3. Common Properties

The Left, Top, Width, and Height Properties

'Double a form's width, and move it to the

'upper left corner of the screen.

Form1.Width = Form1.Width * 2

Form1.Left = 0

Form1.Top = 0

The ForeColor and BackColor Properties

'Make Label1 appear in a selected state.

Label1.ForeColor = vbHighlightText

Label1.BackColor = vbHighlight

'These statements are equivalent.

Text1.BackColor = vbCyan

Text1.BackColor = 16776960

Text1.BackColor = &HFFFF00

'These statements are equivalent to the ones above.

Text1.BackColor = RGB(0, 255, 255)    ' red, green, blue values

Text1.BackColor = QBColor(11)

The Font Property

Text1.Font.Name = "Tahoma"

Text1.Font.Size = 12

Text1.Font.Bold = True

Text1.Font.Underline = True

The Caption and Text Properties

The Caption property is a string of characters that appears inside a control (or in the title bar of a form) and that the user can't directly modify. Conversely, the Text property corresponds to the "contents" of a control and is usually editable by the end user. No intrinsic control exposes both a Caption and a Text property, so in practice a look at the Properties window can resolve your doubts as to what you're working with. Label, CommandButton, CheckBox, OptionButton, Data, and Frame controls expose the Caption property, whereas TextBox, ListBox, and ComboBox controls expose the Text property.

The Caption property is special in that it can include an ampersand (&) character to associate a hot key with the control. The Text property, when present, is always the default property for the control, which means that it can be omitted in code:

'These statements are equivalent.

Text2.Text = Text1.Text

Text2 = Text1