Visual Basic .NET! I Didn't Know You Could Do That.

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Visual Basic .NET! I Didn't Know You Could Do That. "Discover Visual Basic .NETVisual Basic .NET! I Didn't Know You Could Do That. . . will help you conquer the .NET learning curve quickly as you make the transition to Microsoft's new programming paradigm. Inside you'll find loads of ideas and advice that will teach you the essential aspects of VB.NET. You'll also find a companion CD loaded with more than 60 ready-to-run pieces of code that you can implement in your VB.NET projects. Stop Monkeyin' Around and Get Up to Speed on VB.NETThis book covers all the key changes in the new version of Visual Basic. Numerous example projects provide both an excellent teaching aid and a great source library. With the tips and tricks in Visual Basic .NET! I Didn't Know You Could Do That..., you'll be impressing your fellow VB programmers in no time. Go Bananas—Become a VB.NET ExpertInside you'll learn how to: Write smarter code Use new object-oriented language features Understand garbage collection Use databases Use VB objects in ASP.NET pages Write and Consume XML web services ContentsIntroduction FROM VB 6 TO VB.NET- Using the New Operators - New Tricks in Variable Declaration- Avoiding Redundant Function Calls- The Visual Studio "Honey Do" List - Delving into Docking and Anchoring - Beyond the Tag  Property- Handling Control Arrays Another Way LEARNING THE FRAMEWORK- Getting Resourceful- Reading from a Text File: An introduction to Streams - Writing to a Text File: More on Streams- Reading and Writing to the Registry - Keeping Regular with Regular Expressions- Improving File Copies, Movers and Deletes- Detecting File Changes in a Folder- Thanking in Threads - Timing Up Events with Timers - At your (Windows) Service - Diving into Collections- System Trays in Their Full, Upright Positions- Seeing the Inner Workings of your Code- Writing Code for Your Code- My Code Can See Itself: Reflection- Discovering the New Diagnostic Classes - Logging Events the Easy Way- Monitoring Your Application's Performance - Braving the Basics of GDI+- Advanced GDI+ : Graphics Paths and Transforms - Something about Screensavers OOP TECHNIQUES- Embracing Object-Oriented Programming - Calculating Elapsed Time- Reading and Writing INI Files- Adding Controls to the Toolbox- Earning Your Inheritance- Performing a Ping- A Big Savings: Object Graph Serialization- Delegate Some Authority- Taking Out the Trash: The Garbage Collector- Saving Your RAM and Using It, Too DATABASES- Speed Reading: Using the Data Reader- The Missing Link: The Data Set- Tackling Typed Data Sets- A Legally Binding Form- Still More Binding - Complete the (Database) Transaction- Legal (Stored) Procedures MORE FRAMEWORK TOPICS- Creating Owner-Drawn Menus- Creating UI Elements at Runtime- Dynamic Object Creation Using RTTI- Versioning and the end of DLL Hell- The New Security Model BEYOND VISUAL BASIC- Expanding your Horizons: Mixing Languages - The Joy of Console Applications- Getting Entangled in Some Web Development INTERNET TOPICS- XML Speed Reading- Producing XML- Special Delivery: Sending E-mail- Message for you, Sir- Remoting Control- Remoting Control Calling- Web Service Creation- Web Service Usage- Talking to Microsoft TerraServer Index