Author: Matthew MacDonald
Publisher: Apress
Keywords: custom, controls, forms, windows, net, pro
Number of Pages: 1080
Published: 2006-08-21
List price: $49.99
ISBN-10: 1590596943
ISBN-13: 9781590596944

Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in VB 2005 is the VB 2005 version of the authors best-selling and highly-reviewed Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in C#. Renowned author Matthew MacDonald shows you VB 2005 programmers how to design flexible, user-friendly Windows interfaces. And youll learn the best practices and design tips for coding these user interfaces. Although this book is not a reference manual, it contains detailed discussions about user interface elements that you will use on a regular basis. You will learn to use .NET controls as well as to extend tho

Author: Matthew MacDonald
Publisher: Pogue Press
Keywords: manual, missing, access
Number of Pages: 751
Published: 2006-12-29
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 0596527608
ISBN-13: 9780596527600

Compared to industrial-strength database products such as Microsoft’s SQL Server, Access is a breeze to use. It runs on PCs rather than servers and is ideal for small- to mid-sized businesses and households. But Access is still intimidating to learn. It doesn’t help that each new version crammed in yet another set of features; so many, in fact, that even the pros don’t know where to find them all. Access 2007 breaks this pattern with some of the most dramatic changes users have seen since Office 95. Most obvious is the thoroughly redesigned user interface, with its tabbed too

Author: Matthew MacDonald
Publisher: Pogue Press
Keywords: manual, missing, excel
Number of Pages: 856
Published: 2006-12-27
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0596527594
ISBN-13: 9780596527594

Microsoft Excel continues to grow in power, sophistication, and capability, but one thing that has changed very little since the early ’90s is its user interface. The once-simple toolbar has been packed with so many features over the years that few users know where to find them all. Microsoft has addressed this problem in Excel 2007 by radically redesigning the user interface with a tabbed toolbar that makes every feature easy to locate and use. Unfortunately, Microsoft’s documentation is as scant as ever, so even if users can find advanced features, they probably won’t know

Author: Matthew MacDonald
Publisher: Microsoft Pre
Keywords: net, services, remoting, developer, web, pro, xml, distributed, applications, integrating, microsoft
Number of Pages: 752
Published: 2003-02-12
List price: $59.99
ISBN-10: 0735619336
ISBN-13: 9780735619333

Make the jump to distributed application programming using the .NET Framework?and introduce a new level of performance, scalability, and security to your network and enterprise applications. Expert .NET developer Matthew MacDonald shares proven techniques for fully exploiting .NET Remoting, XML Web services, and other .NET technologies and integrating them into your real-world solutions. MacDonald digs into key .NET building blocks and architectural issues, explaining which features and designs will best serve your customized distributed application projects?and when to use them. Case studies

Authors:Matthew MacDonald, MacDonald Matthew,
Publisher: Pogue Pre
Keywords: manual, missing, brain
Number of Pages: 274
Published: 2008-05-28
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0596517785
ISBN-13: 9780596517786

This is a book about that wet mass of cell tissue called the brain, and why it’s responsible for everything from true love to getting you out of bed in the morning. One part science guide, one part self-help concierge, it’s grounded in the latest neuroscience, psychology, and nutritional wisdom. The result? An essential guide for the modern brain owner, filled with ready-to-follow advice on everything from eating right to improving your memory. 10 Easy Brain-Enhancing Questions Q: Turkey is one of the best things to eat if you want to promote sleepiness. A: False: Turkey may be lo

Author: Matthew MacDonald
Publisher: Apre
Keywords: beginning, professional, novice, net, asp
Number of Pages: 1100
Published: 2006-04-24
List price: $49.99
ISBN-10: 1590596218
ISBN-13: 9781590596210

The most up-to-date and comprehensive introductory ASP.NET book you’ll find on any shelf, Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in VB 2005 guides you through Microsoft’s latest technology for building dynamic websites. You’ll learn to build dynamic web pages quickly, with only basic prior knowledge of Visual Basic. Included is thorough coverage of ASP.NET, to guide you from your first steps to advanced techniques like querying databases from within a web page and performance-tuning your site. This book includes "best practices" and comprehensive discussions about key database and XML princip

Author: Matthew MacDonald
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: manual, missing, starters, excel
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 2007-01-23
List price: $19.98
ISBN-10: 0596528329
ISBN-13: 9780596528324

Fast-paced and easy to use, this new book teaches you the basics of Excel 2007 so you can start using the program right away. This concise guide shows readers how to work with Excel’s most useful features and its completely redesigned interface. With clear explanations, step-by-step instructions, lots of illustrations, and plenty of timesaving advice, "Excel 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual" will quickly teach you to: Build spreadsheets Add and format information Print reports Create charts and graphics Use basic formulas and functions and more The new Excel is radically different f