This book will teach you with step-by-step approach to develop from scratch a MySQL-driven desktop application that readers can develop for their own purposes to implement school database project using Visual Basic .NET.In Tutorial 1, you will perform the steps necessary to add 8 tables using phpMyAdmin into School database that you will create. You will build each table and add the associated fields as needed. In this tutorial, you will also build login form and main form.In Tutorial 2, you will build such a form for Parent table. This table has thirteen fields: ParentID, FirstName, LastName, BirthDate, Status, Ethnicity, Nationality, Mobile, Phone, Religion, Gender, PhotoFile, and FingerFile). You need fourteen label controls, two picture boxes, six text boxes, four comboxes, one check box, one date time picker, one openfiledialog, and one printpreviewdialog. You also need four buttons for navigation, six buttons for other utilities, one button for searching member's name, one button to upload parent's photo, and button to upload parent's finger. Place these controls on the form.In Tutorial 3, you will build such a form for Student table. This table has fifteen fields: StudentID, ParentID, FirstName, LastName, BirthDate, YearEntry, Status, Ethnicity, Nationality, Mobile, Phone, Religion, Gender, PhotoFile, and FingerFile). You need sixteen label controls, two picture boxes, six text boxes, five comboxes, one check box, two date time pickers, one openfiledialog, and one printpreviewdialog. You also need four buttons for navigation, seven buttons for controlling editing features, one button for searching parent's name, one button to open parent form, one button to upload student's photo, and one button to upload student's finger.In Tutorial 4, you will build a form for Teacher table. This table has fifteen fields: TeacherID, RegNumber, FirstName, LastName, BirthDate, Rank, Status, Ethnicity, Nationality, Mobile, Phone, Religion, Gender, PhotoFile, and FingerFile). You need an input form so that user can edit existing records, delete records, or add new records. The form will also have the capability of navigating from one record to another. You need sixteen label controls, one picture box, seven text boxes, five comboxes, one check box, one date time picker, one openfiledialog, and one printpreviewdialog. You also need four buttons for navigation, six buttons for controlling editing features, one button for searching teacher's name, and one button to upload teacher's photo.In Tutorial 5, you will build a form for Subject table. This table has only three fields: SubjectID, Name, and Description. You need four label controls, four text boxes, one openfiledialog, and one printpreviewdialog. You also need four buttons for navigation, secen buttons for utilities, and one button for searching subject name. Place these controls on the form. You will also build a form for Grade table. This table has seven fields: GradeID, Name, SubjectID, TeacherID, SchoolYear, TimaStart, and TimeFinish. You need to add seven label controls, one text box, four comboxes, and two date time pickers. You also need four buttons for navigation, seven buttons for controlling editing features, one button to open subject form, and one button to open teacher form.In Tutorial 6, you will build a form for Grade_Student table. This table has only three fields: Grade_StudentID, GradeID, and StudentID. You need an input form so that user can edit existing records, delete records, or add new records. The form will also have the capability of navigating from one record to another. You need two label controls and two comboxes. You also need four buttons for navigation, seven buttons for controlling editing features, one button to open grade form, and one button to open student form.