Basics
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Basic controls with Visual Basic 2008
Windows Forms
On this page I am going to share with you some of the basic controls that we will be using in this tutorial. Even though I call them basic controls it does not mean that they are not valuable. Instead it shows the importance of these controls since the are some of the basic foundations for creating windows forms. The following figure shows what some of these controls look like like and afterwards I will give you a brief description of each control.
Figure 1: Basic Controls
Form1:
If you look at figure1(above) then you will see that all the control
are contained in the form called Form1. The name Form1 is also displayed
on the top of the form border.
If you click once, anywhere on the form the form properties dialog
should display somewhere on the right hand side. It should look
something like the following:
Figure 2: Form Properties Dialog
If you scroll down the list of properties
you will see one that says Text Form1.
You can change the Form1 to anything you want to display on the form
border. I advise you to keep the Form1.text the same as the
Form1.Name. Yes that is right you can also change the actual
referral name to anything suiting your program. Should you scroll up to
the top of the properties control you will find (Name) Form1.
I advice you to always select the correct name every time you create a
new Windows form.
You can also change the form.text in runtime by following this
procedure:
When you Double Click on the form the (View Code) window will open which looks something like this:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub
Form1_Load(ByVal
sender
As
System.Object,
ByVal
e
As
System.EventArgs)
Handles MyBase.Load
End Sub
End Class
Alter the code by adding (me.text = "Bla bla bla") between the Sub and End Sub tags. your code should look something like the following.
Public Class Form1
Private Sub
Form1_Load(ByVal
sender
As
System.Object,
ByVal
e
As
System.EventArgs)
Handles MyBase.Load
Me.Text =
"Bla bla bla"
End Sub
End Class
You will notice that the text on the form
border still displays "Form1". Should you now press the Start Debugging
button (looks like a play button somewhere on the top of your window)
your form will be displayed with the text "Bla bla bla".
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