Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 Step by Step

Chapter 14. Using arrays, collections, and generics to manage data

After completing this chapter, you will be able to

• Working with arrays of variables

• Declaring an array with set elements

• Use the ProgressBar control in a Windows Forms app to graphically depict how long a task is taking.

• Creating an array to hold temperatures

• Use a For Each…Next loop to cycle through collection members.

• Creating collections and generic lists

Managing information in a Microsoft Visual Basic application is a very important task. As your programs become more substantial and information-rich, you’ll need additional tools to store and process data. The most comprehensive approach to storing and retrieving large amounts of data is using databases and XML files, which you’ll ...