BorderStyle Property

Applies To

ComboBox control, Frame control, Image control, Label control, ListBox control, TextBox control, UserForm object.

Description

Specifies the type of border used by a control or a form.

Syntax

object.BorderStyle [= fmBorderStyle]

The BorderStyle property syntax has these parts:

Part	Description

object	Required. A valid object.
fmBorderStyle	Optional. Specifies the border style.

Settings

The settings for fmBorderStyle are:

Constant	Value	Description

fmBorderStyleNone	0	The control has no visible border line.
fmBorderStyleSingle	1	The control has a single-line border (default).

The default value for a ComboBox, Frame, Label, ListBox or TextBox is 0 (None). The default value for an Image is 1 (Single).

Remarks

For a Frame, the BorderStyle property is ignored if the SpecialEffect property is None.

You can use either BorderStyle or SpecialEffect to specify the border for a control, but not both. If you specify a nonzero value for one of these properties, the system sets the value of the other property to zero. For example, if you set BorderStyle to fmBorderStyleSingle, the system sets SpecialEffect to zero (Flat). If you specify a nonzero value for SpecialEffect, the system sets BorderStyle to zero.

BorderStyle uses BorderColor to define the colors of its borders.