Visual Basic: Beginning VB.NET, 2nd Edition - Book Information and Code Download

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Chapter	Page	Details	Date	Print Run
17		Missing Chapter 17 Code You can find the code for DataGrid Sorting in the code download section of the 3rd edition, ISBN 0764556584.	7/7/05
	2	IIS 5 and ASP.NET On page 2 it states that chapters 17 and 19 rely on asp.net technology so you will need IIS 5.0. As mentioned in the book itself, IIS 5.0 and above is required to deploy the ASP.NET based solutions. The default configuration of IIS 5.0 only supports ASP 3.0, but when you install Visual Studio.NET on your machine, the .NET framework updates the IIS 5.0 so that it can be used to deploy ASP.NET based solutions. You can easily go ahead with IIS 5.0 for your ASP.NET based solution; the only thing you need to install on your web server is the latest version of Microsoft .NET Framework.	08/1/03
	34	Error in code The code as written gives a swigley blue line error under the last underscore and "HelloUser Message". To correct this, omit the last underscore and the "HelloUser Message". It should look like the diagram on page 36.	1/25/05
	78	2 Byte Strings Where we define each character in a string as being a byte (8 bits) long, it should be 2 bytes (16 bits long).	18-Sep-02	1
	80	"27" as a String Assigning "27" to a string takes up 4 bytes of memory because in .NET each character is 2 bytes long.	18-Sep-02	1
	155	Storing State Under the Storing State section, in the second paragraph, last sentence, swap "to" and "do" around so the text says "We'll see how to do this in a moment."	04-Nov-02	2
	303	Possible Bug with AcceptButton Property According to the Microsoft documentation, "On any Windows Form you can designate a Button control to be the accept button, also known as the default button. Whenever the user presses the ENTER key, the default button is clicked regardless of which other control on the form has the focus. (The exceptions to this are when the control with focus is another button ??? in that case, the button with the focus will be clicked ??? or a multiline text box, or a custom control that traps the ENTER key.)" However, this does not appear to be the case. Setting the AcceptButton property in step 7 of the Try It Out does not seem to override the focus as it should. If the tab order is set such that the LinkLabel control has the focus when the About form is loaded, pressing ENTER opens the link rather than mimicking a click on the OK button.	20-Sep-02	1
	454	fileName Replace "strFile" with "fileName" in the ProcessFile procedure: `myReader = File.OpenText(fileName)`	18-Sep-02	1
	474	Code Inconsistent How It Works code is inconsistent with the Try It Out, so replace: strLine with currentLine objReader.ReadLine with myReader.ReadLine intLineCount with lineCounter strData with currentData	27-Sep-02	1
	481	Whitespace In the foreground box, the text should read "whitespace" instead of "writespace".	18-Sep-02	1
	500	Answers to Questions The answers to the chapter 12 questions on page 500 appear under the Chapter 13 heading on page 833.	18-Sep-02	1
	508	MyControl.vb Step 1, UserControl1.vb should read MyControl.vb	27-Sep-02	1
	509	MyControl Step 5, My First Control should read MyControl	27-Sep-02	1
	510	MyControl.vb Try It Out heading and step 1, UserControl1.vb should read MyControl.vb	27-Sep-02	1
	511	MyControl Step 4, MyControl1 should read MyControl	27-Sep-02	1
	512	MyControl Raising Events step 1, UserControl1.vb should read MyControl.vb Consuming Events step 1, Control Test should read MyControl	27-Sep-02	1
	513	MyControl.Reset Step 2, MyControl1.Reset should read MyControl.Reset	27-Sep-02	1
	515	Public Class FileButton Remove <AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.All)> from the first line of code in bullet 1 of the Try It Out so it becomes: `Public Class FileButton`	04-Nov-02	2
	516	Change in text Ignore the first paragraph of the How It Works ??? this explanation refers to code that is no longer shown. Remove the first line of the second paragraph, and start the paragraph: "Our original control was derived from???"	04-Nov-02	2
	534	Answers to Questions The answers to the chapter 13 questions on page 534 appear under the Chapter 14 heading on page 834.	18-Sep-02	1
	586	Checking Image Height The second IF statement replaces an ELSE. With the IF instead of the ELSE, the height will now be checked, even if the image width is greater than the available space and has to be resized. `If imageWidth > clientRectangle.Width Then imageWidth = clientRectangle.Width imageHeight = CType(CType(imageWidth, Double) * ratio, Integer) End If If imageHeight > clientRectangle.Height Then imageHeight = clientRectangle.Height imageWidth = CType(CType(imageHeight, Double) / ratio, Integer) End If`	18-Sep-02	1
	589	Answers to the Questions The answers to the chapter 14 questions on page 589 appear under the Chapter 12 heading on page 832.	18-Sep-02	1
	672	objCommand.Parameters.Add("@price", txtPrice.Text) In part 1 of the Try It Out, change the line of code shown above so that it reads: `objCommand.Parameters.Add("@price", txtPrice.Text).DbType = DbType.Currency`	21-Nov-02	3
17	681	Bug Affecting ASP.NET Code Some readers may find that having Simple File Sharing enabled when running on Windows XP Professional can cause security problems that affect how ASP.NET code operates (in particular, issues with IIS and server controls). Such readers should ensure that they have installed the latest service packs and that Simple File Sharing is disabled. See MSDN Knowledge Base Article Q315158, "BUG: ASP.NET Does Not Work with the Default ASPNET Account on a Domain Controller", for more details.	06-Dec-02	1
	823	Exit Do Under the answer for chapter 3, question 4, to exit a Do???Loop we use the command Exit Do and not Exit Loop.	11-Nov-02	1

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