Visual Basic 2005: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series) - Softcover

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Ron Petrusha (Rohnert Park, CA) has over 30 years of experience in computer programming and technology publishing. He brought Windows to OReilly and created several of its early best-sellers including VB/VBA in a Nutshell, ASP in a Nutshell and VB.NET Language in Nutshell.

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The Definitive Visual Basic 2005 Programming and Development Resource

Get full details on the powerful features of Visual Basic 2005 in this comprehensive one-stop guide that's filled with information not included in the online documentation. Programming expert Ron Petrusha begins by laying out what's new in Visual Basic 2005, such as its object-oriented programming capabilities. You'll find in-depth coverage of current language elements, coding techniques, and troubleshooting procedures.

Syntax explanations, code samples, and real-world examples illustrate each point along the way. Valuable appendices include information on constants and enumerations, compiling applications from the command line, and data conversion. This book is a particularly valuable desktop companion when coding and troubleshooting misbehaving code.

• Define and manipulate variables in the .NET Framework 2.0 Common Type System
• Implement the object-oriented programming features in Visual Basic 2005
• Add functionality and interactivity by handling events
• Use objects, classes, directives, statements, keywords, functions, and procedures in your code
• Implement exception handling
• Integrate functionality available in the .NET Framework Class Library
• Access system hardware and software resources using My Namespace and My.Resources
• Build applications from the Visual Basic Command-Line Compiler
• Handle both widening and narrowing conversions easily