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Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmers Cookbook [Paperback]

Matthew McDonald (Author)

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Paperback: 800 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (Jun 11 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 073561931X
ISBN-13: 978-0735619319
Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.6 x 4.9 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.5 Kg

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #578,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #78 in Books > Computers & Internet > Microsoft > Development > Visual Basic > .Net

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Next time you hit the wall with a tough Visual Basic .NET problem, get the code behind the solution—and solve it the right way. This PROGRAMMER’S COOKBOOK provides at-a-glance reference to hundreds of Visual Basic .NET programming scenarios using a concise, problem/solution format. The book’s organized so you can quickly zero in on the topics and answers you need—with practical examples, code snippets, best practices, and undocumented secrets that get the job done.

No half-baked solutions. Get expert code from expert developers.

Get hundreds of recipes covering every application type—from Microsoft Windows to Web pages, Web services, remote components, and Windows services. Learn when to use lower-level Win32 APIs and COM components vs. the Microsoft .NET Framework Discover practical ways to deal with XML data and handle data binding with Microsoft ADO.NET. Build object-oriented components from scratch to access FTP sites, contact POP mail servers, and work with vectors, fractions, and complex numbers. Extend the reach of your Windows applications with WMI and use JavaScript to enhance Web pages. Tackle advanced techniques for multithreading, .NET Remoting, reflection, and cryptography. Uncover free third-party components to read zip files, write PDF documents, show menus in Microsoft ASP.NET, and more. Get all the book’s code recipes on line.

About the Author

Matthew MacDonald is an author, educator, and MCSD developer with a passion for emerging technologies. He is the author of several books about programming with Microsoft .NET, a columnist for Inside Visual Basic, and a regular contributor to other periodicals such as ASPToday, C# Today, Hardcore ASP.NET, Hardcore VB .NET, and .NET Developer. In the corporate world, Matthew has worked with Microsoft technologies in a variety of roles, including as a technical writer, developer, and project manager. He also teaches introductory programming at the college level.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Baked Code?, Jun 11 2004

Reader (Nashville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmers Cookbook (Paperback)

FYI, when using the code in Chapter 8-4, "8.4 Ping an IP Address", all seems well and you get the different ping times in your console window. However, I referenced the dll provided in the sample code in a fresh application, and used it to ping ONE ip address several times (which was a machine on my same network segment sitting about 3 feet from me) and I got the SAME EXACT responses as the sample app did, which "SUPPOSEDLY" was pinging yahoo.com, SETI.com, and the local loopback address. In fact, no matter what ip addresses I tried to ping, the ping times were always the same approximate numbers. I would say that the only explanation for this is that the generation of the numbers is hard-coded into the dll, rather than being actual ping times. I would love to hear the explanation for this...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just a great book to have in the library! Must have!, Mar 29 2004

NBPC77 (Mason, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmers Cookbook (Paperback)

There just seems to be so much to learn with VB.NET and the .NET Framework to do things you've always done in VB or VBScript or any other language. Sure, you could go search for it, but just pick up this book. It'll save you hours and hours of hassle! This has been my most valuable book. Buy now!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential quick-reference, Feb 27 2004

Jason Payne (Bryn Mawr, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmers Cookbook (Paperback)

This book is essentially a roughly-categorized list of neat things you can do with VB.NET. Most of the tasks are ones you would think of and could figure out, but maybe have to struggle through the helpfiles and language reference in order to determine how to do it.

Not so if you own this book. Simply look up a topic it covers, and not only will it present the solution in general terms in plain, easy-to-understand, concise English, but it generally provides easy-to-apply sample code.

This book is an essential reference for any VB.NET programmer and I only wish that the "cookbook" format was used for other languages (Java, C++, C#, or .NET in general).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent description of common goals rarely explained
Excellent descriptions make each step easy to follow.
He details important advanced programming needs that are never revealed in other books, and makes them easy to... Read more

Published on Jan 16 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Really neat and fun book
If you have been VB Developing for a while, then you probably know know Macdonald's name by now. Well, his book is really cool and typical of Matt's work. Read more

Published on Nov 16 2003 by William G. Ryan