Visual Basic 2008 Recipes

Sometimes you just need to solve a problem and get on with your work. To that end, Visual Basic 2008 Recipes is a compendium of practical solutions for busy VB . NET programmers. Create time for the more interesting aspects of your VB . NET project by solving common problems with the practical solutions and dozens of code examples in this book. Important . NET 3.5 technologies, such as Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) and Language Integrated Query (LINQ), are covered, and each chapter addresses a specific problem domain, including database access, multimedia, XML manipulation, networking, and security. The code is free to download, so you can use the recipes immediately.

• Take advantage of quality, ready–made solutions to common Visual Basic programming problems
• Avoid the tedium of having to reinvent the wheel—focus instead on the more interesting problems specific to your application
• Learn from and be inspired by what the authors have done. Use their work as stepping stones to solve even more complex problems