Chapter 2 - More Controls More controls – Text boxes - used for user input – Frames - containers to group items – check boxes - user select an option - any number selected – option buttons - user make choices - only one selected – create check boxes and option buttons in a frame not on the form
– Images - graphic-type file - picture property – border and style – shape and line Multiple controls – select as a group moving, setting properties – horizontal and vertical spacing Designing applications for user convenience – clear and consistent - Windows standards – understandable and comfortable – keyboard access keys
– Default and cancel properties – Tab order for controls - focus - TabIndex Tabstop and Tabindex – Form location on screen - form layout window – Tool Tips Coding for controls - change in properties – clear text boxes and labels – resetting the focus – Value property of option buttons and check boxes – changing font properties – changing color of text
– Changing multiple properties of a control – concatenating text - joining two strings - & – continuing long lines – default property of a control
Assignment #4 – programming exercise #2.2, pg hand in design, print form, form as text, and code – separate folder – draw form like pg. 82 – stack all four flag pictures same place, visible=false - not show when run; flags on cd – visible and display country name when selected - others false, do not show – print button - default, exit button - escape – do not do paragraph at end – keyboard access keys – tool tips
Assignment #5 – Pg review questions 1-9 – programming exercise design - piece of paper