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This specialist advisor covers what you want to comprehend to application with visible easy 2008, hire the newest visible Studio 2008 instruments, and function successfully in the .NET Framework. In an easy-to-follow type, the ebook strikes from in-depth reasons to sensible guide to real-world examples. discover uncomplicated coding in VB 2008 and learn how to construct interfaces with out coding through the use of visible Studio 2008's drag-and-drop visible instruments. You?ll wake up to hurry on LINQ and deal with key projects equivalent to programming TreeView controls, and extra.
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This book isn’t about the hottest features of the language; it’s about solid programming techniques and practical examples. After you master the basics of programming Windows applications with Visual Basic 2008 and you feel comfortable with the more advanced examples of the book, you will find it easy to catch up with the topics not discussed in this book. Of course, you will find information about the latest data access techniques, as well as an introduction to LINQ (Language Integrated Query), which is the hottest new component of the Framework.
Run the application again and test it; our sample application has become bulletproof. ’’ The controls on the Toolbox are more than nice pictures we place on our forms. They encapsulate a lot of functionality and expose properties that allow us to adjust their appearance and their functionality. Most properties are usually set at design time, but quite frequently we change the properties of various controls from within our code. Now that you’re somewhat familiar with the process of building Windows applications, and before you look into any additional examples, I will quickly present the components of the Visual Studio IDE.
You can run the project now and see how the ComboBox control behaves. Press F5 and wait a few seconds. The project will be compiled, and you’ll see its form on your Desktop, on top of the Visual Studio window. I’m sure you know how the ComboBox control behaves in a typical Windows application, and our sample application is no exception. You can select an item on the control, either with the mouse or with the keyboard. Click the button with the arrow to expand the list and then select an item with the mouse.