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6 | Hoboken : Pearson , [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and : LCCN 2018048219 | ISBN 9780135204658 | ISBN 0135204658 Subjects: LCSH: Visual Basic (Computer program language)Classification: LCC G33 2019 | DDC dc23 LC record available at 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 10: 0-13-520465-8 ISBN 13: 404/01/19 7:22 PMContents in Brief Preface xviiChapter 1 Introduction to Programming and Visual Basic 1 Chapter 2 Creating Applications with Visual Basic 41 Chapter 3 Variables and Calculations 125 Chapter 4 Making Decisions 233 Chapter 5 Lists and Loops 309 Chapter 6 Procedures and Functions 379 Chapter 7 Multiple Forms, Modules, and Menus 429 Chapter 8 Arrays and More 499 Chapter 9 Files, Printing, and Structure 573 Chapter 10 Working with Databases 631 Chapter 11 Developing Web Applications 711 Chapter 12 Classes, Collections.

7 And Inheritance 767 Appendix A Advanced User Interface Controls and Techniques 829 Appendix B Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 843 Appendix C Converting Mathematical Expressions to Programming Statements 851 Appendix D Answers to Checkpoint 853 Appendix E Glossary 871 Appendix F Function and Method Reference F-1 Appendix G Binary and Random-Access Files G-1 Index 883 Credits 504/01/19 7:22 604/01/19 7:22 PMContents Preface xviiChapter 1 Introduction to Programming and Visual Basic Computer Systems: Hardware and Software .. Programs and Programming Languages.

8 4 TUTORIAL 1-1: Running the Wage Calculator application ..8 TUTORIAL 1-2: Running an application that demonstrates event handlers .. More about Controls and Programming ..11 TUTORIAL 1-3: Running an application that demonstrates various controls .. The Programming Process .. Visual Studio ..20 TUTORIAL 1-4: STARTING Visual Studio and setting up the environment ..20 TUTORIAL 1-5: STARTING a new Visual Basic project ..24 TUTORIAL 1-6: Becoming familiar with Visual Studio ..33 Summary 35 Key Terms 36 Review Questions and Exercises 36 Programming Challenges 40 Chapter 2 Creating Applications with Visual Basic Getting Started with Forms and Controls.

9 Creating the GUI for Your First Visual Basic Application: The Hello World Application ..52 TUTORIAL 2-1: Creating the GUI for the Hello World application .. Writing the Code for the Hello World Application ..59 TUTORIAL 2-2: Writing code for the Hello World application .. More About Label Controls .. Creating Multiple Event Handlers ..76 TUTORIAL 2-3: Creating the Language Translator application .. Making Sense of IntelliSense .. PictureBox Controls ..81 TUTORIAL 2-4: Creating the Guess the President application ..84 TUTORIAL 2-5: Writing Click event handlers for PictureBox controls.

10 The Visible Property ..90 TUTORIAL 2-6: Creating the Card Flip application .. Writing the Code to Close an Application s Form ..94 TUTORIAL 2-7: Adding an Exit button to the Guess the President application .. Comments, Blank Lines, and Indentation .. Dealing with Errors .. Displaying User Messages at Runtime ..102 TUTORIAL 2-8: Displaying Message Boxes .. 704/01/19 7:22 PMviii Customizing an Application s Form ..107 TUTORIAL 2-9: Setting the FormBorderStyle property and locking the controls on a form .. Using Visual Studio Help ..110 Summary 112 Key Terms 114 Review Questions 115 Programming Challenges 120 Chapter 3 Variables and Calculations Gathering Text Input.