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1028867
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b783237
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Ford, Jerry Lee,Jr.
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Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 : : express programming for the absolute beginner /\ Jerry Lee Ford, Jr.
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Boston, Mass. :: Course Technology,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xvi, 416 pages) :: illustrations
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1435454499
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: 1435455029
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: 1598639005
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: 9781435454491
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: 9781435455023
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: 9781598639001
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL BASIC 2008 EXPRESS; Project Preview: The Joke Machine; A Few Opening Words; A Quick Overview of Visual Basic; GUI Development; Rapid Application Development; Object-Oriented Programming; Introducing Visual Basic 2008 Express; What Can Visual Basic 2008 Express Do?; What Can't Visual Basic 2008 Express Do?; What's New in Visual Basic 2008 Express; Support for Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5; Multi-Targeting; More IntelliSense; Support for New WPF and WCF; New Language Features; Improved ClickOnce Deployment.
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Adding a Splash Screen to Your ApplicationLeveraging the Convenience of Built-in Dialogs; Windows Forms Versus WPF Applications; GUI Design for WPF Applications; Creating Console Applications Using Text-Based Interfaces; ClickOnce Application Deployment; Back to the Speed Typing Game; Designing the Game; Summary; 4 WORKING WITH MENUS AND TOOLBARS; Project Preview: The Lottery Assistant Game; Designing a Menu System; Adding Menus, Menu Items, and Submenus; Associating Code Statements with Menus and Menu Items; Enhancing Windows Menus; Enabling and Disabling Menus and Menu Items.
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Hiding and Displaying Menus and Menu ItemsContext Menus; Adding Convenience with Toolbars; Adding Graphics to Your Toolbars; Associating Program Statements with Toolbar Buttons; Back to the Lottery Assistant Game; Designing the Game; Summary; 5 STORING AND RETRIEVING DATA IN MEMORY; Project Preview: The Story of Mighty Molly; Enhancing Your Code with Comments; Storing and Retrieving Data; Alternative Ways of Storing Data; Data Types; Working with Constants; Declaring Your Own Constants; Using Visual Basic Built-in Constants; Working with Variables; Defining Variables.
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Integrated Power Pack ControlsOther Visual Studio 2008 Express Programming Languages; Visual C# 2008 Express; Visual C++ 2008 Express; The Microsoft .NET Framework; Before .NET; .NET Components; .NET 2.0; Back to the Joke Machine; Designing the Game; Summary; 2 NAVIGATING THE VISUAL BASIC 2008 EXPRESS DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; Project Preview: The Click Race Game; Getting Comfortable Moving Around the Visual Basic 2008 Express IDE; Navigating the IDE Menu; Working with Toolbars; Form Designer Basics; Understanding the Code Editor; What's in the Toolbox?; Working with Solution Explorer.
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Understanding How to Use the Properties WindowThe Component Tray; Other Windows; IDE Components Specific to WPF Applications; Back to the Click Race Game; Designing the Game; Summary; 3 CREATING AN APPLICATION INTERFACE; Project Preview: The Speed Typing Game; Putting Together a Graphical User Interface; GUI Design for Windows Forms Applications; Specifying a Windows Starting Position; Specifying Windows Border Style; Dynamically Altering Title Bar Messages; Setting Up Control Tab Order and Focus; Adding a Status Bar to Your Application; Posting a Notify Icon in the System Tray.
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Application software-- Development.
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Visual Basic (Computer program language)
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Application software-- Development.
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Application software-- Development.
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REFERENCE-- General.
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Visual Basic (Computer program language)
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Microsoft Visual BASIC.
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| Dewey Classification
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005.282
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| LC Classification
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QA76.73.B3F67 2009
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