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Visual Basic Project 2. IDS 306 Spring 1999 V. Murphy. List boxes and Combo boxes. Type set with Style property List property AddItem method ListIndex. Text Boxes. Locked property when true user cannot change its contents MultiLine property ScrollBars property horizontal or vertical
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Visual Basic Project 2 IDS 306 Spring 1999 V. Murphy
List boxes and Combo boxes • Type set with Style property • List property • AddItem method • ListIndex
Text Boxes • Locked property • when true user cannot change its contents • MultiLine property • ScrollBars property • horizontal or vertical • Note: there is no caption property for a text box
Frames and other controls • Frame • Option Button • why use a non-visible button • Shapes • borders • visual enhancements • Check boxes
Variables • Data type--determines kind of data variable can store • Naming rules • must begin with a letter • cannot be more than 255 characters • cannot contain punctuation or blank spaces
Declaring Variables • Implicitly declared--created by using them • rate = 3.5 • Explicitly declared--in a separate code statement • Dim variablename As datatype • scope • static
Predefined Formats • General Number--displays as is • Currency--dollar sign, thousand separator, 2 digits to right, negatives in parentheses • Fixed--2 digits to right, at least 1 to left • Standard--thousands separator, (2 to right) • Percent--multiplied by 100, % • Yes/No--No if number is 0, else Yes
Strings • Format$ statement • $ instructs VB to change numeric result to a string • strings • character data • placed within quotation marks • null string--““ • concatenation--adding strings together
Control Code Characters • chr$(13)--return insertion point to beginning of line • chr$(10)--move insertion point down one line • constants • vbNewLine = chr$(10) & chr$(13) • False = 0 • True = -1