Visual basic programmer's guide to the .NET framework class library

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Personal Author:

Powers, Lars

Publication Information:

New York : SAMS, 2002

ISBN:

9780672322327

Subject Term:

Internet programming

Microsoft Visual BASIC

World Wide Web

Added Author:

Snell, Mike

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Thsi book acts as a guide and educational source to the new API exposed by the .NET framework through its many namespaces, classes and data-types. It answers the primary questions that VB.NET developers need answered as they start to develop code. The Web site contains complete source code, extended reusable examples, and sample applications.

Author Notes

Lars Powers (lars@brilliantSTORM.com)

Lars is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) with more than 10 years of experience analyzing business problems and developing software solutions. Most of his experience centers on leading development teams and writing software in Microsoft development environments.

Mike Snell (mike@brilliantSTORM.com)

Mike is also a MCSD with more than 10 years of experience writing and designing software. His experience centers on creating enterprise-level, Web-based systems using the Microsoft platform.

Lars and Mike have been working together at four separate companies for more than six years. In doing so, they've built a wealth of knowledge about executing successful projects and delivering enterprise-level systems. Together, they have formed brilliantStorm (http://www.brilliantstorm.com): a partnership focused on providing developers with .NET productivity tools, information, and training.

Dan Suceava is currently a Senior Programmer for Vitrix, Inc., a time and attendance software company located in Tempe, Arizona. He has been developing desktop and n-tiered applications in Visual Basic since 1996. He has recently completed work on an ASP solution that offers timekeeping over the Web to other businesses. He holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University.

Jawahar (JP) Puvvala is currently working as a senior developer. He has extensive experience with Microsoft and Java technologies, having designed and developed several enterprise systems. He has two Master's Degrees, and currently holds MCSD, MCSE, and MCDBA certifications. JP also has research experience and has published several conference and journal papers.

Introduction	p. 1
Part I An Introduction to .NET	p. 5
1 Evolution of .NET	p. 7
The Composition of .NET	p. 8
.NET's Relevance	p. 16
The .NET Framework: Under the Hood	p. 19
Summary	p. 27
2 Evolution of VB. NET	p. 29
Design Goals	p. 30
New Language Concepts	p. 31
Interactive Development Environment (IDE)	p. 39
Summary	p. 47
3 Object-Oriented Concepts in .NET	p. 49
Classes--Wrapping Data and Behavior Together	p. 51
Inheritance--Defining Classes in Terms of One Another	p. 54
Polymorphism--Overriding One Class Method with Another	p. 60
Summary	p. 61
4 Introduction to the .NET Framework Class Library	p. 63
Introducing the Framework Class Library	p. 64
Enhancing Developer Productivity	p. 66
The Elements of a Namespace	p. 70
Programming with the Framework Class Library	p. 75
Summary	p. 79
Part II Working with the .NET Namespaces	p. 81
5 Forms, Menus, and Controls	p. 83
Key Classes Related to Windows Forms	p. 84
Creating Forms	p. 86
The Form Class Hierarchy	p. 91
Visual Characteristics of Forms	p. 92
Using the Clipboard	p. 100
Creating Menus	p. 103
Working with Menu Items	p. 108
Handling Menu Events	p. 116
An Introduction to Controls	p. 124
Learning by Example: The EventLog Control	p. 142
Summary	p. 151
6 Font, Text, and Printing Operations	p. 153
Key Classes Related to Font, Text, and Printing Operations	p. 154
Font, Text, and Printing	p. 156
Fonts	p. 156
Learning by Example: FontPad, a Simple Text Editor	p. 165
Printing	p. 179
Learning by Example: Adding Printing Capabilities to FontPad	p. 184
Printing and Font-Related Controls and Dialog Boxes	p. 210
Summary	p. 211
7 Stream and File Operations	p. 213
Key Classes Related to File I/O	p. 214
Directory and File Operations	p. 216
Reading and Writing to Files and Streams	p. 237
Learning By Example: Adding Open and Save to FontPad	p. 252
Summary	p. 271
8 Networking Functions	p. 273
Key Classes Related to Network Programming	p. 274
Sockets	p. 278
A More Simplified Approach to Socket Programming	p. 288
Implementing a Request/Response Model	p. 292
Using the WebClient Class	p. 301
An Asynchronous Request/Response Pattern	p. 302
Authentication and Proxies	p. 307
Learning by Example: A Socket Transmitter Application	p. 312
Learning by Example: ISBNCrawler Application	p. 329
Summary	p. 342
9 Drawing Functions	p. 343
Key Classes Related to Drawing	p. 344
Drawing with the .NET Namespaces	p. 347
Drawing Basics	p. 348
Drawing Basic Shapes	p. 355
Filling Shapes	p. 361
Collections of Shapes	p. 367
Working with Images	p. 372
Transformations	p. 375
Learning by Example: A Forms-Based Drawing Application	p. 378
Summary	p. 410
10 Reading and Writing XML	p. 411
Key Classes Related to XML	p. 412
Markup Languages	p. 413
The Anatomy of an XML Document	p. 416
Parsing XML Documents	p. 421
Introducing the Xm1NodeReader Class	p. 443
Writing XML Documents	p. 444
XML Schemas	p. 450
Validating XML Documents	p. 463
Learning by Example: The Hotel Reservations Desk	p. 467
Summary	p. 487
11 XSLT and XPath	p. 489
Key Classes Related to XSLT and XPath	p. 490
XSLT--Document Transformation	p. 491
XPath Basics	p. 501
XSLT Processing with .NET	p. 506
Working with XPath	p. 515
Learning by Example: ReservationsDesk 2	p. 524
Summary	p. 538
12 Working with Threads	p. 539
Key Classes Related to Threading	p. 540
Understanding and Applying Threads	p. 541
Basic Operations with Threads	p. 546
Understanding Thread States	p. 554
Avoiding Contention Issues	p. 557
Variables and Their Scope	p. 571
Learning by Example--ThreadedTimer	p. 576
Learning by Example: Divide and Conquer	p. 584
Summary	p. 595
13 Messaging	p. 597
Key Classes Related to Messaging	p. 598
Messaging	p. 600
Message Queues	p. 604
Messages	p. 621
Serialization	p. 632
Transactional Messaging	p. 641
Security and Encryption	p. 649
Learning by Example: qManager	p. 660
Summary	p. 688
14 Browser/Server Communications	p. 691
Key Classes Used for Browser/Server Communication	p. 692
Client Request and Server Response	p. 695
Determining Browser Capabilities	p. 703
State Management	p. 705
Learning by Example: MyStatus Indicator	p. 712
Summary	p. 720
15 Data Storage and Access	p. 721
Key Classes Related to Data	p. 722
An Overview of ADO.NET	p. 725
Queries and Resultsets	p. 731
Updating Data Directly to a Database	p. 736
Executing Stored Procedures	p. 744
Managing Cached Data and Schemas	p. 754
Learning by Example: DatabaseExplorer	p. 762
Summary	p. 773
16 Directory Services	p. 775
Key Classes Related to Directory Services	p. 776
Basics of Directory Services	p. 777
Active Directory Schemas	p. 779
Accessing Objects in the Directory	p. 783
Searching a Directory	p. 789
Learning by Example: DirectoryBrower	p. 791
Summary	p. 802
Part III Real-World .NET Programming	p. 803
17 Accessing COM+ Services	p. 805
COM+ Services	p. 806
Creating a Serviced Component	p. 810
Role-Based Security	p. 820
Resource Management	p. 824
Transaction Processing	p. 833
Events	p. 838
Asynchronous Components	p. 843
Summary	p. 848
18 .NET Interop with COM Applications	p. 849
.NET Interop with COM	p. 850
Calling COM from .NET Clients	p. 853
Calling .NET from COM Clients	p. 859
Interop Considerations	p. 863
Summary	p. 867
19 Managing Collections of Objects	p. 869
Managing Collections of Objects	p. 870
Strongly Typed Collections	p. 888
Summary	p. 894
20 Profiling, Debugging, and Exception Handling	p. 895
Handling Errors with Structured Exception Handlers	p. 896
Debugging and Tracing	p. 907
Profiling Applications	p. 918
Summary	p. 923
21 Globalization and Localization Techniques	p. 925
Globalization and Localization	p. 926
Working with Regional Data	p. 932
Resource Files	p. 937
Summary	p. 946
22 Deploying, Configuring, and Licensing .NET Components	p. 949
The Deployment Dilemma	p. 950
The Deployment Solution?	p. 953
The .NET Answer	p. 954
Assemblies: The Basic Unit of Deployment	p. 955
Deploying Private and Shared Components	p. 960
Deploying Assemblies into the GAC	p. 968
Using Application Configuration Files	p. 971
Licensing Your Application	p. 973
Summary	p. 975
A Calling the Win32 API from Managed Code	p. 977
Platform Invoke	p. 978
Consuming API Functions	p. 979
B Win32 API-to-Namespace Cross-Reference	p. 989
C .NET Security Models	p. 1079
Security Policies	p. 1080
Code Access Security	p. 1080
Role-Based Security	p. 1088
D .NET Framework Base Data Types	p. 1091
Index	p. 1095

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