Microsoft® Visual Basic® 2008 Step by Step

Chapter 11. Using Arrays to Manage Numeric and String Data

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

• Organize information in fixed-size and dynamic arrays.

• Preserve array data when you redimension arrays.

• Use arrays in your code to manage large amounts of data.

• Use the Sort and Reverse methods in the Array class to reorder arrays.

• Use the ProgressBar control in your programs to show how long a task is taking.

Managing information in a Microsoft Visual Basic application is an important task, and as your programs become more substantial, you'll need additional tools to store and process data. A classic approach to data management in programs is to store and retrieve information in auxiliary text files, as you'll see in Chapter 13, Chapter 13 ...