WinApps

[cjobes]

Hi all,

Does anybody know of a good book that specializes in VB.NET for Win32
apps. - especially Window Forms Applications - including the data
components? I bought a book "Programming Microsoft Visual Basic.Net" by
Francesco Balena but that doesn't explain enough detail. I need to learn
more about the basic structure on how to build those Apps, as well as "How
to does". The ideal book would be written around a sample application. I
seem to learn best this way.

Thanks for your help,

Claus

 

[Hayato Iriumi]

Hello cjobes,

You don't need to buy a book to understand the basics.

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/winforms/

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi

Although I never readed it is Balena's book often recommended in this
newsgroup.

For samples you can use this what is in my opinion very good.

VB.net Resource kit
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/vbrkit/default.aspx

And if you have problems installing the resource kit
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/vbrkit/faq/#installvdir

I hope this helps a little bit?

Cor

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Does anybody know of a good book that specializes in VB.NET for Win32
apps. - especially Window Forms Applications - including the data
components? I bought a book "Programming Microsoft Visual Basic.Net" by
Francesco Balena but that doesn't explain enough detail. I need to learn
more about the basic structure on how to build those Apps, as well as
"How
to does". The ideal book would be written around a sample application. I
seem to learn best this way.

I have often heard the book is not really good, but I post its name anyway:

Charles Petzold
"Programming Microsoft Windows with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET"

 

[cjobes]

Thanks for your responses. The ideal solution for me would be a book that is
build around a Windows Forms sample application with 4 or 5 (or more) forms
that include a range of tasks like general user interfaces, dataset and
datagrid, reports etc. I have the resource kit and Studio.Net 2002. I
haven't done any programming for a while (used to do VB5 and VB in Access)
and would like to catch up with Windows Forms. Later down the road I intend
to focus on Web Apps.