Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step eBook

120 Part I Getting Started with Microsoft Visual Basic 2010

To Do This

Use a standard dialog

box in your program

Add one of the eight standard dialog box controls to your form, and

then customize it with property settings and program code. Dialog

box controls are located on the Dialogs and Printing Toolbox tabs.

Display an Open

dialog box

Add the OpenFileDialog control to your form. Display the dialog box

with the ShowDialog method. The FileName property contains the

name of the file selected.

Display a Color

dialog box

Add the ColorDialog control to your form. Display the dialog box with

the ShowDialog method. The Color property contains the color the

user selected.