Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com PROFESSIONAL VISUAL BASIC® 2010 AND .NET 4 INTRODUCTION xxxv PART I LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTS AND ENVIRONMENT  CHAPTER 1 Visual Studio 2010 3 CHAPTER 2 Objects and Visual Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 CHAPTER 3 Custom Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 CHAPTER 4 The Common Language Runtime 211 CHAPTER 5 Declarative Programming with Visual Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 CHAPTER 6 Exception Handling and Debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 CHAPTER 7 Test-Driven Development 287 PART II BUSINESS OBJECTS AND DATA ACCESS  CHAPTER 8 Arrays, Collections, and Generics 311 CHAPTER 9 Using XML with Visual Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 CHAPTER 10 ADO.NET and LINQ 389 CHAPTER 11 Data Access with the Entity Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 CHAPTER 12 Working with SQL Server 457 CHAPTER 13 Services (XML/WCF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 PART III SMART CLIENT APPLICATIONS  CHAPTER 14 Windows Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 CHAPTER 15 Advanced Windows Forms 575 CHAPTER 16 User Controls Combining WPF and Windows Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 CHAPTER 17 WPF Desktop Applications 617 CHAPTER 18 Expression Blend 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 CHAPTER 19 Silverlight 679 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com PART IV INTERNET APPLICATIONS  CHAPTER 20 Silverlight and Services 699 CHAPTER 21 Working with ASP.NET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 CHAPTER 22 ASP.NET Advanced Features 751 CHAPTER 23 ASP.NET MVC 787 CHAPTER 24 SharePoint 2010 Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807 PART V LIBRARIES AND SPECIALIZED TOPICS  CHAPTER 25 Visual Studio Tools for Oce 843 CHAPTER 26 Windows Workflow Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 CHAPTER 27 Localization 905 CHAPTER 28 COM-Interop 929 CHAPTER 29 Network Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 CHAPTER 30 Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981 CHAPTER 31 Assemblies and Reflection 1001 CHAPTER 32 Security in the .NET Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1021 CHAPTER 33 Parallel Programming Using Tasks and Threads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1051 CHAPTER 34 Deployment 1101 APPENDIX A The Visual Basic Compiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1137 APPENDIX B Visual Basic Power Packs Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1151 APPENDIX C Workflow 2008 Specifics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1165 APPENDIX D Enterprise Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1185 APPENDIX E Programming for the Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205 INDEX 1233 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com PROFESSIONAL Visual Basic® 2010 and .NET 4 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com PROFESSIONAL Visual Basic® 2010 and .NET 4 Bill Sheldon Billy Hollis Kent Sharkey Jonathan Marbutt Rob Windsor Gastón C. 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And to my loving daughter, Kathryn, who always managed to put a smile on my face after a long day. —Jonathan Marbutt To my Dad, who did not complain too much about the weekends I spent writing instead of playing golf with him. —Rob Windsor To my son, Kevin —Gastón Hillar Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com [...]... How Deep to Go? Summary Chapter 4: The common language runtime Elements of a NET Application Modules Assemblies Types 1 14 1 14 11 5 11 6 11 7 11 9 11 9 12 0 12 1 12 3 1 24 12 8 13 0 1 34 13 5 13 6 13 7 13 8 13 9 15 9 1 64 17 5 17 7 17 7 17 8 1 84 18 7 18 9 18 9 19 8 19 8 205 208 211 212 212 213 2 14 xvii Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com CONTENTS Versioning and Deployment Better Support for... Data Using LINQ to SQL: Creating the Console Application Introducing the O/R Designer Creating the Product Object 385 387 389 390 3 91 3 91 395 396 398 398 399 399 40 2 40 4 40 6 40 9 40 9 41 0 41 0 41 0 41 1 41 1 41 3 41 4 41 6 41 8 41 8 41 9 42 1 42 1 42 2 42 2 42 3 42 4 xxi Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com CONTENTS How Objects Map to LINQ Objects The DataContext Object The Table(TEntity)... 10 16 10 16 10 17 10 18 10 19 10 21 1022 10 23 10 26 10 26 10 27 10 29 10 32 10 33 10 34 10 35 10 36 10 37 1 049 10 51 10 51 1052 10 52 10 57 10 57 10 60 10 61 1062 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com CONTENTS Parallel.For Parallel.ForEach Exiting from Parallel Loops Specifying the Desired Degree of Parallelism ParallelOptions Understanding Hardware Threads and Logical Cores Creating and. .. Visual Studio Deployment Projects Project Templates Creating a Deployment Project Modifying the Deployment Project Project Properties The File System Editor The Registry Editor The File Types Editor The User Interface Editor The Custom Actions Editor The Launch Conditions Editor Building Internet Deployment of Windows Applications 11 02 11 02 11 02 11 03 11 03 11 03 11 04 11 05 11 09 11 09 11 11 111 5 11 17 11 18... Chapter 11 : Data Access with the Entity Framework Object-Relational Mapping Entity Framework Architecture Conceptual Model Storage Model Mapping Model LINQ to Entities The ObjectContext Mapping Objects to Entities 42 5 42 6 42 8 42 8 42 9 42 9 42 9 43 0 43 1 43 2 43 3 43 5 43 7 43 8 43 8 43 9 44 2 44 3 44 3 44 5 44 6 Simple Mapping Using a Single Table for Multiple Objects Using Multiple Tables for an Object 44 6 44 8 45 0 Generating... 11 11 111 5 11 17 11 18 11 20 11 22 11 24 11 24 No-Touch Deployment ClickOnce Deployment 11 25 11 26 IIS Web Deployment Tool Summary 11 33 11 35 xxxiii Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com CONTENTS Appendix A: The Visual Basic Compiler Appendix B: Visual Basic Power Packs Tools 11 51 Appendix C: Workflow 2008 Specifics 11 65 Appendix D: Enterprise Services 11 85 Appendix E: Programming... Differences in Numbers and Currencies Understanding Differences in Sorting 843 844 844 844 845 846 847 852 8 54 856 859 862 8 64 8 71 880 8 81 8 81 882 882 8 84 887 889 896 899 900 903 905 905 906 907 908 909 910 910 913 915 xxix Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com CONTENTS ASP.NET Resource Files 916 Making Use of Local Resources Global Resources 916 9 21 Resource Files in... Toolbars and the ToolStrip Control Menus Common Dialogs Drag and Drop Summary of Standard Windows.Forms Controls Handling Groups of Related Controls Adding Controls at Runtime Other Handy Programming Tips Summary Chapter 15 : Advanced Windows Forms 543 543 543 544 544 544 545 547 547 547 548 549 550 5 51 552 552 552 553 555 556 556 557 559 5 61 562 5 64 566 568 569 5 71 572 573 573 575 Packaging Logic in Visual. .. System.Threading.Tasks.Task Understanding a Task’s Life Cycle Using Tasks to Parallelize Code Returning Values from Tasks Preparing the Code for Concurrency and Parallelism Understanding Concurrent Collection Features Transforming LINQ into PLINQ Summary 10 62 10 67 10 72 10 76 10 77 10 78 10 79 10 80 10 81 1082 10 90 10 93 10 94 10 97 10 99 Chapter 34: Deployment 11 01 Application Deployment 11 02 Why Deployment Is Straightforward... in Code Additional Components for Visual Studio 3 4 7 10 11 14 15 16 17 21 22 24 25 28 28 31 39 Enhancing a Sample Application 40 Customizing the Code Building Applications Reusing Your First Windows Form 41 45 52 Useful Features of Visual Studio 2 010 Build Configurations The Task List The Command Window Server Explorer Recording and Using Macros in Visual Studio 2 010 Class Diagrams Application Lifecycle . Events 1 14 Declaring and Raising Custom Events 11 5 Receiving Events with WithEvents 11 6 Receiving Events with AddHandler 11 7 Constructor Methods 11 9 Termination and Cleanup 11 9 Advanced Concepts 12 0 Overloading. ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER 1: VISUAL STUDIO 2 010 3 Visual Studio 2 010 : Express through Ultimate 4 Visual Basic Keywords and Syntax 7 Console Applications 10 Creating a Project from a Project Template 11 The Solution. Classes 10 3 Basic Classes 10 3 Handling Events 11 3 Handling Multiple Events 11 3 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com CONTENTS xvii The WithEvents Keyword 1 14 Raising