantages/Disadvantages of Unicode	1059	(1)
Unicode Consortium's Web Site	1059	(1)
Using Unicode	1060	(2)
Character Ranges	1062	(1)
Summary	1063	(2)
Bibliography	1065	(4)
Index	1069

Excerpts

Preface Live in fragments no longer. Only connect. --Edward Morgan Forster We wove a web in childhood, A web of sunny air. --Charlotte Bronte Welcome to Visual Basic .NET and the world of Windows, Internet, and World Wide Web programming with Visual Studio .NET and the .NET platform! This book is the third in the new Deitel Developer Series, which presents leading-edge computing technologies to software developers and IT professionals. Visual Basic .NET was created from Visual Basic 6.0 by Microsoft expressly for its .NET platform. Visual Basic .NET provides the features that are most important to programmers, such as object-oriented programming, graphics, graphical-user-interface (GUI) components, exception handling, multithreading, multimedia (audio, images, animation and video), file processing, prepackaged data structures, database processing, Internet and World-Wide-Web-based multi-tier application development, networking, Web services and distributed computing. The language is appropriate for implementing Internet- and World-Wide-Web-based applications that integrate seamlessly with Windows-based applications. The .NET platform offers powerful capabilities for software development and deployment, including language and platform independence. For example, developers writing code in any (or several) of the .NET languages (such as Visual Basic .NET, C# and Visual C++ .NET) can contribute components to the same software product. In addition to providing language independence, .NET extends program portability by enabling .NET applications to reside on, and communicate across, multiple platforms. This facilitates the creation and use of Web services, which are applications that expose functionality to clients over the Internet. The .NET platform enables Web-based applications to be distributed to consumer-electronic devices, such as wireless phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), as well as to desktop computers. The capabilities that Microsoft has incorporated into the .NET platform increase programmer productivity and decrease development time. Who Should Read This Book Deitel & Associates, Inc. currently has two Visual Basic .NET publications, intended for different audiences. We provide information on www.deitel.com, here and inside this book's back cover to help you determine which publication is best for you. Our first Visual Basic .NET book, Visual Basic .NET How to Program, Second Edition, was published as part of our How to Program Series, for college and university students. It provides a comprehensive treatment of Visual Basic .NET and includes learning aids and extensive ancillary support. Visual Basic .NET How to Program, Second Edition assumes that the reader has little or no programming experience. Early chapters focus on fundamental programming principles. The book builds on this to create increasingly complex and sophisticated programs that demonstrate how to use Visual Basic .NET to create graphical user interfaces, networking applications, multithreaded applications, Web-based applications and more. We encourage professors and professionals to consider the The Complete Visual Basic .NET Training Course. This package includes Visual Basic .NET How to Program, Second Edition, as well as the Visual Basic .NET Multimedia Cyber Classroom, Second Edition, an interactive multimedia CD-ROM that provides extensive e-Learning features. The Complete Visual Basic .NET Training Course, Second Edition and Visual Basic .NET Multimedia Cyber Classroom, Second Edition are discussed in detail later in this Preface. This book, Visual Basic .NET for Experienced Programmers, is part of the new Deitel Developer Series, intended for professional software developers-from novices through experienced prog