101 Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET Applications

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. Acknowledgments
3. About the Applications
4. Working with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
   1. Visual Studio .NET 2003
   2. New for 2003
   3. Side-By-Side Execution
   4. Language Changes
   5. Additional Framework Changes
5. Working with the Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Language
   1. Use Arrays
   2. Use DateTimes
   3. String Manipulation
   4. Try...Catch...Finally
   5. Custom Exceptions
   6. Walking the Stack
   7. Object-Oriented Features
   8. Scoping, Overloading, Overriding
   9. Use Callbacks
   10. Use XML Comments
   11. Key Visual Basic .NET Benefits
6. Data Access
   1. Use a DataSet and DataView
   2. Use Stored Procedures
   3. Use a SqlDataReader
   4. Bind Data to a ComboBox
   5. Data Binding with Navigation
   6. Custom Data-Binding Format Handlers
   7. Build a Master-Details Windows Form
   8. Use a Typed DataSet
   9. Build a Data-Entry Form
   10. Build a Three-Tier Data Form
   11. Build an Offline Application
   12. Use T-SQL to Create Database Objects
   13. Load Images from and Save Images to a Database
   14. Use Legacy ADO
   15. Use Crystal Reports
   16. Compare Data Binding in Web and Windows Forms
   17. Work with the XML DOM
7. Building Windows Forms User Interfaces
   1. Use the ListBox and ComboBox
   2. Use Common Dialog Boxes
   3. Validate Text Boxes
   4. Use Format Codes to Format Data
   5. Format a DataGrid
   6. DataGrid Sorting and Filtering
   7. Create an Explorer-Style Application
   8. Create a System Tray Icon
   9. Use Menus
   10. Use Owner-Drawn Menus
   11. Use the Clipboard
   12. Use Drag-and-Drop
   13. Simple Printing
   14. Associate Help with an Application
   15. XP Theme Support
   16. Inherited Windows Forms
   17. Create Top-Level Forms
   18. Dynamic Control Creation
8. Building Web Applications
   1. Build Data-Entry Web Forms
   2. Implement DataGrid Sorting
   3. Implement DataGrid Paging
   4. Expose a Simple Web Service
   5. Consume a Web Service
   6. Transfer Binary Data from a Web Service
9. Working with Console Applications
   1. Working with Console Applications
10. Interacting with the Operating System
    1. Work with Environment Settings
    2. Use the File System
    3. Receive File Notifications
    4. Use the Event Log
    5. Read and Write Performance Counters
    6. Use the Process Class and Shell Functionality
    7. View Process Information
    8. Use WMI
    9. Respond to System Events
    10. Use the COM Port
    11. Interact with Services
    12. Interact with a Windows Service
11. Working with the .NET Framework
    1. Build a Custom Collection Class
    2. Understand the Garbage Collector
    3. Partition an Application
    4. Send and Receive Data
    5. Reflection
    6. Use MSMQ
    7. Configuration Settings
    8. Read From and Write To a Text File
    9. Use Temporary Resources
    10. Send Mail
    11. Create and Use Trace Listeners
    12. Use Regular Expressions
12. Advanced .NET Framework
    1. Create a Windows Service
    2. Use Thread Pooling
    3. Use Sockets
    4. Work with Resource Files
    5. Serialize Objects
    6. Use TCP Remoting
    7. Asynchronous Calls
13. GDI+
    1. Work with GDI+ Pens
    2. Work with GDI+ Brushes
    3. Work with GDI+ Text
    4. Work with GDI+ to Manipulate Images
    5. Create a Screen Saver with GDI+
    6. Animation
14. Building Enterprise Services Applications
    1. Create an Enterprise Services Component
    2. Implement Role-Based Security
15. COM Interop/PInvoke
    1. Automate Office via COM Interop
    2. Automate Internet Explorer via COM Interop
    3. Make Win32 API Calls
16. Visual Studio .NET
    1. Create a Visual Studio .NET Add-In
17. Securing Applications
    1. Implement Windows Role-Based Security
    2. Create a Login Dialog Box
    3. Cryptographic Hash Algorithms
    4. Encrypt and Decrypt Data
18. Coding Conventions
    1. Why Are Coding Conventions Important?
    2. How Much Is Too Much?
19. Windows Server 2003 for .NET Developers
    1. Windows Server 2003 as an Application Server
    2. .NET Framework 1.1
    3. Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
    4. Enterprise UDDI Services
    5. Active Directory
    6. COM+ 1.5
    7. Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) 3.0
20. The 3 Leaf Solutions Authoring Team Biographies
21. Index