The IDE Windows
Commonly used IDE Windows
1.
Project window- gives you an overview of all the modules that are contained in
your application.
2.
Form Designer window-use to design your application's user interface.
3. Toolbox window- includes a set of objects
that you can place on a form or on another designer.
4. Code window-use to write code that
determines the behavior of your forms and other objects in your application.
5. Properties window-lists all the
properties of the object that's currently selected and gives you the
opportunity to modify them.
6. Color Palette window - is handy for quickly
assigning a color to an object, such as the control that's currently selected
on a form designer.
7. Form Layout window-shows how a
given form will be displayed when the program runs.
8. Immediate window-lets you enter
a Visual Basic command or expression and see its result using the Print
command.
The ToolBox
Commonly Used Controls
- Label-serves to display static text.
- TextBox- is a field that contains a string of characters that can be edited by the user.
- CommandButton- present in almost every form, you usually write code in the Click event procedure of this control.
- CheckBox-used when the user has to make a yes/no, true/false selection.
- OptionButton-are always used in groups, and you can select only one control in the group at a time.
- Frame-used as a container for other controls.
- ListBox-contains a number of items, and the user can select one or more of them (depending on the value of the control's MultiSelect property).
- ComboBox-combination of a TextBox and a ListBox control, with the difference that the list portion is visible only if the user clicks on the down arrow to the right of the edit area.
- Timer -peculiar in that it isn't visible at run time. Its only purpose is to regularly raise an event in its parent form.
- PictureBox -used to display images.
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