Visual Basic 2012 Programmer's Reference

INTRODUCTION xxviiPART I: IDECHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE IDE 3CHAPTER 2: MENUS, TOOLBARS, AND WINDOWS 15CHAPTER 3: WINDOWS FORMS DESIGNER 35CHAPTER 4: WPF DESIGNER 45CHAPTER 5: VISUAL BASIC CODE EDITOR 55CHAPTER 6: DEBUGGING 69PART II: GETTING STARTEDCHAPTER 7: SELECTING WINDOWS FORMS CONTROLS 81CHAPTER 8: USING WINDOWS FORMS CONTROLS 97CHAPTER 9: WINDOWS FORMS 115CHAPTER 10: SELECTING WPF CONTROLS 131CHAPTER 11: USING WPF CONTROLS 143CHAPTER 12: WPF WINDOWS 171CHAPTER 13: PROGRAM AND MODULE STRUCTURE 179CHAPTER 14: DATA TYPES, VARIABLES, AND CONSTANTS 203CHAPTER 15: OPERATORS 251CHAPTER 16: SUBROUTINES AND FUNCTIONS 267CHAPTER 17: PROGRAM CONTROL STATEMENTS 299CHAPTER 18: ERROR HANDLING 321CHAPTER 19: DATABASE CONTROLS AND OBJECTS 337CHAPTER 20: LINQ 381PART III: OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMINGCHAPTER 21: METRO-STYLE APPLICATIONS 417CHAPTER 22: OOP CONCEPTS 433CHAPTER 23: CLASSES AND STRUCTURES 449CHAPTER 24: NAMESPACES 481CHAPTER 25: COLLECTION CLASSES 493CHAPTER 26: GENERICS 515PART IV: INTERACTING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTCHAPTER 27: PRINTING 529CHAPTER 28: CONFIGURATION AND RESOURCES 547CHAPTER 29: STREAMS 571CHAPTER 30: FILESYSTEM OBJECTS 585PART V: APPENDICESAPPENDIX A: USEFUL CONTROL PROPERTIES, METHODS, AND EVENTS 611APPENDIX B: VARIABLE DECLARATIONS AND DATA TYPES 619APPENDIX C: OPERATORS 629APPENDIX D: SUBROUTINE AND FUNCTION DECLARATIONS 637APPENDIX E: CONTROL STATEMENTS 641APPENDIX F: ERROR HANDLING 647APPENDIX G: WINDOWS FORMS CONTROLS AND COMPONENTS 649APPENDIX H: WPF CONTROLS 657APPENDIX I: VISUAL BASIC POWER PACKS 665APPENDIX J: FORM OBJECTS 669APPENDIX K: CLASSES AND STRUCTURES 681APPENDIX L: LINQ 685APPENDIX M: GENERICS 695APPENDIX N: GRAPHICS 699APPENDIX O: USEFUL EXCEPTION CLASSES 711APPENDIX P: DATE AND TIME FORMAT SPECIFIERS 715APPENDIX Q: OTHER FORMAT SPECIFIERS 719APPENDIX R: THE APPLICATION CLASS 725APPENDIX S: THE MY NAMESPACE 729APPENDIX T: STREAMS 747APPENDIX U: FILESYSTEM CLASSES 755APPENDIX V: VISUAL STUDIO VERSIONS 771INDEX 773

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