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Windows
&
.NET
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The
.NET
platform
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The
Common
Language
Runtime
(CLR)
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and
Intermediate
Language
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Visual
Basic
applications
and
variations
Creating
a
VB.NET
Application
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The
Visual
Basic
Environment
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Introducing
object
orientation
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Good
practice
Forms,
Controls
&
Properties
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Beginning
an
application
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Windows
Forms
and
Properties
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Forms
and
controls
as
classes
and
objects
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Good
practice
Events
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Handling
user
input
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Control
interaction
and
focus
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Special
events
Controls
&
Methods
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Designing
and
implementing
menus
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The
standard
control
set
-
Validation
techniques
-
Dialogs
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Producing
an
elegant
and
foolproof
user
interface
The
VB.NET
Programming
Language
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Variable
Types,
Scope
and
Lifetime
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Arrays
and
collections
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Control
flow;
If,
For
Next,
Do
While/Until,
For
Each,
Select
Case
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Other
Language
Features
Timers,
Dates,
Times
&
Formatting
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The
Timer
Control
-
its
importance,
limitations
and
the
Tick
event
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Using,
manipulating
and
displaying
dates
and
times
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Date/Time
Pickers
Subs,
Functions
&
Error
Handling
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Subroutines
and
functions
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Argument
passing
mechanisms,
named
and
optional
arguments
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Public,
Private
and
the
use
of
modules
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The
Errr
object
and
'traditional'
error
handling
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Exception
handling
-
try,
catch
and
finally
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MDI
Applications
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The
use
of
Multiple
Document
Interface
for
single
and
multiple
document
types
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Dynamic
forms
and
controls
Graphics
&
Printing
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Simple
output
-
The
System.Drawing
Namespace
-
Printing
techniques
Object
Oriented
Programming
-
Designing
classes
and
using
objects
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Encapsulation,
inheritance
and
polymorphism
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Namespaces
and
assemblies
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Interfaces
.NET
-
Interoperability
-
What
.NET
provides
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Networking
and
SOAP
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Introducing
the
web
Advanced
Features
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Multithreading
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Calling
the
Windows
API
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Using
COM
and
ActiveX
Using
Databases
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ADO.NET
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The
DataForm
Wizard
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Data
binding
to
controls
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SQL
and
XML
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Data
Commands,
DataReaders
and
DataSets
Database
Enhancements
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The
DataGrid
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Generating
reports
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Improving
performance
and
scalability
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