| Preface | |
| Read this Before you Begin | |
| An Overview of Visual Basic .Net | 1 |
| tutorial 1 | An Introduction to Visual Basic .NET | 15 |
| tutorial 2 | Designing Applications | 83 |
| tutorial 3 | Using Variables and Constants | 153 |
| tutorial 4 | The Selection Structure | 217 |
| tutorial 5 | More on the Selection Structure | 281 |
| tutorial 6 | The Repetition Structure | 359 |
| tutorial 7 | Sub and Function Procedures | 433 |
| tutorial 8 | Manipulating Strings | 491 |
| tutorial 9 | Sequential Access Files and Printing | 547 |
| tutorial 10 | Random Access Files | 613 |
| tutorial 11 | Arrays | 665 |
| app. A | Basic Tools Included in the Windows Forms Designer Toolbox | 721 |
| app. B | Database Access Using a Windows Form | 724 |
| app. C | Database Access Using a Web Form | 742 |
| Index | 761 |