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In this book, VB.NET is covered virtually from start to finish. The authors begin by looking at the .NET Framework, and end by looking at best practices for deploying .NET applications. In between, the authors look at everything from database access to integration with other technologies such as XML, along with investigating the new features in detail. Readers will see that VB.NET has emerged as a powerful yet easy to use language that will allow you to target the Internet just as easily as the desktop. Special Feature Now priced for the market at 49.99 without any reduction in coverage, this new edition is a true value for the reader Filled with code examples and thorough explanations, this book gives the reader the details of Microsoft’s most popular development language today Now in it’s third edition, Professional VB.NET has expanded coverage of the 1.1 framework and common language runtime Professional VB.NET gives readers a thorough understanding of object-oriented principles through best-practice examples and detailed code listings About the Author Rockford Lhotka is the Principal Technology Evangelist for Magenic Technologies, one of the nations’ premiere Microsoft Gold Certified Partners dedicated to solving today’s most challenging business problems using 100% Microsoft tools and technology. Billy Hollis is a frequent speaker at conferences, including Comdex and VBITS and is MSDN Regional Director of Developer Relations in Nashville, TN for Microsoft. Bill Evjen is president of the St. Louis .NET User Group, as well as the founder and executive director of the International .NET Association (INETA). Bill, is also an active author and speaker on .NET technologies. Bill is a technical director for Reuters in St. Louis, Missouri. Bill Sheldon is currently employed as a Principal Engineer with InterKnowlogy. Bill designs software solutions and develops enterprise infrastructure components. Jonathan Pinnock spends most of his time developing and extending the successful PlatformOne product set that his company, JPA markets to the financial services community. Rama Rama chandran is VP of Technology with Imperium, a Microsoft Gold Certified partner for E-Commerce. Rama is a MCSD and designs and develops web applications. Tim McCarthy is a Principal Engineer at InterKnowlogy, where he architects and builds highly scalable n-tier web applications utilizing the latest Microsoft technologies. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: What Is Microsoft .NET? Chapter 2: Introducing VB.NET and VS.NET Chapter 3: The Common Language Runtime Chapter 4: Variables and Type Chapter 5: Object Syntax Introduction Chapter 6: Inheritance and Interfaces Chapter 7: Applying Objects and Components Chapter 8: Namespaces Chapter 9: Error Handling Chapter 10: Using XML in VB.NET Chapter 11: Data Access with ADO.NET Chapter 12: Windows Forms Chapter 13: Creating Windows Controls Chapter 14: Web Forms Chapter 15: Creating Web Controls Chapter 16: Data Binding Chapter 17: Working with Classic COM and Interfaces Chapter 18: Component Services Chapter 19: Threading Chapter 20: Remoting Chapter 21: Windows Services Chapter 22: Web Services Chapter 23: VB.NET and the Internet Chapter 24: Security in the .NET Framework Chapter 25: Assemblies and Deployment Chapter 26: Mobile Application Development Appendix A: Upgrading: Using the Visual Basic Compatibility Library Index