Error Reports Starting Out with Visual Basic 2005
3rd Edition, Addison-Wesley Publishing
Tony Gaddis
Kip Irvine

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Current list of errors
PageDescriptionDate Posted
76 First sentence after The AutoSize Property heading: change "False by default" to "True by default". 1/24/2007
93 Problem#2 part (b) Second sentence should read: "Its text should read Exit:"(Exit in italics) 7/24/2006
253 Last paragraph of Step 4, second sentence: Change "Exit Sub" to "Return". 9/19/2006
267 4.5 Software Sales test data, under Amount of Order: "Package C: $17,940.00". The Grand Total should be "$28,083.00". 9/26/2006
298 In the Warning box's sample code, change Print "Hello" to MessageBox.Show("Hello") 3/30/2007
323 PPmt function, item #2: Change "interest payment" to "payment". In the second line of the following paragraph (starting with "In this statement"), change "interest payment" to "payment". 11/29/2006
324 First sentence: change the interest rates to 5% and 6%, respectively. 10/16/2007
325 In the table, the radNew RadioButton should have its Checked propery set to True. 10/16/2007
334 In Tutorial 5-14 Step 7, insert the following statements at the beginning of the method: txtCost.CausesValidation=False
txtDownPayment.CausesValidation=False
txtMonths.CausesValidation=False
9/6/2007
335 Line 5 from the top should read: lblAnnInt.Text = FormatPercent(dblUSED_RATE) 11/29/2006
454 Text property for the btnCalculate control: add "Charges" after "Calcula&te" 12/1/2006
523 Step 8, last word of first line: change "seconds" to "intSeconds". 12/3/2006
548 Algorithm workbench #3: change "question 3" to "question 2". 4/2/2007
605 Near the middle of the page, change "revenue" to "decRevenue" in 3 places. 12/4/2006
605 Line 9: change {0,27} to {0,-27} 12/4/2006
606 Line 12: change "inputFile.ReadLine" to "CInt(inputFile.ReadLine)" 12/4/2006
622 Table 10-3 second entry: first column should be "Currency" and the second column should be "Decimal". 11/14/2006
623 Table 10-3 at the top of the page. In the second row, change "Currency" to "Integer". Change "Decimal" to "Short". 2/12/2007
626 Second bullet: A binding source connects databound controls to a Dataset. Also, see the replacement for Figure 10-2. 10/17/2006
664 Tutorial has new Step 7. See the attached page. 10/10/2006
666 In Step 10, change "FindMemberDataSet" to "dsFindMemberName". 7/21/2007
725 In Checkpoints 11.29 and 11.30, change "DataView" to "DetailsView". 8/8/2006
738 End of second paragraph, last sentence: change "strLname" to "strLastName", and change "strFname" to "strFirstName". 3/1/2007
746 In "Returning an Object from a Function", the line begining with s.TestAverage should be: s.TestAverage = CSng(InputBox("Enter the student's test average.")) 9/6/2007
782 CompSciHours property: after the statement sngCompSciHours = value, call the UpdateHours method. 10/24/2006
807 Answer 1.12: change "Text1" to "TextBox1". 9/27/2006
817 Answer to 8.1.d: change "11" to "12". 2/12/2007
818 Answer to question 8.9. Change points to intPoints 12/2/2006
820 Answer 9.11: add |(*.*) to the end of the second line. 12/4/2006