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Getting Started

• Getting started with VB.NET
  
• Visual Basic .NET Forms
  
• Adding Controls using the Toolbox
  
• Adding a Textbox to the Form
  
• Visual Basic .NET and Properties
  
• The Text Property
  
• Adding a splash of colour
  
• Saving your work
  
• Create a New Project
  

Write your first .NET code

• What is a Variable?
  
• Add a coding button to the Form
  
• Writing your first .NET code
  
• String Variables
  
• How to get at Text in a textbox
  
• More about VB .NET variables
  
• Using variables in your .NET code
  
• A VB NET Calculator Project
  
• The code for the calculator
  
• The Message Box in VB .NET
  

Conditional Logic

• If Statements
  
• Select Case Statements
  
• Add a Combo Box to a VB .NET form
  
• The Conditional Operators
  
• Section Three Exercises
  

Loops

• An Introduction to Loops in VB .NET
  
• For Loops
  
• Do Loops
  
• A Times Table Programme
  
• The Code for the Time Table Programme
  
• The Basic Math Symbols in VB .NET
  

Adding menus to Forms

• Add a menu to a VB .NET Form
  
• How to add code to a Menu
  
• How to add a Sub Menu to your Form
  
• How to add Shortcuts to your Menu Items
  
• A VB .NET menu Project
  
• The Open File Dialogue Box
  
• Filter files with the Open File Dialogue Box
  
• The Open File Dialogue Box
  
• The Save File Dialogue Box
  
• Cut, Copy, Paste and Undo menus
  
• How to Show and Hide Controls
  
• Insert Images into a Picture Box
  
• Add a Checkbox to a VB .NET form
  
• Writing code for Checkboxes
  
• Add Option Buttons to a VB .NET form
  

Debugging your code

• Error Handling and Debugging in VB .NET
  
• Design Time Errors
  
• RunTime Errors
  
• Try ... Catch in VB .NET
  
• Logic Errors
  
• Breakpoints and Debugging tools
  

Mastering Arrays

• What is an Array?
  
• Arrays and the Index Number
  
• Assigning Values to an Array
  
• Arrays where boundaries are not known
  

String Manipulation

• The String Variable Type
  
• How to use the Trim Method
  
• The difference between Char and Chars()
  
• How to use the InStr Method
  
• How to use the Substring Method
  
• Equals, Replace and Insert Methods
  
• How to use Split and Join in VB .NET
  

Working with Text Files

• What is a Text File?
  
• How to Open a Text File in VB .NET
  
• How to Read a Text File Line by Line
  
• How to Write to a Text File in VB .NET
  
• Appending Text to a File in VB .NET
  
• How to Copy a File
  
• How to Move a File
  
• How to Delete a File
  

Functions and Subs

• An Introduction to Functions and Subs
  
• How to Create your own Subs in VB .NET
  
• Using Parameters in your Subs
  
• ByVal and ByRef in VB .NET
  
• How to Create a Function in VB.NET
  
• How to use Parameters with Functions
  
• Standard Modules - Part One
  
• Standard Modules - Part Two
  

Events

• The Click Event
  
• The MouseDown Event
  
• The KeyDown Event
  
• The Form Load Event
  

Classes and Objects

• An Introduction to Classes and Objects
  
• Create your own Classes in VB .NET
  
• How to Create Methods in your Classes
  
• More about Creating Methods
  
• Create Properties in your Classes
  
• How to Use your New Property
  

VB .NET and Databases

• VB NET Express and Databases
  
• The Database Wizard in VB NET Express
  
• Write your own VB .NET database code
  
• Learn about DataSets and Data Adaptors
  
• Display the Data in the DataSet
  
• Navigate a Database with VB .NET
  
• How to Move through the Database
  
• Add, Update and Delete Records
  
• Add a New Record using VB .NET
  
• Delete a Record using VB .NET
  

VB NET and Forms

• Anchor and Dock Controls on a Form
  
• Add a Toolbar to a Form
  
• Creating Multiple Forms in VB .NET
  
• Modal and Non Modal Forms
  
• Getting at Values on Other Forms