1. Understanding the Integrated Development Environment 083000
Visual Basic IDE
Understanding the Integrated Development Environment
083000

2. Main Features Menu bar Tool bar Tool box Form window Project window
Form layout window
Properties window

3. 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

4. Twips
Twips are a smaller-than-pixel measurement.

5. 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.