Murach's Beginning Visual Basic .NET

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Chapter 2 How to develop a Windows Forms application
How to create a new project 34
How to use the New Project dialog box to start a new project 34
How to use the Options dialog box to set the options for projects and solutions 36
How to design a form for a Windows application 38
The design of the Invoice Total form 38
How to add controls to a form 40
How to set properties 42
Common properties for forms and controls 44
How to add a Button control to a form 46
How to add a Label and a related TextBox control to a form 48
How to add navigation features 50
The property settings for the Invoice Total form 52
How to add code to a form 56
Introduction to object-oriented programming 56
How to refer to properties, methods, and events 58
How an application responds to events 60
How to create an event procedure 62
The code for the Invoice Total form 64
How to detect and correct syntax errors 66
How to get help information 68
How to run, test, and debug a project 70
How to run a project 70
How to test a project 72
How to debug run-time errors 74
How to name and save the files of a project 76
How to name the files of a project 76
How to save the files of a project 76
Perspective 78
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