Visual Basic 6 Programming: Business Applications with a Design Perspective

Table of Contents

Chapter 3 Some Visual Basic Controls and Events

• 3.1 Obtaining Open-Ended Input from the User: Textbox and Masked Edit Control
  • Text Property of the Textbox
  • The Masked Edit Box Control
  • Comparing the Text Properties of the Two Controls
  • Clearing the Text Property
  • SelStart and SelLength Properties
  • The ClipText Property
  3.2 Arranging Many VB Controls on a Form: Frame and SSTab controls
  • The Frame Control
  • The SSTab Control1
• 3.3 Data with Limited Number of Choices: Option Buttons and Check Boxes
  • The Option Button
  • Check Boxes for Independent Choices
• 3.4 Longer List of Known Items: List boxes and Combo Boxes
  • The List Box Control
  • The Need for the Combo Box
• 3.5 Picture Boxes as Containers and Image Controls for Pictures
  • The Picture Box
  • The Image Control
• 3.6 VB Controls in the Design of A Data Entry Interface: Recapitulation
• 3.7 Naming the Controls and Setting the Tab Order
  • Naming Convention: Suggested Name Prefixes
  • Setting the Tab Order
• 3.8 Some Commonly Used Events
  • Setting the Initial State at Run Time: The Form Load Event
  • Various Uses of The Click and dblClick (Double Click) Events
  • Viewing the Key Entered: The KeyPress Event
  • Before the User Does Anything in a Control: The GotFocus Event
  • As the User Leaves the Field: The LostFocus Event
• 3.9 An Application Example
  • The Project
  • The Visual Interface
  • Setting the Tab Order
  • Coding the Event Procedures
  • Testing the Project
• Summary
• Visual Basic Explorer
• Exercises
• Projects