What book? Need info on ... Binary files, vb Structures, Threading etc...

[darth vador]

I've bought three books on VB.net.

None of them mention threading, (at this point, I don't even know what that is!) binary files (creating, searching, etc...) dynamic arrays with the size determined, and changed, at run time, (in c++ we would use pointers) structures (which I'm guessing I could use to write to binary files?) etc... I'd like to know about collections (which are, as far as I can tell, sort of like arrays). But none of the books I've bought, or can find, really discuss these topics.

Maybe I'm looking for a college textbook? I don't know. But I don't need a book about how to use the controls, create a form etc... I need a good book or two that discusses some more complex stuff so I can write some real programs.

Also, something discussing classes and VB.net would be good. Not on HOW to create a class, declare an object etc... But rather the theory of how to use classes with VB.net. I'm struggeling with this. (But I confess I always stuggle with classes in any language.)

For instance, in this thread here: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ighlight=array

There is this code:

Public Structure index
        <VBFixedString(15)> Dim myid As String
        <VBFixedString(30)> Dim myname As String
        <VBFixedString(30)> Dim myaddress As String
      End Structure

They're writing to binary file? using structures?

Well. Where do you find this info (other than the msdn which seems disorganized to me and all but useless)