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1 Contents Chapters and Appendix F are PDF documents posted online at the book s Companion Website (located at Preface Before You Begin xix xxix 1 Introduction to Computers, the Internet and Visual Basic Introduction Computer Organization Personal Computing, Distributed Computing and Client/Server Computing Hardware Trends Microsoft s Windows Operating System Machine Languages, Assembly Languages and High-Level Languages Visual Basic Some Other Key Programming Languages The Internet and the World Wide Web Extensible Markup Language (XML) Introduction to Microsoft.NET The.NET Framework and the Common Language Runtime Test-Driving the Visual Basic Advanced Painter Application Introduction to Object Technology Wrap-Up Web Resources 15 2 Dive Into Visual Basic 2010 Express Introduction Overview of the Visual Studio 2010 IDE Menu Bar and Toolbar Navigating the Visual Studio IDE Solution Explorer Toolbox Properties Window Using Help 38

2 xii Contents 2.6 Using Visual Programming to Create a Simple Program that Displays Text and an Image Wrap-Up Web Resources 52 3 Introduction to Visual Basic Programming Introduction Programmatically Displaying Text in a Label Analyzing the Program Modifying ASimpleProgram to Programmatically Change the Label s Text Property Addition Program Building the Addition Program Memory Concepts Arithmetic Decision Making: Equality and Relational Operators Wrap-Up 90 4 Introduction to Problem Solving and Control Statements Introduction Algorithms Pseudocode Control Structures If Then Selection Statement If Then Else Selection Statement Nested If Then Else Statements Repetition Statements Compound Assignment Operators Formulating Algorithms: Counter-Controlled Repetition Formulating Algorithms: Nested Control Statements Using the Debugger: Locating a Logic Error Breakpoints and Running the Program Quick Info Box Locals Window Using the Step Over Command to Execute Statements Wrap-Up Problem Solving and Control Statements: Part Introduction For Next Repetition Statement For Next Statement Header Components General Form of a For Next Statement 152

3 Contents xiii Declaring the Control Variable Before a For Next Statement Using Expressions in the For Next Statement s Header For Next Statement UML Activity Diagram Local Type Inference Examples Using the For Next Statement Application: Interest Calculator Formulating Algorithms: Nested Repetition Statements Select Case Multiple-Selection Statement Do Loop While and Do Loop Until Repetition Statements Using Exit to Terminate Repetition Statements Using Continue in Repetition Statements Logical Operators Application: Dental Payment Calculator Wrap-Up Methods Introduction Classes and Methods Subroutines: Methods That Do Not Return a Value Functions: Methods That Return a Value Implicit Argument Conversions Option Strict and Data-Type Conversions Passing Arguments: Pass-by-Value vs. Pass-by-Reference Scope of Declarations Case Study: Random-Number Generation Scaling and Shifting of Random Numbers Randomly Selecting Images Rolling Dice Repeatedly and Displaying Statistics Case Study: A Game of Chance Method Overloading Optional Parameters Using the Debugger: Debugging Commands Wrap-Up Arrays Introduction Arrays Declaring and Allocating Arrays Initializing the Values in an Array Summing the Elements of an Array Using Arrays to Analyze Survey Results Die-Rolling Program with an Array of Counters Case Study: Flag Quiz Passing an Array to a Method For Each Next Repetition Statement 258

4 xiv Contents 7.11 Sorting an Array with Method Sort of Class Array Searching an Array with Linear Search Searching a Sorted Array with Array Method BinarySearch Rectangular Arrays Case Study: Maintaining Grades Using a Rectangular Array Resizing an Array with the ReDim Statement Wrap-Up Files Introduction Data Hierarchy Files and Streams Test-Driving the Credit Inquiry Application Writing Data Sequentially to a Text File Class CreateAccounts Opening the File Managing Resources with the Using Statement Adding an Account to the File Closing the File and Terminating the Application Building Menus with the Windows Forms Designer Credit Inquiry Application: Reading Data Sequentially from a Text File Implementing the Credit Inquiry Application Selecting the File to Process Specifying the Type of Records to Display Displaying the Records Wrap-Up Object-Oriented Programming: Classes and Objects Introduction Classes, Objects, Methods and Instance Variables Account Class Value Types and Reference Types Case Study: Card Shuffling and Dealing Simulation Case Study: Time Class Class Scope Object Initializers Auto-Implemented Properties Using Me to Access the Current Object Garbage Collection Shared Class Members Const and ReadOnly Fields Shared Methods and Class Math Object Browser Wrap-Up 345

5 Contents xv 10 Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance and Polymorphism Introduction Base Classes and Derived Classes Business Case Study: Commission Employees Class Hierarchy Creating Base Class CommissionEmployee Creating Derived Class BasePlusCommissionEmployee Testing Class BasePlusCommissionEmployee Constructors in Derived Classes Protected Members Introduction to Polymorphism: Polymorphic Video Game Abstract Classes and Methods Case Study: Payroll System Class Hierarchy Using Polymorphism Abstract Base Class Employee Concrete Derived Class SalariedEmployee Concrete Derived Class CommissionEmployee Indirect Concrete Derived Class BasePlusCommissionEmployee Demonstrating Polymorphic Processing Online Case Study: Interfaces Wrap-Up Introduction to LINQ Introduction Querying an Array of Primitive-Type Elements Using LINQ Querying an Array of Reference-Type Elements Using LINQ Deferred Execution and Transforming Query Results LINQ Resource Center Wrap-Up Databases and LINQ Introduction Relational Databases A Books Database LINQ to SQL Querying a Database with LINQ Creating LINQ to SQL Classes Data Bindings Between Controls and the LINQ to SQL Classes Dynamically Binding Query Results Creating the Display Query Results GUI Coding the Display Query Results Application Retrieving Data from Multiple Tables Creating a Master/Detail View Application Creating the Master/Detail GUI Coding the Master/Detail Application 428

6 xvi Contents 12.9 Address Book Case Study Creating the Address Book Application s GUI Coding the Address Book Application Tools and Web Resources Wrap-Up Web App Development with ASP.NET Introduction Web Basics Multitier Application Architecture Your First Web Application Building the WebTime Application Examining WebTime.aspx s Code-Behind File Standard Web Controls: Designing a Form Validation Controls Session Tracking Cookies Session Tracking with HttpSessionState Options.aspx: Selecting a Programming Language Recommendations.aspx: Displaying Recommendations Based on Session Values Case Study: Database-Driven ASP.NET Guestbook Building a Web Form that Displays Data from a Database Modifying the Code-Behind File for the Guestbook Application Online Case Study: ASP.NET AJAX Online Case Study: Password Protected Books Database Application Wrap-Up Windows Forms GUI: A Deeper Look Introduction Controls and Components Creating Event Handlers Control Properties and Layout GroupBoxes and Panels ToolTips Mouse-Event Handling Keyboard-Event Handling Menus MonthCalendar Control DateTimePicker Control LinkLabel Control ListBox and CheckedListBox Controls Multiple Document Interface (MDI) Windows Visual Inheritance 540

7 Contents xvii Animation with the Timer Component Wrap-Up Graphics and Multimedia Introduction Drawing Classes and the Coordinate System Graphics Contexts and Graphics Objects Colors Fonts Drawing Lines, Rectangles and Ovals Drawing Arcs Drawing Polygons and Polylines Additional Brush Types Loading, Displaying and Scaling Images Windows Media Player Printing Wrap-Up 586 A Operator Precedence Chart 595 B Primitive Types 597 C Number Systems 598 C.1 Introduction 599 C.2 Abbreviating Binary Numbers as Octal and Hexadecimal Numbers 602 C.3 Converting Octal and Hexadecimal Numbers to Binary Numbers 603 C.4 Converting from Binary, Octal or Hexadecimal to Decimal 603 C.5 Converting from Decimal to Binary, Octal or Hexadecimal 604 C.6 Negative Binary Numbers: Two s-complement Notation 606 D ASCII Character Set 611 E Unicode 612 E.1 Introduction 613 E.2 Unicode Transformation Formats 614 E.3 Characters and Glyphs 615 E.4 Advantages/Disadvantages of Unicode 616 E.5 Using Unicode 616 E.6 Character Ranges 618 Index 623

8 xviii Contents Companion Website Online Content Chapters and Appendix F are PDF documents posted online at the book s Companion Website (located at 16 Exception Handling: A Deeper Look 17 Strings and Characters: A Deeper Look 18 Files and Streams: A Deeper Look 19 GUI with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 20 WPF Graphics and Multimedia 21 XML and LINQ to XML 22 Web App Development with ASP.NET: A Deeper Look 23 Web Services 24 Silverlight and Rich Internet Applications 25 Collections and Generics 26 ATM Case Study, Part 1: Object-Oriented Design with the UML 27 ATM Case Study, Part 2: Implementing an Object-Oriented Design F Creating Console Applications