HOWTO: Create a Default Property For a User Control

• Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows, version 5.0
• Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0

SUMMARY

You can create a default property for your User Control. A default property is the property selected when you select the control in Design Mode. For example, when you select a Label, the highlighted property is Caption. Therefore, Caption is the default property for the Label. This article will explain how to create a default property for a User Control that you create.

MORE INFORMATION

After the property is created, follow these steps to make the property the default property:

1. From the Tools menu, select "Procedure Attributes."

2. In the "Procedure Attributes" dialog box, select the property name you previously created.

3. Add a Description, if desired, and select the "Advanced>>" button.

4. Select the "User Interface Default" checkbox in the Attributes frame.

You can only have one default Property for each Control. Therefore, you can only select the "User Interface Default" checkbox for one property. If you select this checkbox for another property, it will ask you if you want to make the newly-selected property the Default property.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: