Only in 24 sessions an hour or less, you'll be up and running with Visual Basic 2008. Q & A section, quizzes, and exercises help you build and test your knowledge. By the Way notes present interesting pieces of information. warn advise you about potential problems and help you avoid disaster. Learn how? Use the powerful design environment of Visual Studio 2008 Design feature-rich interface using components such as tree views and tabs Create robust applications using modern error-handling Draw fast graphics using GDI + Build a database application using ADO.NET Distribute Visual Basic 2008 Application Manipulate the Windows Registry Create, read, and write text files Use event-driven techniques to build responsive applications DVD Includes: Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition On the Web: Register your book at informit.com/title/9780672329845 for access to the code writers, examples of updates and corrections as they become available.