1. 2b – Labels and Pictures Lingma Acheson CSCI N331 VB .NET Programming
Department of Computer and Information Science, IUPUI

2. Labels
Every object on the has a type, a name, and some other properties associated with it.
Type: Label
Name: (must give it a name, invisible to the user)
Other properties:
Text on the label
Size of the label
Background color …

3. Labels Names must use the Hungarian notation or camel notation
a convention that makes programs more understandable
Format: xxxYyyy
xxx - First three letters indicate the type of control, all lower case
Yyyy – second part starts with an upper case letter, usually a word, indicates the purpose for this object
E.g. lblGreet – a label for greeting the user
txtIncome – a textbox for income btnReset – a reset button

4. Labels
Can create multiple objects with the same type, but must have different names.
E.g. create a form with two labels.
Must single click on the object to define properties for an object.

5. Pictures Object type – PictureBox Camel Notation – picYyyyy
Import an image
Local resource → Import