Visual Basic.NET How to Program (PDF)

Illustrations
1 Introduction to Computers, Internet and Visual Basic .NET
1.1 .NET Languages. 19
2 Introduction to the Visual Studio .NET IDE
2.1 Start Page in Visual Studio .NET. 35
2.2 New Project dialog. 36
2.3 Design view of Visual Studio .NET IDE. 37
2.4 Visual Studio .NET IDE menu bar. 38
2.5 Summary of Visual Studio .NET IDE menus. 38
2.6 IDE Toolbar. 38
2.7 Tool tip demonstration. 39
2.8 Toolbar icons for three Visual Studio .NET IDE windows. 39
2.9 Auto-hide feature demonstration. 40
2.10 Solution Explorer with an open solution. 41
2.11 Toolbox window. 42
2.12 Properties window. 43
2.13 Help menu commands. 44
2.14 Dynamic Help window. 44
2.15 Simple program executing. 45
2.16 Creating a new Windows Application. 46
2.17 Setting the project location in the Project Location dialog. 47
2.18 Setting the form’s Text property. 47
2.19 Form with sizing handles. 48
2.20 Changing the form’s BackColor property. 48
2.21 Adding a label to the form. 49
2.22 GUI after the form and label have been customized. 50
2.23 Properties window displaying the label’s properties. 50
2.24 Font dialog for selecting fonts, styles and sizes. 51