Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: Developing Applications Part 1 Course
Course Description
Who should attend this course
This course is designed for those with limited experience and knowledge of working in Visual Basic, and also those who have some experience of working in previous versions and want to gain a solid grasp of how Visual Basic 2005, based on the .NET 2.0 platform, differs from earlier versions. If you have any background in programming, and especially of object-oriented concepts, this will be an advantage.
Course pre-requisites:
Topics covered on the 4 day Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: Developing Applications Part 1 course
In this part of the course you will...- 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
Course Classification:
Technical Training Course
This is an instructor led training course taught in a classroom based environment.
Scheduled course dates
| March 2010 | April 2010 | May 2010 | June 2010 | July 2010 |
| 9-12 | 13-16 | 11-14 | 8-11 | - |
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If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite Visual Basic Training and bespoke Visual Basic courses
The Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: Developing Applications Part 1 course qualifies for the PTR Training Passport SAVE IT Scheme, which offers discounts on bookings for multiple courses and/or multiple delegates.

