Visual Basic .NET Power Tools

Publisher: Sybex; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN: 0782142427
Paperback: 800 pages
Data: September 24, 2003
Format: CHM
Description: Step-by-Step Instruction on Complex Topics Leads You to the Expert Level

 

Do you scour VB.NET books seeking solutions for esoteric database programming, debugging, security, or printing challenges, but can't ever find them? Are you wrestling with VB.NET's newer topics, such as asynchronous programming, Web services, employing Office objects, using reflection, and the .NET Compact Framework? Could you use some assistance making the transition from VB6 to VB.NET? If so, peer inside.

Visual Basic .NET Power Tools is intended for professional programmers geared up to tackle the complex, cutting-edge, and sophisticated aspects of VB.NET. In this rare book, two world-renowned VB authors thoroughly describe a broad range of fascinating and important aspects of VB that aren't addressed elsewhere.

This solutions-oriented guide teaches you how to:
* Get under the hood of the .NET Framework, and find out why it works the way it does
* Employ serialization techniques
* Leverage Microsoft Office in your applications
* Master encryption, hashing, and creating keys
* Learn advanced printing techniques
* Use the new reflection technology to look inside executing assemblies
* Build data-driven Web applications
* Design data-driven Windows applications
* Work with regular expressions
* Employ advanced graphics techniques
* Create professional-looking forms
* Design effective User Interfaces
* Use the .NET Compact Framework and its emerging technologies 

The Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio. DirectX includes security and performance updates, along with many new features across all technologies, which can be accessed by applications using the DirectX APIs.

    This package is localized into Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, and English.

    Supported Operating Systems: All 32-bit/64-bit version of Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

Well worth installing however as it has fixed problems for me in the past with both games and benchmarks. I also find that I don't even need to reboot when I install these updates. The download is available as a full 53 meg offline install or as a 44kb only-grab-what-you-need application.

 

Book Description
Teaches you how to develop Java programs, from start to finish, for connecting to databases using Java's new database connectivity environment, JDBC. Tells how to easily install drivers for most databases. Features a section on programming ODBC Java programs, including a robust ODBC client template for developing your own applications. Features a handy, ready-to-use Interactive SQL query client, including fully-explained and annotated source code. Teaches how to write your own database drivers for the JDBC. Reveals how to optimize your Java database programs for maximum efficiency and minimum time.