Introduction.

Part I: IDE.

Chapter 1: Introduction to the IDE.

Chapter 2: Menus, Toolbars, and Windows.

Chapter 3: Customization.

Chapter 4: Windows Form Designer.

Chapter 5: WPF Designer.

Chapter 6: Visual Basic Code Editor.

Chapter 7: Debugging.

Part II: Getting Started.

Chapter 8: Selecting Windows Forms Controls.

Chapter 9: Using Windows Forms Controls.

Chapter 10: Windows Forms.

Chapter 11: Selecting WPF Controls.

Chapter 12: Using WPF Controls.

Chapter 13: WPF Windows.

Chapter 14: Program and Module Structure.

Chapter 15: Data Types, Variables, and Constants.

Chapter 16: Operators.

Chapter 17: Subroutines and Functions.

Chapter 18: Program Control Statements.

Chapter 19: Error Handling.

Chapter 20: Database Controls and Objects.

Chapter 21: LINQ.

Chapter 22: Custom Controls.

Chapter 23: Drag and Drop, and the Clipboard.

Chapter 24: UAC Security.

Part III: Object-Oriented Programming.

Chapter 25: OOP Concepts.

Chapter 26: Classes and Structures.

Chapter 27: Namespaces.

Chapter 28: Collection Classes.

Chapter 29: Generics.

Part IV: Graphics.

Chapter 30: Drawing Basics.

Chapter 31: Brushes, Pens, and Paths.

Chapter 32: Text.

Chapter 33: Image Processing.

Chapter 34: Printing.

Chapter 35: Reporting.

Part V: Interacting with the Environment.

Chapter 36: Configuration and Resources.

Chapter 37: Streams.

Chapter 38: File-System Objects.

Chapter 39: Windows Communication Foundation.

Chapter 40: Useful Namespaces.

Part VI: Appendices.

Appendix A: Useful Control Properties, Methods, and Events.

Appendix B: Variable Declarations and Data Types.

Appendix C: Operators.

Appendix D: Subroutine and Function Declarations.

Appendix E: Control Statements.

Appendix F: Error Handling.

Appendix G: Windows Forms Controls and Components.

Appendix H: WPF Controls.

Appendix I: Visual Basic Power Packs.

Appendix J: Form Objects.

Appendix K: Classes and Structures.

Appendix L: LINQ.

Appendix M: Generics.

Appendix N: Graphics.

Appendix O: Useful Exception Classes.

Appendix P: Date and Time Format Specifiers.

Appendix Q: Other Format Specifiers.

Appendix R: The Application Class.

Appendix S: The My Namespace.

Appendix T: Streams.

Appendix U: File-System Classes.

Appendix V: Index of Examples.

Index.