In the preceding procedure, you wrote several coded instructions, which introduced two different programming statements and a method: the Dim statement, an assignment statement, and the Print method. You also added a remark or comment to your code and used the Private keyword.
The Dim Statement
The Dim statement is used to declare variables...
Coding Event Procedure for Control
Coding an Event Procedure for a Control
Adding a control to a form and setting the control properties set the scene for adding a procedure. Remember that a control will do nothing to an event-oriented environment unless an event procedure is attached to it. To add...
Setting Properties for a Control
After adding a control to a form, the properties of the control can be modified. Control properties work in the same way as form properties: They can be used to change the appearance or the behavior of the control. Figure 3.3 shows the Properties dialog box...
Adding a Control to a Form and Setting its Properties
With the preceding brief overview of several different types of controls fresh in your mind, consider the procedure for placing a control on a form, and once positioned, changing the properties of a control. As a rule, the properties of a control should be set before...
Adding Controls and Event Procedures to Form Modules
So far you have learned how to add controls to a form, but you have not yet done it. In this chapter, you add controls to form modules and attach event procedures (Visual Basic code) to a control. How can you do this before you understand the Visual Basic language? ...
Compiled Application from Standard EXE Project
This final objective asks you create an executable file from a completed Visual Basic application. Two options are available: Under the Compile tab of the Project Properties dialog box, you can select Compile to P-Code or Compile to Native Code (see Figure 2.10). ...
Writing Visual Basic Instructions-2
Exercise 2.6 Changing the Font Size Property
In this and the next two exercises, you change the properties of the form used in Exercise 2.5.
Choose File, Open Project, if necessary, and select View, Project Explorer, or click the Project Explorer icon to open the Project window. Click View Form.
Click the form to give it the focus,...
