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Teach yourself the fundamentals of working with Visual Basic 2008 one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you re a beginning programmer or new to this specific language, you ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for Visual Basic 2008 and rapidly build robust, elegant applications. Each chapter puts you to work, showing you how, when, and why to use the latest features of Visual Basic guiding you each step of the way as you create actual components and working applications for Windows. You ll also explore data management and Web-based development topics. PLUS get practice files with sample code and data sets on the companion CD.Key Book BenefitsCovers...

Build your own Web browser, desktop weather station, or other cool applicationwithout any programming experience! Featuring learn-by-doing projects and plenty of visual examples, this hands-on book is your quick start to creating applications for Microsoft Windows.Have fun as you discover how to: Design a rich user interface with easy-to-use tools 'Drag and drop text boxes, buttons, and other controls into your application Add database and reporting capabilities Exploit features that reduce the amount of code you write Find and fix any bugs Roll-out and share your application CD Includes: Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition....

Put your organization's data to work with Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010and build valuable business solutions. Led by a team of SharePoint experts, you'll learn how to integrate data from several systemssuch as sales, accounting, and inventoryand then search, display, combine, and modify the information using code and no-code SharePoint solutions. This hands-on guide is ideal for SharePoint project managers, business analysts, architects, and administrators.Create a central hub for your business data with SharePoint 2010Access data from applications and databases using Business Connectivity Services Create external lists in SharePoint to display your business data Build dashboards to present charts and key performance indicators Us...

Get the critical, in-depth information you need to administer SharePoint 2010. Led by SharePoint MVPs and featuring insights from the SharePoint community and members of the SharePoint Team at Microsoft, you'll discover how to plan, design, deploy, and manage strategic solutions using SharePoint 2010, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows PowerShell, and other key technologies. Topics include architecture, deployment scenarios, design considerations, security best practices, high availability, performance, centralized administration, disaster recovery, customization, solution development, and upgrade and migration strategies. Key solutions include building and managing a server farm, automating tasks, FAST search application management, enterprise and web co...

Teach yourself the fundamentals of SQL Server Integration Servicesone step at a time. This practical, learn-by-doing tutorial delivers the guidance you need to transform and consolidate dataand build solutions that support your business intelligence needs.Discover how to: Design and execute packages that transform data between files and relational databases Configure connection managers to access other data sources Create data flows that alter, split, match, and merge data Develop event-handlers and monitor package performance Encrypt sensitive information and control access to packages Customize script code to automate Control Flow and Data Flow tasks Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize packages CD features: All practice exercises Sample databases ...