HOWTO: Create a Default Value for Custom Controls and Classes

• Enterprise Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, version 5.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 allows you to create custom controls and Classes that have a default property. This behavior is similar to the intrinsic TextBox control. The TextBox control has a default value that corresponds to the string value of its Text property. This allows the following code to behave identically:

   MsgBox Text1.Text

   -and-

   MsgBox Text1

MORE INFORMATION

To set an existing property as the default value for a custom control or Class, do the following:

1. Load your custom control project into Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0.

2. In the Project window, right-click your custom control or Class. Click View Code.

3. On the Tools menu, click Procedure Attributes.

4. In the Name field, select the property you wish to set as the default.

5. Click Advanced.

6. In the Procedure ID field, select Default. Click OK.

   Msgbox UserControl1.MyProperty

   -and-

   Msgbox UserControl1

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