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Visual Basic .NET 2003 |
| Visual Basic.NET 2003 provides the easiest, most productive
language and tool for rapidly building applications for Microsoft Windows® and
the Web. Ideal for existing Visual Basic developers as well as new
developers in the Microsoft .NET development environment, Visual Basic
.NET 2003 delivers enhanced visual designers, increased application
performance, and a powerful integrated development environment (IDE)
to get you on the fast track to application development. |
- Processor - 600-MHz Pentium III-class processor recommended
- Microsoft Windows® Server 2003, XP, 2000
- Memory 160 megabytes (MB) of RAM
- Hard Disk 3.3 gigabytes (GB)
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
- Display Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher-resolution display with
256 colours
- Mouse Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
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Product Code - 046-00856
£85.00 |
Key Features
Build Robust Windows-based Applications
With new Windows Forms, developers using Visual Basic .NET 2003 can
build Windows-based applications that make use of the rich user interface
features available in the Windows operating system. Many of the rapid
application development (RAD) tools that developers have come to expect
are found in Visual Basic .NET 2003, including drag-and-drop form design
and the popular "code behind" forms model. In addition, features
such as automatic control anchoring and docking eliminate the need
for complex form-resize code. Controls such as the in-place menu editor
deliver visual authoring of menus directly within the Windows Forms
Designer.
Combined with greater application responsiveness, as well as simplified
localization and accessibility, these features in Windows Forms make
Visual Basic .NET 2003 the choice for today's Visual Basic developers.
Resolve Deployment and Versioning Issues
Visual Basic .NET 2003 delivers the answer to many of your application
setup and maintenance problems. If you ever installed a Visual Basic
application that somehow broke an existing application—a problem
that has come to be known as "DLL Hell"—you will
welcome the capabilities of Visual Basic .NET 2003 and the Microsoft
.NET Framework.
With Visual Basic .NET 2003, issues with Component Object Model (COM)
registration and DLL overwrites are eliminated. Side-by-side versioning
enables multiple versions of the same components to exist on the same
machine, allowing applications to use the specific version of a component
with which they were tested. XCOPY-deployment enables Windows-based
applications to be deployed to client machines simply by copying files
into the desired application directory. No complicated setup scripts
or interactions with the system registry are required. In addition,
the auto-downloading of applications for Windows makes the deployment
of rich Windows-based applications as easy as deploying a Web page.
Easily Create Web Applications
Using the new Web Forms Designer in Visual Basic .NET 2003, Visual
Basic developers can apply the skills they have today to build true
thin-client Web-based applications. Drag-and-drop Web Form creation
delivers "Visual Basic for the Web" while code behind forms
enables developers to replace limited scripting capabilities of the
past with the full power and speed of the compiled Visual Basic .NET
language. New intelligent rendering capabilities and server-side Web
Form controls provide Web applications that render correctly on any
browser running on any platform. The new HTML designer simplifies Web
page design and delivers IntelliSense® statement and tag completion
for HTML documents. In addition, separation of HTML markup and code
enable more efficient team-based development.
Use Your Visual Basic Skills to Program Smart Devices
The version of Visual Basic .NET 2003 for professional developers,
Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional, simplifies smart device application
development with new integrated support for the .NET Compact Framework.
Visual Basic developers skilled in desktop development will find that
they can easily use the same visual designers, code editor, debugger,
and more importantly, the same programming model to create applications
for the Pocket PC as well as other smart devices powered by the .NET
Compact Framework. A powerful new integrated emulator also enables
developers to build solutions without requiring hardware.
Provides Flexible, Simple Data Access
Visual Basic .NET 2003 lets you tackle any data access scenario easily.
Visual Basic .NET provides support for both the new ADO.NET for flexible,
highly scalable data access and ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO) data
binding for connection-oriented data access. ADO.NET enables XML-based
data binding to any database, as well as classes, collections, and
arrays using disconnected data access and new classes including the
DataSet and DataAdapter. Seamless access to ADO classes enables simple
data access with familiar paradigms for connected data binding scenarios.
Get on the Fast Track to Building Tomorrow's Applications Today
Visual Basic .NET 2003 opens the door for Visual Basic developers and
offers a smooth transition to building next-generation applications
today. Visual Basic .NET 2003:
Supports full object-oriented constructs to enable more componentized,
reusable code. Language features include full implementation inheritance,
encapsulation, and polymorphism.
Empowers Visual Basic developers to consume XML Web services running
on any platform and build Web services as easily as building any class
in Visual Basic 6.0.
Enables developers to tackle projects of any size. With new multithreaded
capabilities, developers can build massively scalable server-side components
and Web applications, as well as more responsive client-side applications
that perform multiple tasks in parallel.
Visual Basic .NET 2003 also infuses your applications with built-in
security, direct access to the .NET Framework, and the capability to
target an extensive array of mobile devices. The rich .NET Framework
security model provides fine-grained control over application security
while secure Windows Forms eliminate the need for ActiveX controls
and ActiveX documents. With complete, direct access to the .NET Framework,
developers can quickly access the event log, performance counters,
the file system, and more.
Upgrade for Success
Visual Basic .NET 2003 enables developers to leverage their existing
skills and code assets when moving to the .NET development environment.
Using the COM interoperability built into the .NET Framework, developers
can continue to use most of the components they have been using for
years. COM interoperability provides bi-directional communication between
applications written in Visual Basic 6.0 and those written in Visual
Basic .NET, without the need to rewrite your code. Visual Basic 6.0
and Visual Basic .NET can reside comfortably on the same machine, smoothing
your transition.
In addition, ActiveX control hosting enables you to reuse your existing
ActiveX controls on new Visual Basic .NET Windows Forms. Full support
for existing ADO code and data binding means that you can preserve
your data access experience in Visual Basic .NET.
To take full advantage of the new features in Visual Basic .NET 2003
and the .NET Framework, developers can upgrade their code using the
Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Wizard, available in all editions of Visual
Basic .NET 2003 and Visual Studio .NET 2003. This wizard upgrades up
to 95 percent of existing Visual Basic 6.0 code and forms to Visual
Basic .NET. By combining COM interoperability with the Upgrade Wizard,
you can implement an incremental migration strategy to gradually upgrade
existing Visual Basic 6.0 components and projects.
When you start developing in Visual Basic .NET, you will have immediate
access to all the resources you need to get up and running quickly—from
the multitude of books already written on Visual Basic .NET, to comprehensive
training, to online samples and help within the product. In addition,
with Visual Basic .NET 2003, you are developing applications using
the most popular, easy-to-write programming language in the world. |
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