Introduces you to the standard controls available in Visual Basic.
Explains how to use the Validate event with the CausesValidation property.
Describes control arrays and how they are used in Visual Basic.
Use the ADO Data Control to create simple database applications without writing any code.
Use check box controls in groups to display multiple choices from which the user can select one or more.
Use the combined features of a text box and a list box to allow the user to select an item either by typing text into the combo box, or by selecting it from the list.
Use the command button control to begin, interrupt, or end a process. When clicked, it invokes the command written into its Click event procedure.
Use the common dialog control to provide a standard set of dialog boxes for operations such as opening and saving files, setting print options, and selecting colors and fonts.
Use the intrinsic Data control to connect to desktop databases, such as Access.
Use the DataCombo and DataList controls with the ADO Data Control to display information from a database.
Use the DataGrid control to create an application that allows the end user to read and write to most databases.
Use the drive list box, the directory list box, and the file list box controls to allow users of your applications to explore the file system.
Use the frame control to provide an identifiable grouping for other controls.
Use the hierarchical flexgrid control for displaying data in a grid.
Use the horizontal and vertical scroll bar controls to provide scrolling to applications or controls when they are not provided automatically.
Use the image control to display graphics in the following formats: bitmap, icon, metafile, enhanced metafile, JPEG, or GIF files.
Use the label control to display text that cannot be edited by the user or to provide a description of what a certain control will do if clicked.
Use the line control to create simple line segments on a form, a frame, or in a picture box.
Use the list box control to display a list of items from which the user can select one or more.
Use the OLE container control to display and manipulate data from other Windows–based applications, such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word for Windows.
Use the option button control to display options in option button groups from which the user can choose one.
Use the picture box control to display graphics, to act as a container for other controls, and to display output from graphics methods or text using the Print method.
Use the RemoteData Control to connect to large scale databases.
Use the Shape control to draw predefined shapes on forms, frames, or picture boxes.
Use the text box control to display information entered by the user at run time, or assigned to the Text property of the control at design or run time.
Use the timer control to execute timer events at specified time intervals.
