Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: Developing Applications Part 1 Course

Topics covered on the 4 day Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: Developing Applications Part 1 course

• Learn how to create effective Windows Forms, exploring the new range of controls and components available in Visual Basic 2005
• Learn about the Visual Basic 2005 event model, including programmatically assigning event handlers
• Use structured exception handling to respond to run-time errors
• Learn about the String and Date types and associated classes
• Learn about the ADO.NET architecture and use ADO.NET to connect to a SQL Server
• Discover how to create a simple data-bound form and be introduced to the DataSet Designer

Introduction to Windows Forms

• .NET Does Windows
• Adding Controls to a Form
• A Peek behind the Scenes
• Adding Event Handling Code
• Adding a Menu to the Form
• Adding Non-Graphical Components

Taking Advantage of the Form Event Model

• How Visual Basic Handles Events
• Exploring Form and Control Events

Common Windows Forms Controls

• Label, TextBox, and Button
• CheckBox and RadioButton
• ComboBox, ListBox, and CheckedListBox
• LinkLabel, NumericUpdown, PictureBox and ProgressBar

Exception Handling

• Perspectives on Exception Handling
• Getting Started with Exception Handling
• Catching Specific Exceptions
• Raising Errors
• Running Code Unconditionally
• Handling Unhandled Exceptions
• Creating Exception Classes

Working with Strings and Dates

• Basic .NET Data Types
• Working with Text: The String Class
• Working with Dates and Times

Accessing Data

• Overview of ADO.NET
• Connecting to Data
• Executing Commands
• Working with Data
• Choosing an ADO.NET Provider

Data Binding Techniques

• Data Binding Basics
• Creating a Data Source
• Creating Data-Bound Forms
• Data Binding Components and Controls
• Displaying Data from Related Tables
• Displaying Data from Lookup Tables
• Adding Search Capabilities to a Form
• Filtering by Values from a Lookup Table
• Data Validation
• Working with Local Data