Difference between revisions of "Visual Basic Essentials"

1. About Visual Basic Essentials
   
   
2. Downloading and Installing Visual Studio
   • Getting Visual Studio
   • Downloading a Visual Studio Trial
   • Installing Visual Studio
   • Starting Visual Studio for the First Time
     
     
3. Creating a New Visual Basic Project
   • Creating a Project in Visual Studio
     
     
4. A Simple Visual Basic Example
   • Creating a New Project
   • Adding Controls to the Form
   • Setting Control Properties
   • Creating an Event Handler
   • Building and Running a Visual Basic Application
     
     
5. Visual Basic and Forms
   • Creating a New Form
   • Changing the Form Name
   • Changing the Form Title
   • Changing the Form Background Color
   • Changing The Form Background Image
   • Configuring the Minimize, Maximize and Close Buttons
   • Setting Minimum and Maximum Form Sizes
   • Specifying the Position of a Form on the Display
   • Changing the Form Border
   • Stopping a Form from Appearing the Windows Taskbar
   • Creating a Transparent Form
     
     
6. Designing Forms in Visual Studio
   • Visual Basic Forms and Controls
   • Double Clicking the Control in the Toolbox
   • Dragging a Dropping Controls onto the Form
   • Drawing a Control on the Form
   • Positioning and Sizing Controls Using the Grid
   • Positioning Controls Using Snap Lines
   • Selecting Multiple Controls
   • Aligning and Sizing Groups of Controls
   • Setting Properties on a Group of Controls
   • Anchoring and Autosizing Form Controls
   • Setting Tab Order in a Form
     
     
7. Understanding Visual Basic Events
   • Event Triggers
   • Wiring Up Events in Visual Studio
   • Setting Up a Visual Basic Timer Event
     
     
8. Hiding and Showing Forms in Visual Basic
   • Creating a Visual Basic Application Containing Multiple Forms
   • Understanding Modal and Non-modal Forms
   • Writing Visual Basic Code to Display a Non-Modal Form
   • Writing Visual Basic Code to Display a Modal Form
   • Hiding Forms in Visual Basic
   • Closing Forms in Visual Basic
     
     
9. Creating a Visual Basic MDI Form
   • What is an MDI?
   • Creating an MDI Parent and Child Forms in Visual Studio
   • Writing the Visual Basic Code to Add the Children to the MDI Parent
     
     
10. Creating Top-Level Menus in Visual Basic
    • Creating a Top-Level Menu
    • Deleting and Moving Menu Items
    • Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts to Menu Items
    • Programming Menu Items in Visual Basic
      
      
11. Creating Context Menus in Visual Basic
    • Adding Context Menus to a Visual Basic Form
    • Associating a Component with a Context Menu
    • Programming Visual Basic Context Menu Options
    • Compiling and Running the Application
      
      
12. Building a Visual Basic Toolbar
    • Creating a Toolbar
    • Adding Tooltip Text to Toolbar Controls
    • Programming Toolbar Controls
    • Changing the Toolbar Position
      
      
13. Building a Visual Basic Status Bar
    • Adding a Status Bar to a Visual Basic Application
    • Adding Items to a Status Bar
      
      
14. Visual Basic Modules and Procedures
    • Visual Basic Code Modules
    • Visual Basic Code Procedures
    • Defining Visual Basic Subroutines
    • Passing Parameters to Functions and Subroutines
    • Defining Visual Basic Functions
      
      
15. Understanding Visual Basic Variable and Constant Types
    • Boolean Variable
    • Char Variable
    • Byte Variable
    • Date Variable
    • Decimal Variable
    • Double Variable
    • Integer Variable
    • Object Variable
    • Long Variable
    • Short Variable
    • String Variable
      
      
16. Declaring Visual Basic Variables and Constants
    • Declaring Visual Basic Variables
    • Initializing Visual Basic Variables
    • Assigning New Values to Visual Basic Variables
    • Referencing Variable Values
    • Understanding Variable and Constant Scope
    • Declaring and Referencing Visual Basic Constants
    • Static Variables in Visual Basic
    • Declaring and Referencing Visual Basic Constant
      
      
17. Visual Basic Arithmetic
    • Understanding Expressions
    • Visual Basic Operator Precedence
    • Visual Basic Addition
    • Visual Basic Subtraction and Negation
    • Visual Basic Multiplication
    • Visual Basic Division
    • Visual Basic Exponentiation
    • Visual Basic Modulus Arithmetic
      
      
18. Visual Basic Comparison and Logic
    • Visual Comparison Operators
    • Visual Basic Logical Operators
      
      
19. Visual Basic Flow Control
    • Using If ... Then to Make Decisions
    • Using If ... Then .. Else to Make Decisions
    • Using If ... Then .. ElseIf to Make Decisions
    • Evaluating Multiple Possibilities using Select Case
    • Using the Visual Basic GoTo Statement
      
      
20. Visual Basic For Loops
    • Creating a Visual Basic For Loop
    • Incrementing a For Loop by a Value Greater Than 1
    • Early Exit of a For Loop
    • Continuing a For Loop
      
      
21. Visual Basic Do ... Loops
    • Creating a Visual Basic Do ... Loop
    • Visual Basic Do While Loops
    • Visual Basic Do Until Loops
      
      
22. Visual Basic Arrays
    • What is a Visual Basic Array
    • How to Declare a Visual Basic Array
    • Initializing a Visual Basic Array
    • Assigning Values to Individual Array Elements
    • Accessing Array Element Values
    • Finding the Size of an Array
    • Changing the Size of a Visual Basic Array
    • Clearing a Element Ranges from a Visual Basic Array
    • Sorting a Visual Basic Array
    • Searching for Array Elements
      
      
23. Visual Basic Multidimensional Arrays
    • Creating a Visual Basic Multidimensional Array
    • Assigning Values to Multidimensional Array Elements
    • Accessing Elements of a Multidimensional Array
      
      
24. Working with Dates and Times in Visual Basic
    • Creating and Initializing a Visual Basic Date
    • Accessing the Date and Time in a Date Variable
    • Formatting Dates and Times
    • Adjusting a Date or Time
    • Retrieving Parts of a Date or Time
    • Finding the Interval Between Two Dates or Times
    • Accessing the System Date and Time from Visual Basic
    • Checking if a Value is a Valid Date
      
      
25. Working with Strings in Visual Basic
    • Joining Strings in Visual Basic
    • Finding the Length of a String
    • Extracting Text from the Beginning of String
    • Extracting Text from the End of a String
    • Extracting Text from Anywhere in a String
    • Searching for a Substring
    • Trimming Leading and Trailing Spaces from a String
    • Replacing Text in String
      
      
26. Object Oriented Programming with Visual Basic
    • What is an Object?
    • What is a Class?
    • Defining a Visual Basic Class
    • Creating Visual Basic Class Properties
    • Defining Class Methods
    • Instantiating an Object from a Visual Basic Class
    • Accessing Object Properties and Methods
      
      
27. Accessing Databases Using Visual Basic
    • Connected to a Database
    • Selecting the Data Source
    • Linking Data Sources to an Application
    • Adding SQL Statements to a Visual Basic Application
      
      
28. Visual Basic and the DataGridView Control
    • Connected to a Database
    • Selecting the Data Source
    • Adding a DataGridView Control
    • Saving Changes to a DataGridView
    • Customizing the DataGridView Control
      
      
29. Working with Files in Visual Basic
    • Opening a Text File in Visual Basic
    • Writing to a File with Visual Basic
    • Reading From a File in Visual Basic
    • Detecting a Change to a File
      
      
30. Working with Directories in Visual Basic
    • Creating and Removing a Directory In Visual Basic
    • Obtaining a Directory Information and Contents Listings in Visual Basic
    • Extracting Parts of a Path Name in Visual Basic
    • Copying Directories in Visual Basic
    • Renaming a Directory in Visual Basic
      
      
31. Drawing Graphics in Visual Basic
    • Drawing a Filled Shapes in Visual Basic
    • Drawing in Visual Basic Using a Pen
    • Drawing Shapes in Visual Basic
    • Drawing Text in Visual Basic
    • Clearing a Drawing Area

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