Visual Blueprint Visual Basic NET

Master Active Directory ™ Visually ™ "If you have to see it to believe it, this is the book for you!" — PC World Read Less, Learn More The Revolutionary Way to Learn! Visual Learning By tightly integrating text and graphics, this guide shows you how Active Directory works — and makes it easier than ever to configure and manage a Windows 2000 network. Practical Know-How Step-by-step instructions and hands-on tips show you how to accomplish specific tasks, solve real-world problems, and master undocumented techniques. Complete Mastery Master every facet of Active Directory — from configuring DHCP and DNS to managing users and groups — and build a secure, stable network for your organization. Bonus CD-ROM includes: Trial versions of DirectMigrate 2000, Micro House Technical Library, WS_FTP Pro, and other network administration resources A searcheable PDF version of the book "A master tutorial reference — from the leaders in visual learning!" — Infoworld "A publishing concept whose time has come!" — The Globe and Mail www.idgbooks.com Author Biography: About the Author Curt Simmons, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), is a Windows expert who spends his most of his time writing technical books. Curt has been working closely with Windows 2000 and the Active Directory since beta 1 was released, and he is author of a dozen high-level computing books on Microsoft technologies. Curt lives in a little Texas town outside of Dallas with his wife and daughter, and you can visit him on the Internet atcurtsimmons.hypermart.net. Visual Basic® .NET......Page 1 Front of Book......Page 3 General Book Information......Page 4 About maranGraphics......Page 6 Credits & Acknowledgements......Page 7 About the Author & Acknowledgements......Page 8 Dedication......Page 9 Table of Contents......Page 10 How to Use This Book......Page 16 AN INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL BASIC .NET......Page 18 INSTALL VISUAL STUDIO .NET......Page 20 USING THE DEVELOPMENT STUDIO......Page 22 OBJECT-ORIENTED CONCEPTS......Page 24 UNDERSTANDING THE FRAMEWORK......Page 26 LANGUAGE BASICS......Page 28 LANGUAGE CHANGES FROM VISUAL BASIC 6......Page 30 USING THE UPGRADE WIZARD......Page 32 CREATE A PROJECT......Page 34 WORK WITH PROJECT FILES......Page 36 BUILD AND RUN A PROJECT......Page 38 CREATE A WINDOWS APPLICATION......Page 40 AN INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS FORMS......Page 42 ADD A CONTROL TO A FORM......Page 44 SET A PROPERTY......Page 46 WRITE EVENT CODE......Page 48 RESIZE CONTROLS......Page 50 ADD A MENU......Page 52 CREATE A CONTEXT-SENSITIVE MENU......Page 54 ADD A NEW FORM......Page 56 CREATE A DIALOG BOX......Page 58 USING MESSAGE BOXES......Page 60 ADD AN OWNED FORM......Page 62 ORDER TAB KEY MOVEMENT......Page 64 USING BUTTONS......Page 66 USING LABEL CONTROLS......Page 67 WORK WITH IMAGELISTS......Page 68 ALLOW TEXT ENTRY......Page 70 USING THE RICH TEXT CONTROL......Page 72 PROVIDE OPTION CONTROLS......Page 74 FRAME CONTROLS......Page 76 WORK WITH PANELS......Page 77 LIST ITEMS......Page 78 SELECT NUMERIC DATA......Page 80 CREATE TIMED EVENTS......Page 82 PROVIDE DATE SELECTION......Page 84 EXPLORE LIST VIEWS......Page 86 EXPLORE TREE VIEWS......Page 88 CREATE A TOOLBAR......Page 90 PROVIDE STATUS INFORMATION......Page 92 CREATE A TAB INTERFACE......Page 94 PROVIDE ERROR MESSAGES......Page 96 CREATE A CONSOLE APPLICATION......Page 98 ADD A METHOD......Page 100 DECLARE A VARIABLE......Page 102 USING VARIABLE DATA TYPES......Page 104 WORK WITH OPERATORS......Page 106 CREATE A STRING......Page 108 WORK WITH STRINGS......Page 110 PASS INFORMATION THROUGH A METHOD......Page 112 USING THE IF STATEMENT......Page 114 USING THE SELECT CASE STATEMENT......Page 116 USING FOR LOOPS......Page 118 USING DO LOOPS......Page 120 CREATE AN ARRAY......Page 122 WORK WITH ARRAYS......Page 124 USING A FILE STREAM......Page 126 READ FROM A STREAM......Page 128 WRITE TO A STREAM......Page 129 WATCH FOR FILE SYSTEM CHANGES......Page 130 ACCESS FILE INFORMATION......Page 132 ACCESS DIRECTORY INFORMATION......Page 134 PROVIDE A FILE DIALOG BOX......Page 136 USING THE PRINTDOCUMENT CONTROL......Page 138 USING THE PRINTER DIALOG BOX......Page 140 USING THE PAGE SETUP DIALOG BOX......Page 142 CREATE A PRINT PREVIEW......Page 144 DOWNLOAD FROM A WEB SERVER......Page 146 MAKE A CONNECTION TO A SERVER......Page 148 ACCEPT INCOMING CONNECTIONS......Page 150 ADD A PICTURE TO A FORM......Page 152 USING THE COLOR DIALOG BOX......Page 154 UNDERSTANDING THE GRAPHICS OBJECT......Page 156 CREATE A BRUSH......Page 158 CREATE A PEN......Page 160 DRAW BITMAPS AND IMAGES......Page 162 DRAW SIMPLE PRIMITIVES......Page 164 DRAW A CURVE......Page 166 DRAW TEXT......Page 168 CREATE A PATH......Page 170 USING REGIONS......Page 172 CREATE A SHAPED WINDOW......Page 174 CREATE A CLASS......Page 176 DEFINE A MEMBER VARIABLE......Page 178 DEFINE A PROPERTY......Page 180 CREATE A CONSTRUCTOR OR DESTRUCTOR......Page 182 CREATE AN EVENT......Page 184 USING AN EXISTING CLASS......Page 186 DEFINE AN INTERFACE......Page 188 IMPLEMENT AN INTERFACE......Page 190 USING STRUCTURES......Page 192 USING COLLECTIONS......Page 194 OVERLOAD A METHOD......Page 196 INHERIT FROM AN EXISTING CLASS......Page 198 CREATE A SHARED METHOD......Page 200 CREATE A SHARED VARIABLE......Page 202 USING DELEGATE AND ADDRESSOF......Page 204 USING NAMESPACES......Page 206 CREATE A NAMESPACE......Page 208 INHERIT A FORM......Page 210 CREATE A THREAD......Page 212 WRITE THREAD-SAFE CODE......Page 214 MODIFY THREAD EXECUTION......Page 216 AN INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES......Page 218 AN INTRODUCTION TO ADO.NET......Page 220 CREATE A DATABASE CONNECTION......Page 222 ADD A CONNECTION TO A FORM......Page 224 WORK WITH DATA TABLES......Page 226 WORK WITH DATA COLUMNS......Page 228 WORK WITH DATA ROWS......Page 230 ADD A DATAVIEW COMPONENT......Page 232 BIND A CONTROL ON A FORM......Page 234 MOVE THROUGH A DATASET......Page 236 EDIT DATA USING BOUND CONTROLS......Page 238 VALIDATE DATA......Page 240 CREATE A DATA RELATIONSHIP......Page 242 ADD A DATA GRID CONTROL......Page 244 AN INTRODUCTION TO WEB FORMS......Page 246 CREATE A WEB APPLICATION......Page 248 USING A WEB FORM......Page 250 ADD A LABEL CONTROL......Page 252 ADD A HYPERLINK CONTROL......Page 253 ADD A BUTTON CONTROL......Page 254 ADD OPTION CONTROLS......Page 256 WORK WITH OPTION LIST CONTROLS......Page 258 USING VALIDATION CONTROLS......Page 260 WORK WITH REGULAR EXPRESSION VALIDATION......Page 262 PROVIDE A VALIDATION SUMMARY......Page 264 ADD AN ADDITIONAL WEB FORM......Page 266 BIND A FIELD TO A LIST CONTROL......Page 268 ADD A DATAGRID CONTROL......Page 270 CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF A DATAGRID......Page 272 EDIT DATA IN A DATAGRID......Page 274 CREATE A WINDOWS SERVICE......Page 276 USING THE EVENT LOG......Page 278 INSTALL A WINDOWS SERVICE......Page 280 MONITORING A WINDOWS SERVICE......Page 282 CREATE A WEB SERVICE......Page 284 ADD A WEB SERVICE METHOD......Page 286 USING THE SERVICE HELP INTERFACE......Page 288 USING WEB SERVICES......Page 290 AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPONENT CREATION......Page 292 CREATE A COMPONENT......Page 294 CREATE A WINDOWS FORMS CONTROL......Page 296 HANDLE DEFAULT PROPERTIES......Page 298 ADD A MEMBER......Page 300 ADD AN EVENT......Page 302 USING STANDARD CONTROLS......Page 304 CREATE A CONTROL FROM SCRATCH......Page 306 REFERENCE A LIBRARY......Page 308 CREATE A WEB USER CONTROL......Page 310 ADD A WEB CONTROL TO A PAGE......Page 312 USING WEB CONTROL LIBRARIES......Page 314 DEBUG AN APPLICATION......Page 316 MONITOR PROGRAM EXECUTION......Page 318 RECOVER FROM AN ERROR......Page 320 USING THE REGISTRY......Page 322 PROVIDE ACCESS TO DISABLED USERS......Page 324 CREATE A WINDOWS INSTALLER......Page 326 CUSTOMIZE YOUR INSTALLATION......Page 328 WHAT’S ON THE CD-ROM......Page 330 USING THE E-VERSION OF THIS BOOK......Page 332 End-User License Agreement......Page 334 Index......Page 336 Other Books in the Visual Series......Page 352 Order Form......Page 354 The Windows 2000 directory service, Active Directory, is integrated with all other components of Windows 2000, making a firm command of Active Directory a necessity. This text presents a step-by-step, task- and solution-oriented guide to beginning and advanced features of Active Directory.