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Buttons

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  • One of the most common types of controls found on a Windows Application Form program
  • Possible to change the button's height and width by manipulating it's properties of the same names


Prefix
btn

Common Properties
.Text --> set what text will appear on the button
.Enabled...
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Group Boxes

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  • A visual element on a form and rarely referred to in code
  • The text property is displayed in the top left corner of the group box control
  • Used to 'group' collections of radio buttons on one form, so that more than one radio button can then be selected (i.e. different radio buttons for different topics etc)


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grp or ...
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Check Boxes

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  • A small square with a text caption to the right-hand side
  • More than one check box can be selected at any one time
  • A tick in the box means that this check box option is selected


Prefix
chk

Common Properties
.Checked --> indicates whether or not the check box has been selected ('False' is the default, meaning no...
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Radio Buttons

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  • Used to allow the user to only select one option (vs. check boxes)
  • Radio buttons consist of a small circle with a text caption to the right-hand side of this circle
  • Commonly placed within a group box
  • Often use an If...Then selection structure to determine code to run based on which radio button was clicked by the user


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Text Boxes

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Text boxes are designed for user entry although they be set to read-only as well (i.e. alternative to a label for displaying text that can't be changed).

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txt

Common Properties
.Text...
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First post

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OK, so thought I'd use this blog to post ideas about VB .NET - sort of like a cookbook. The first few posts will concentrate on different types of controls. It'll start at a beginner's level, but as my skills improve I'll also use this blog to document some of the projects I'll be working on. It's purely as a means to...

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