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The best way to learn to program in Visual Basic is to do it. If you enter and run the sample projects, you will be on your way to writing applications. Reading the examples without trying to run them is like trying to learn a foreign language or mathematics by just reading about it. Enter the projects, look up your questions in the extensive MSDN Help files, and make those projects run.

Installing Visual Basic

For the programs in this text, you need to install the .NET Framework, Visual Basic, and the MSDN (Microsoft Developers Network) library, which contains all of Help and many instructive articles. You do not need to install C++ or C#.

You can download the Express Edition of Visual Basic and Visual Web Developer from msdn.microsoft.com/express. Using these two products, you can complete all exercises in this text.

Format Used for Visual Basic Statements

Visual Basic statements, methods, and functions are shown in this font. Any values that you must supply are in italics. Optional items are in [square brackets]. Braces and a vertical bar indicate that you must choose one or the other value {one | other}.

Examples

Const Identifier [As Datatype] = Value
Do {While | Until} Condition

As you work your way through this textbook, note that you may see a subset of the available options for a Visual Basic statement or method. Generally, the options that are included reflect those covered in the chapter. If you want to see the complete format for any statement or all versions of a method, refer to Help.

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