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Learn how to create check boxes, option buttons, move controls, set properties, and design applications for user convenience using Visual Basic controls. Understand control functionalities, manage form layouts, set default properties, and enhance user experience with keyboard access keys and Tool Tips.
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Chapter 2 - More Controls • More controls • Text boxes - used for user input • Frames - containers to group items • check boxes - user select an option - any number selected • option buttons - user make choices - only one selected • create check boxes and option buttons in a frame not on the form
Images - graphic-type file - picture property • border and style • shape and line • Multiple controls • select as a group • moving, setting properties • horizontal and vertical spacing • Designing applications for user convenience • clear and consistent - Windows standards • understandable and comfortable • keyboard access keys
Default and cancel properties • Tab order for controls - focus - TabIndex • Tabstop and Tabindex • Form location on screen - form layout window • Tool Tips • Coding for controls - change in properties • clear text boxes and labels • resetting the focus • Value property of option buttons and check boxes • changing font properties • changing color of text
Changing multiple properties of a control • concatenating text - joining two strings - & • continuing long lines • default property of a control
Assignment #2 • programming exercise #1.2 - hand in design, print form and code
Assignment #3 • review questions 1-17, pg. 81 programming exercise 2.2 – hand in design, print form