This textbook is intended for use in an advanced programming course, which assumes completion of an introductory course. Emphasis is on advanced programming skills using the most up-to-date features of Visual Basic, including updating databases using an ADO data control, the Data Environment, and the ADO object model in code. Students learn to develop multi-tier client/server applications, create Active X DLL and EXE code components, author ActiveX controls, develop Web-based database applications, create DHTML and IIS Internet applications, build HTML Help files, call Windows API methods, and package applications for distribution. The text is designed to prepare students for the Microsoft Certified Systems Developer Desktop Application exam (Exam 70-176).

Advanced Programming Using Visual Basic .NET, by best-selling authors Bradley and Millspaugh, maintains the strong pedagogy that has helped thousands of students learn to program in Visual Basic. Because it teaches Visual Basic while incorporating basic concepts of programming, problem solving, and programming logic, the book has become a favorite of students and instructors alike. Advanced Programming in Visual Basic .NET follows the conventions, standards, and logic introduced in the authors' beginning Visual Basic text. The third edition incorporates new features in the language such as generics and Web master pages, while two new icons in the margins indicate security issues and major language changes.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains extensive source code samples to enable all techniques without external DLLs. It also provides integrated type library add-ins for creating and editing referenced libraries, modifying binary compatibility files, and customizing the type libraries that VB generated for ActiveX components.

Now programmers can learn how to take full advantage of Visual Basic. This book covers the latest version of Visual Basic, and includes techniques for using Visual Basic and its tools, applications design, and advanced techniques. The accompanying disk includes programs that illustrate how to develop applications using both Visual Basic and Windows.