This guide provides expert, behind-the-code commentary on 101 fully executable code samples, distilling more than 700 hours of programming time into best practices for Microsoft Windows Forms development. Each code sample demonstrates core features and functions of Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Framework, explains the underlying programming concepts, and provides a complete code walkthrough....

Microsoft Access 2000 Step by Step is the easiest and fastest way to teach yourself to use the latest version of Microsoft's powerful relational database program. Work through every lesson to complete the full course, or do individual lessons to learn just the skills you need. Either way, you learn at your optimum pace from the teacher who knows you best you....

Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects .NET (ADO.NET) is a set of libraries included with the Microsoft .NET Framework that helps you communicate with data from .NET-based applications including XML data. Discover how to access, sort and manipulate data in Web-enabled enterprise applications with this book....

The Microsoft .NET Framework allows developers to quickly build robust, secure ASP.NET Web Forms and XML Web service applications, Windows Forms applications, tools and types. Find out all about its common language runtime and learn how to leverage its power to build, package, and deploy any kind of application or component....

Whether you're a new or experienced developer, get the focused information you need to streamline application development using Windows Forms and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. Award-winning author Charles Petzold illuminates the essential concepts and techniques for exploiting Windows Forms capabilities offering concise, eloquent instruction as always, along with ample code examples in C#....

Extend your programming expertise across the widest range of mobile devices with this incisive guide to Microsoft ASP.NET mobile controls. Now integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, ASP.NET mobile controls enable you to build applications that render intelligently on different devices, regardless of markup language, browser, or form factor....

This award-winning, supremely organized reference packs hundreds of time saving solutions, troubleshooting tips and handy work around in concise, fast-answer format. Discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks, and challenge yourself to new levels of Access mastery. You know your way around Access, so now dig into Version 2002 and really put your databases to work....

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This powerhouse guide is the all-in-one reference that computer-support professionals and administrators rely on to install, customize and support Windows XP Professional and Windows XP 64-Bit Edition. It includes hundreds of pages of technical details and useful tips, all designed to help you save time, reduce support costs and lower your total cost of ownership....

In this book readers will get the fast facts that make learning Excel 2002 plain and simple. Find the simplest ways to get stuff done in Microsoft Excel. Learn how to customize your spreadsheet format, formulas and functions. Add charts, graphics and PivotTables to bring data alive, embed a spreadsheet into a Web page and use Excel with other Microsoft Office programs....

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Master the inner workings of today's premier relational database management system with this official guide to the SQL Server 2000 engine. Written by a renowned columnist in partnership with the product development team, this is the must-read book for anyone who needs to understand how SQL Server internal structures affect application development and functionality....

Whether you are new to databases or familiar with Microsoft Access, Oracle, and other relational databases, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Programming Step by Step is the ideal way to learn how SQL Server can work for you. Written by an experienced database developer and author and replete with examples and exercises, this book will help you quickly get up to speed with creating and maintaining databases using the interactive tools provided by SQL Server 2000 Personal, Standard, and Enterprise Editions....

Experience learning made easy and quickly teach yourself how to use the complete suite of Microsoft Office XP applications. With Step by Step, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them....

This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of time saving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds in concise, fast-answer format, it's all muscle and no fluff. Discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks, and challenge yourself to new levels of Outlook mastery....

In this book you will get the fast facts that make learning Outlook 2002 plain and simple. You will learn to find the simplest ways to manage your day using Microsoft Outlook. Learn how to set up, personalize and protect your e-mail, manage your calendar and book meetings, organize contacts, mail folders and archive files and use task lists and reminders to work smarter....

In this book you will find the simplest ways to get stuff done in Microsoft Office. Learn to create professional- quality documents and publications, manage your e-mail, address book and calendar. Build spreadsheets and databases that do the math, produce and deliver great presentations. Also learn to build a Web site for you, your company and your team....

Experience learning made easy and quickly teach yourself how to create professional- quality presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint Version 2002. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them....

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Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Resource Kit contains both a comprehensive technical guide and a CD-ROM that contains useful utilities and accessory programs designed to help you take full advantage of the power of Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0. It is the most comprehensive technical information source available, and it contains essential reference information on installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0....

Experience learning made easy and quickly teach yourself how to use the word-processing power in Microsoft Word Version 2002. With Step by Step, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them....

In this book readers will get the fast facts that make learning Windows XP plain and simple. Find the simplest ways to get stuff done in Microsoft Windows. Play DVDs, download music, burn CDs all in one spot. Discover how to send e-mail, browse the Web, make phone calls with your PC. Learn to organize your digital photos even make a movie, run programs and play games and perform easy tune-ups and fix problems fast....

Widely considered one of the best practical guides to programming, Steve McConnell's original CODE COMPLETE has been helping developers write better software for more than a decade. Now this classic book has been fully updated and revised with leading-edge practices and hundreds of new code samples illustrating the art and science of software construction....

Thank your lucky stars that Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater: Inside Moves is on your side. This essential flight-survival guide gives you the advanced tips, tactics, strategies, and advice you need to survive this furiously realistic simulation. You get memoir-style sidebars about the deadly air war in the Pacific, plus vital details about its environment and terrain, aircraft, airfields, and carriers....