Preface

Welcome to Visual Basic .NET, the highly productive and still very user-friendly Windows programming language. This book is meant not only for beginners but also for experienced users who want a good reference book on the subject. It also covers the changes made in Visual Basic .NET 2003. A quick tour of Windows XP at the end of the book will be of great help to new learners.

Lessons This book consists of 24 lessons spread across all chapters (except the last). Every lesson begins with starting Visual Basic .NET and concludes with shutting it down. Various fonts and font styles are used liberally in the book in order to enhance its readability. The various steps in a lesson for the reader to follow on the computer are given in bold type ...

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