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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.
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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 #2 • programming exercise #1.2 - hand in design, print form and code
Assignment #3 • review questions 1-17, pg. 81 programming exercise 2.2 – hand in design, print form