How Do I in Visual Basic

How Do I is your gateway to key task-based topics about Visual Basic programming and application development. The essential categories of what you can do with Visual Basic are listed in this topic. The links provide pointers to important procedure-based Help pages.

• Learn the Visual Basic Language (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Object-oriented Programming … Manage Control Flow … Work with Variables … Handle Errors and Exceptions … more

• Upgrade For Visual Basic 6 Users (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Upgrade a Visual Basic 6 Application … Learn the .NET Framework … more

• LINQ (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Language-Integrated Query ... LINQ to Objects ... LINQ to SQL ... LINQ to XML ... LINQ to DataSet ... more

• Data Access (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Getting Started … Load Data … Validate Data … more

• Deployment (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Deploy with ClickOnce … Use Setup Projects … Use other Deployment Projects … more

• Windows Applications (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Forms and Controls … Data … Printing … more

• Web Applications (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Develop a Web Site … User Web Forms and Controls … Deploy a Web Site … more

• Web Services (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Create a Web Service … Call a Web Service … Debug a Web Service ... more

• Office Programming (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Excel Applications … Word Applications … more

• Smart Device Applications (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Work with Data … Work with Controls … Deploy Smart Device Applications … more

• Security (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Web Applications … Windows Applications …Components … more

• Debug and Test (How Do I in Visual Basic)
  Debug Applications … Monitor Applications … more