Visual Basic 2005 Express: Now Playing -- Table of Contents

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Introduction

Part I: Learning the VB Express User Interface
Chapter 1: Making your first program
Chapter 2: Understanding the VB user interface
Chapter 3: Working with projects
Chapter 4: Designing a user interface
Chapter 5: Using the Code window
Chapter 6: Getting help (repairing VB)

Part II: Designing a User Interface
Chapter 7: Understanding Controls and Properties
Chapter 8: Using the Appearance Properties
Chapter 9: Using the Layout and Behavior Properties
Chapter 10: Designing Windows

Part III: Getting and Displaying Data on a User Interface
Chapter 11: Writing Event Procedures
Chapter 12: Getting Commands through Buttons, Menus, and ToolStrips
Chapter 13: Offering Choices with Radio Buttons and Check Boxes
Chapter 14: Accepting and Displaying Data in Text Boxes and Labels
Chapter 15: Accepting a Range of Numeric Values
Chapter 16: Using Layout Controls
Chapter 17: Displaying Dialog Boxes

Part IV: Writing BASIC Code
Chapter 18: Variables and Constants
Chapter 19: Decision making (If-then, Case)
Chapter 20: Loops
Chapter 21: Data structures
Chapter 22: String manipulation and mathematical operators
Chapter 23: Subprograms (general procedures and functions)
Chapter 24: Object-oriented programming
Chapter 25: Error handling
Chapter 26: Debugging (comments)

Part V: Enhancing Your Visual Basic Programs
Chapter 27: Enhancing your user interface
Chapter 28: Connecting to a database
Chapter 29: Displaying Pictures and Video
Chapter 30: Playing Sounds

Appendix: CD Contents
Sample VB programs
ELIZA
Graphics demo
Sound demo
Saving, opening file demo
Database demo
RoboDemo tutorials for learning VB user interface

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