Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Express Edition [Paperback]

Evangelos Petroutsos (Author), Acey Bunch (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0782143989 | ISBN-13: 978-0782143980 | Publication Date: March 24, 2006

The Express Ticket to Productivity with Visual Basic and .NET


Are you new to Visual Basic programming? Are you still using Visual Basic 6? Either way, Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition offers an inexpensive and easy way to take a big step forward. This book offers expert assistance that makes it even easier. Inside, two veteran Visual Basic developers show you how to do everything Express Edition makes possible--and even a few things, such as Office development, that go beyond its advertised abilities.

Coverage Includes
* Finding your way around the Visual Basic Express IDE
* Designing and building Windows forms using Windows controls
* Adding business logic to applications using the Visual Basic programming language
* Creating and using programming objects
* Using the new "My" object
* Manipulating files and folders
* Working with XML
* Automating Office applications such as Word and Excel
* Managing drawing and printing in an application
* Creating and using Console applications
* Using the Visual Database Tools to create database-driven applications
* Managing Internet-based operations in an application

Featured on the CD
The enclosed CD contains Visual Basic Express packaged, ready for you to install and use.

Establish a Solid Understanding of Windows Application Development and Object-Oriented Programming

Gain Practical Knowledge of the Visual Basic Programming Language

Use Windows Controls in Your Application, Work With Databases, and Connect to Internet Resources

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From the Back Cover

The Express Ticket to Productivity with Visual Basic and .NET

Are you new to Visual Basic programming? Are you still using Visual Basic 6? Either way, Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition offers an inexpensive and easy way to take a big step forward. This book offers expert assistance that makes it even easier. Inside, two veteran Visual Basic developers show you how to do everything Express Edition makes possible—and even a few things, such as Office development, that go beyond its advertised abilities.

Coverage Includes

• Finding your way around the Visual Basic Express IDE
• Designing and building Windows forms using Windows controls
• Adding business logic to applications using the Visual Basic programming language
• Creating and using programming objects
• Using the new "My" object
• Manipulating files and folders
• Working with XML
• Automating Office applications such as Word and Excel
• Managing drawing and printing in an application
• Creating and using Console applications
• Using the Visual Database Tools to create database-driven applications
• Managing Internet-based operations in an application

Featured on the CD
The enclosed CD contains Visual Basic Express packaged, ready for you to install and use.

Establish a Solid Understanding of Windows Application Development and Object-Oriented Programming

Gain Practical Knowledge of the Visual Basic Programming Language

Use Windows Controls in Your Application, Work With Databases, and Connect to Internet Resources

About the Author

Evangelos Petroutsos works as a consultant on large projects, teaches VB and SQL, writes articles, and continues to write code. He has authored and co-authored dozens of programming titles, including the best-selling Mastering Visual Basic .NET, Mastering Database Programming with Visual Basic, and Visual Basic .NET Developer's Handbook, all from Sybex. Evangelos has been a Visual Basic programmer since version 1.

Acey J. Bunch has over a decade of experience as both a technical writer working for Microsoft and a developer of custom corporate applications using Microsoft technologies, such as Visual Basic, SQL Server, and Office. Today he is working primarily with data access technologies such as ADO.NET and SQL Native Client. Acey has written and contributed to numerous articles and books and served as a technical editor on many different projects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Sybex (March 24, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782143989
• ISBN-13: 978-0782143980
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,628,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful book, March 17, 2007

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sircyberdawg "sircyberdawg" (Pensacola, FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Express Edition (Paperback)

This book was very helpful. I was able to quickly learn and program classes, file streams, collections and graphics. The chapters on database programming were not as helpful as I was not able to get a database up and running. All in all, I'm very happy with the book. I'm a casual programmer and I used a pre-dot-NET version of Visual Basic, so I needed a book that I could read in bits and pieces to quickly get up to speed on object oriented programming and dot-NET. I had a difficult time catching on using Microsoft's impossible help facility and the training materials that Microsoft put out.

1.0 out of 5 stars Running in circles, February 19, 2009

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This review is from: Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Express Edition (Paperback)

Very few instructions on startup and no mention of how to find, install, or use sample data. There is some good content but find myself stuck since it does not explain the startup process very well. I would not recommend for beginners. Maybe use this book as a reference after you learn SQL Server 2005 Express.

5.0 out of 5 stars A nice read!, July 30, 2008

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This review is from: Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Express Edition (Paperback)

I've enjoyed reading this book as it is aimed at beginner to intermediate programmers with details that will instill in a person's mind. The topics are well covered without boring the reader, and a lot of interesting and important topics are well discussed. Highly recommended and looking forward to the 2008 version using VStudio.