Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2015

Thank you for installing the project files for Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2015. The installation directory includes source code for each chapter of the book, plus related documents and code samples.

Installing the Project Templates

The book's installation folder includes a directory called Templates, containing the chapter-specific templates that integrate directly with Visual Studio. To use these templates, you must first copy the template files into Visual Studio's project template directory within your user account. To locate this directory, click the Windows Start button, then type the following.

%USERPROFILE%

This will open your user directory, typically located at C:\Users\YourName on Windows 10 systems. Within this directory, browse to the following subdirectory.

Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Basic

In this location, add a new subdirectory with the following name.

Start-to-Finish VB2015

Copy all files from the book’s Templates directory into this newly created directory. The next time you start Visual Studio and use the File→New Project menu command, the template files will be installed.

Installing the Code Snippets

Code snippets are installed from within the Visual Studio application. Start Visual Studio, and run the Tools→Code Snippets Manager menu command. The Code Snippets Manager window appears. Click the Add button and browse to the directory where you extracted this book’s downloaded content. Browse within the Code Snippets directory, select the Start-to-Finish VB2015 subdirectory, and click the Open button. When control returns to the Code Snippets Manager form, click the OK button to complete the installation.

License Agreement

When you download and install the software provided with this book, you agree to the terms of the software license agreement.

The source code and software components provided with Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2015 (collectively known as the "software") are designed for use with that book, and are available only to those who obtain and use the book. As such, the software is covered by the copyright and licensing of the book itself. However, there are a few additional terms and conditions that should make the software even more useful to your development and learning activities.

• Using the software with the book. You may install and use the software in conjunction with your reading of the text. If you use multiple workstations in your tutorial endeavors, feel free to install the software on each of those systems.
• Distributing the supplied software. You may not package, distribute, sell, or otherwise make available to others the partial or complete applications provided with the book. Claiming that this work is your own, and attempting to distribute or sell it as such, is wrong and an all-around bad idea.
• Using portions of the software in your projects. You may use portions of this software in your own applications and development projects. If you include significant portions of the software in your derived work, please give credit where credit is due, and make it known that your application employs the useful content provided with Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2015.
• Acknowledgments. The software was developed by Tim Patrick, author of Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2015. Tim Patrick and Owani Press gladly make this software available to you for your education and enjoyment.
• Warranty. No warranty is provided with the software. Although every attempt has been made to keep the software safe and benign when installed on any target system, such safety is not guaranteed. Tim Patrick and Owani Press shall not be liable for any harm or damage that comes to your system or to any data stored on your system as a result of installing this software.
• Other terms and conditions. There may be additional terms and conditions instituted on the download web site where you obtained this software. Please read those carefully as they contain important information concerning downloads accessed from the web site.
• Enjoy. I hope that these terms and conditions didn’t scare you off. The software exists to help you learn and to advance in your understanding of Visual Basic software development concepts. I think you’ll find the software to be quite useful in your training, so download and enjoy.