Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2008 (2008)

The library has purchased Sams teach yourself visual basic 2008 in 24 hours by James Foxall. This publication is a guide to the Microsoft visual basic environment, the chapters called hours are:

Hour 1: Jumping in with both feet: a visual basic 2008 programming tour
Hour 2: Navigating visual basic 2008
Hour 3: Understanding objects and collections
Hour 4: Understanding events
Hour 5: Building forms: the basics
Hour 6: Building forms: advanced techniques
Hour 7: Working with traditional controls
Hour 8: Using advanced controls
Hour 9: Adding menus and toolbars to forms
Hour 10: Creating and calling code procedures
Hour 11: Using constraints, data types, variables, arrays
Hour 12: Performing arithmetric, string manipulation, and date/time adjustments
Hour 13: Making decisions in visual basic code
Hour 14: Looping for efficiency
Hour 15: Debugging your code
Hour 16: Designing objects using classes
Hour 17: Interacting with users
Hour 18: Working with graphics
Hour 19: Performing file operations
Hour 20: Working with text files and the registry
Hour 21: Working with a database
Hour 22: Controlling other applications using automation
Hour 23: Deploying applications
Hour 24: The 10,000-foot view.

The exmples from the book can be downloaded at the Sam's Reader Services site here. Click on the Download tab and follow the prompts.

Bibliographic details: Foxall, James (2008) Sams teach yourself visual basic 2008 in 24 hours. Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams; shelf location: 005.262/VBFO 2008