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    Visual Basic Programming:How To Develop Information System Using Visual Basic 2010, A Step By Step Guide For Beginners
    Visual Basic Programming:How To Develop Information System Using Visual Basic 2010, A Step By Step Guide For Beginners
    Visual Basic Programming:How To Develop Information System Using Visual Basic 2010, A Step By Step Guide For Beginners
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    Visual Basic Programming:How To Develop Information System Using Visual Basic 2010, A Step By Step Guide For Beginners

    By Sherwyn Allibang

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    Visual basic is a powerful tool in developing windows application. The book "Visual Basic: How to develop information system using Visual Basic 2010, a step by step guide for beginners" is a beginner's guide in building and developing an information system using Visual Basic 2010 with Database connection. This book is an easy to understand visual basic programming guide that uses simple words, short sentences and straightforward paragraphs. It includes visual basic screenshots of step by step procedures from graphical user interface design to coding and execution of Create, Read, Update, and Delete database transactions. After reading this book, the reader would be able to use available controls and objects in Visual Basic 2010, connect Visual Basic 2010 to Mysql database, and execute CRUD transactions. It is assumed however that the reader already has prior knowledge to visual basic or other programming languages. The system to be created is a simple Student Information System.

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    The Topics Covered in this book:

    1.0 Chapter 1 - Brief Introduction to Visual Basic 2010
    1.1 What is Visual Basic?
    1.2 Visual Basic 2010 Quick Reference
    1.3 Creating a New Project
    1.4 Getting familiar with the VB2010 Express IDE

    2.0 Chapter 2 - Creating the Login Form of the System using Visual Basic 2010
    2.1 How to change property values during design time using the Properties Window?
    2.2 How to add event instruction using the Code Editor Window?
    2.3 Coding the Event Procedure for the Ok Button of the Login Form
    2.4 How to Compile and Run the Visual Basic 2010 Program?

    3.0 Chapter 3 - Using Multiple Document Interface for the System User Interface with Visual Basic 2010
    3.1 What is MDI?
    3.2 How to add a Drop Down Menu into the MDI?
    3.3 Coding the Drop Down Menu

    4.0 Chapter 4 - Connecting Visual Basic 2010 to MySql Database
    4.1 How to connect VB 2010 to MySql Database?
    4.2 Installing Mysql Connector
    4.3 What is XAMPP?
    4.4 Creating database using XAMPP
    4.5 How to create the Database Connection?
    4.6 Completing the frmLogin functionality with Visual Basic 2010
    5.0 Chapter 5 - How to perform SQL statements in Visual Basic 2010?
    5.1 Using Standard Module for Global Declarations
    5.2 How to create MDI Child for the MDI Parent with Visual Basic 2010
    5.3 How to insert a record into mysql using Visual Basic 2010?
    6.0 Chapter 6 - Incorporating the Search, Edit, Delete Buttons into the frmManage
    6.1 How to populate Mysql table into DataGridView in Visual Basic 2010?
    6.2 How to get the selected row in DataGridView Object?
    6.3Coding the Delete Button of the frmManage
    6.4 Coding the Edit Button of the frmManage
    6.5 Coding the Search Button of the frmManage
    7.0 Chapter 7 - Saving an image directly to MySql Database
    7.1 How to save an image directly to the database?
    7.2 Modifying the btnSave click event procedure to support functionality of profile picture

    TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSherwyn Allibang
    Release dateMay 17, 2016
    ISBN9781310571305
    Visual Basic Programming:How To Develop Information System Using Visual Basic 2010, A Step By Step Guide For Beginners
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    Sherwyn Allibang

    Sherwyn Allibang has 10 years experience in the academe as college professor handling business and IT related subjects. Aside from his career as an academe, he is also a freelance software developer catering system development from project management to core programming. With the degree in Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Master in Business Administration, Master in Information Technology, and Doctor in Business Administration, Sherwyn is a solutions-focused, team oriented IT Specialist, with broad-based experience and hands-on skill in the successful implementation of highly effective technical support strategies. A proven ability to successfully analyze an organization's critical support requirements, identifies deficiencies and potential opportunities, and develops innovative solutions for increasing reliability and improving productivity.

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      Visual Basic Programming:How To Develop Information System Using Visual Basic 2010, A Step By Step Guide For Beginners - Sherwyn Allibang

      Acknowledgements

      The author wishes to express his heartfelt gratitude to the Almighty God for His grace, wisdom, and guidance and for giving the author the determination to write this book. This book would not have been possible without the support and help of several individuals who in one way or another contributed and extended their valuable assistance in the preparation and completion of this material.

      Chapter 1 - Brief introduction to Visual Basic

      What is Visual Basic?

      Visual Basic is a window based Object-Oriented and Event-Driven Programming language. Object is anything that can be seen, touched, or used. Program written for Windows environment typically use objects such as Check boxes, list boxes, and buttons. Event-driven is what differs visual basic from other object-orient programming languages. Event-driven means that visual basic responds from different events available in windows operating systems which includes mouse click, mouse move, mouse double click, keypress, and many more.

      Visual Basic 2010 is available either as stand-alone product called Visual Basic 2010 Express, or as a part of a Visual Studio 2010. Both products include an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which is an environment that contains all of the tools and features needed to create, run, and test programs.

      VB 2010 Quick Reference:

      Namespace

      Imports Namespace

      Data Types

      Boolean,Byte,Char,DateTime,Decimal,Double,Int16,Int32,Int64,Integer,

      Long, Object, Short, Single, String, IntPtr, UInteger, UintPtr

      Variable Declaration

      Dim | Public | Private As

      Type Declaration

      Dim | Public

      Suffixes

      % -Integer. $ - String, @ - Decimal, & - Long, # - Double, ! - Single

      Arrays

      Dim () As

      Dim ( To ) As

      Initialize Array

      Dim () As = {, , ... , }

      Change Size of Array

      ReDim ()

      Comments

      'Comment text

      'No multi-line comments at this time

      XML Comments

      Press the ' (apostrophe) key thrice.

      Line Continuation

      strtext = To break a long string across multiple lines, & _

      end the string, add the line continuation character & _

      and continue the string on the next line.

      Arithmetic Operators

      + (Addition), - (Subtraction), * (Multiplication), / (Division), % (Modulus)

      String Concatenation

      +, &

      Relational Operators

      < (Less Than), <= (Less Than or Equal To),> (Greater Than),>=

      (Greater Than or Equal To),= (Equal To),<> (Not Equal To)

      Logical Operators

      OR, NOT, AND, AndAlso, OrElse, Xor

      String Manipulation

      .Substring(,[])

      .Trim()

      .TrimEnd([])

      .TrimStart([char array])

      .ToLower()

      .ToUpper()

      .Replace(,)

      .Equals() <6 available overloads>

      .Contains()

      .Join(,,[])

      .Compare(,,[]) <7 overloads available>

      .Copy()

      If Else

      If() Then

      Else

      End If

      Inline If

      variable = IIf( condition, value_if_false, value_if_true )

      For Loop

      For (Relational Operator)

      Next

      For Each Loop

      For Each In

      [Exit For]

      [Continue For]

      Next

      While Loop

      While

      End While

      Do-While Loop

      Do

      Loop While

      Select Case Statement

      Select Case

      Case :

      Case

      Case

      Case Else

      End Select

      Function Structure

      ([Parameters])

      body of the function

      End Function

      Class Structure

      Public Class

      body of class

      End Class

      Error Handling

      Try

      Catch

      Finally

      End Try

      The VB2010 quick reference serves as guide throughout the book. It displays the syntax and format of visual basic coding needed in building an information system.

      Creating a new project

      Figure 1A

      To create a new project, click on the New Project menu as presented in figure 1A.

      Figure 1B

      Select Windows Forms Application as presented in figure 1B. Under the name, use StudentInformationSytem, this will be the name of the project. As indicated, the project that will be created is a

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