Get on the fast track to professional application development with Visual Basic .NET 2003. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamentals—using step-by-step exercises, code samples, optimization tips, and real-world advice to accelerate your productivity. Work at your own pace, learning core programming skills by selecting just the chapters and lessons you need. Upgrade your Visual Basic 6 applications quickly with the help of “Upgrade Notes” sidebars, a special upgrading index, and insights into the enhanced Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Wizard. It’s everything you need to start creating .NET-connected software now!

Discover how to:

• Create a compelling user interface with Toolbox controls, menus, and dialog boxes
• Use methods in the .NET Framework 1.1 class libraries
• Utilize the new debugging tools and structured error handlers to build robust code
• Manage data in your programs using collections, arrays, and string processing techniques
• Automate Microsoft Office applications and manage processes
• Manage Windows® Forms and create graphics and animation effects
• Use inheritance and other new object-oriented programming capabilities
• Write custom code for printers and dialog boxes for printing
• Manage Access databases and create custom database applications with Microsoft ADO.NET
• Display HTML documents using Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Use Web Forms to build Internet interfaces
• Deploy Visual Basic .NET applications
• Port Visual Basic 6 programs to Visual Basic .NET

CD features:

• Code examples in Visual Basic .NET 2003
• All the book’s practice files
• Fully searchable eBook