Visual Basic 2017 Made Easy

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Liew Voon Kiong - Computers

 Visual Basic 2017 Made Easy is written by Dr. Liew, the webmaster of the popular online Visual Basic Tutorial, vbtutor.net. This book is a complete guide to mastering Visual Basic 2017, for beginner to intermediate programmers. It is also an excellent reference text for high school or college-level computer science courses.


Reading this book will allow you to:  


i) Understand the basic concepts of Visual    

   Basic 2017 programming

ii) Create your own Visual Basic 2017 applications

    from scratch

iii) Get inspiration from a variety of

   interesting sample programs

iv) Modify the code samples easily to suit your

    needs

v) Learn how to package and distribute

   your applications


From inside the book

Contents

Contents
11
Designing the Interface
19
Writing the Code
27
Handling Images
47
Working with Data
54
Array
62
String Manipulation
71
Using IfThenElse
80
The Format Function
115
Using Checkbox and Radio Button
122
Errors Handling
130
Creating Graphics
140
Using Timer
171
Creating Animation
176
Working with Databases
184
Reading and Writing Text Files
210

Using Select Case
88
Looping
93
Creating Functions
102
Building Console Applications
217
Creating Menu Bar and Toolbar
225
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

About the author

 About the Author


Dr. Liew Voon Kiong holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, a master’s degree in Management and a doctorate in Business Administration. He has been involved in Visual Basic programming for more than 20 years. He created the popular online Visual Basic Tutorial at www.vbtutor.net, which has attracted millions of visitors since 1996. It has consistently been one of the highest ranked Visual Basic websites.


To provide more support for Visual Basic students, teachers, and hobbyists, Dr. Liew has written this book to complement the free Visual Basic 2017 tutorial with much more content. He is also the author of the Visual Basic Made Easy series, which includes Visual Basic 6 Made Easy, Visual Basic 2008 Made Easy, Visual Basic 2010 Made Easy, Visual Basic 2013 Made Easy and Excel VBA Made Easy. Dr. Liew’s books have been used in high school and university computer science courses all over the world.