Understanding the Integrated Development Environment 083000 Visual Basic IDE Understanding the Integrated Development Environment 083000
Main Features Menu bar Tool bar Tool box Form window Project window Form layout window Properties window
Hungarian Notation cbo Combo Box chk Check Box cmd Command Buttn dir Directory list bx fil File List box fra Frame frm Form grd Grid hsb Horiz. Scrollbar img Image lbl Label lin Line lst List box mnu Menu mod Module ole OLE opt Option button pic Picture Box res Resource shp Shape tmr Timer txt Text Box typ User-defined Data vsb Vert. Scroll Bar
Twips Twips are a smaller-than-pixel measurement.
Programming the controls Click once and draw control Or double click Click on the control once it is in the form window to gain focus Or double click to access the code Review the subroutines available for different controls.