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

Upgrade for Visual Basic 6.0 Users (How Do I in Visual Basic Express)

Upgrade a Visual Basic 6.0 Application … Learn the .NET Framework … more

Learn the Visual Basic Language (How Do I in Visual Basic Express)

Object-oriented Programming … Manage Control Flow … Work with Variables … Handle Errors and Exceptions … more

Windows-Based Applications (How Do I in Visual Basic Express)

Forms and Controls … Data … Printing … more

LINQ (How Do I in Visual Basic Express)

Language-Integrated Query ... LINQ to Objects ... LINQ to SQL ... LINQ to XML ... LINQ to DataSet ... more

Data Access (How Do I in Visual Basic Express)

Getting Started … Load Data … Validate Data … more

Deployment (How Do I in Visual Basic Express)

Deploy with ClickOnce … Create a CD for My Program … Send a Program through E-mail … more

Security (How Do I in Visual Basic Express)

Web Applications … Windows-based Applications …Components … more

Debug and Test (How Do I in Visual Basic Express)

Debug Applications … Monitor Applications … more