Beginning Visual Basic 2005

834 Pages·2006·14.28 MB·English

by  Thearon Willis, Bryan Newsome

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Beginning Visual Basic® 2005
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Beginning Visual Basic® 2005
Thearon Willis and Bryan Newsome
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Beginning Visual Basic®2005
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Willis, Thearon.
Beginning Visual Basic 2005 / Thearon Willis and Bryan Newsome.
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About the Authors
Thearon Willisis a Senior Consultant with over 20 years of programming experience. He started writing
applications using the BASIC language in 1980 and later moved on to Visual Basic and finally to Visual
Basic .NET.
Thearon began working with databases in 1987 and has been hooked on writing database applications
every since. He has experience with SQLServer, Oracle, and DB2 but works with SQLServer on a daily
basis. Thearon has programmed in several other languages, some of which include C++, assembly lan-
guage, Pascal, and COBOL. However, he enjoys Visual Basic .NET the best because it provides the fea-
tures needed to quickly build Windows and Web applications, as well as components and Web Services.
Thearon currently develops intranet applications, Web Services, and server-side and client-side utilities
using Visual Basic .NET. Most of these applications and utilities are database-driven and make use of
XMLand XSL. Thearon lives with his wife Margie and daughter Stephanie in the Raleigh, North
Carolina, area.
Bryan Newsomeworks in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a custom software project manager specializing
in Microsoft solutions. He leads a team of developers focused on meeting the needs of each client and
project using the latest technologies. Each day, he helps provide clients with solutions and mentoring on
leading-edge Microsoft technologies. Bryan is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer for .NET.
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As always, I want to thank my wife Margie and my daughter Stephanie for the patience they have
shown while I write another book. Without their love and support, none of this would be possible.
—Thearon Willis
To all of the friends and family that make my life special in the past, present, and future: Jennifer (love
you, honey), Katelyn, Mom (I miss you), Dad, Ashley and Leslie, Judy and Tony, Jennifer S. and Steven.
All my love and happiness to each of you.
—Bryan Newsome