Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step eBook

If.. .Then decision structures 535

Form_Load procedure, 63, 87
Format function, to display
commas, 137
formatting
database data on forms, 466
predefined patterns for, 164.
See also masks
program statements, 53
text, 15
Formatting toolbars, 499–500
forms
accessing Help files for, 28
adding navigation controls to, 466
adding to programs, 351–56, 373
anchoring objects on, 368–71, 374
changing transparency of, 388–90
controls, adding at run time,
364–67, 374
creating bound objects capable of
displaying dataset data on, 466
creating with code, setting
properties, 374
displaying additional, using event
procedures, 356–57
docking objects on, 368–71
files, saving, 65
formatting database information
on, 466
hidden, opening, 373
inherited, customizing,
397–99, 412
minimizing, maximizing, and
restoring, 364, 374
opening, 10, 357
positioning on Windows desktop,
359–64
public variables vs. variables
in, 255
startup, 371–74
transparency, changing, 391
uses for, 352
variables in projects with
multiple, 140
formulas
creating, 157
defined, 143
parentheses in, 156–57
frames, creating, 81
Framework. See .NET Framework
Framework Math program, 153–55
FromFile method, 83, 87, 187, 237
front ends, database, 439
FullOpen property, 114
Function procedures
calling, 258, 271
defined, 255
overview, 256
syntax items in, 257–58

function statements, 257

functions

defined, 133

InputBox, 131–32

LBound, UBound, 280

MsgBox, 133

performing calculations with

(win rate example), 258–61

public, creating, 270

syntax items, using, 257–58

with more than one

argument, 133

G

GDI+ graphics services, changing

form transparency, 376, 388

general-purpose procedures, 256

global counter variables, 140,

190–91

graphics

printing, 418, 437

resizing, 49

Graphics Interchange Format ( .gif).

See .gif files

Graphics .DrawImage

method, 418, 437

Graphics .DrawString method,

420–23, 437

Graphics .MeasureString

method, 424

greater than operator (>), 161, 331

greater than or equal to operator

(>=), 161, 331

GridColor property, 386

grids

aligning objects to, 42

cell color, changing, 480–81

gridline color, changing, 481, 489

hidden by default, 42

reversing direction of

sort, 489

snapline, 42

sorting records in, 489

GridView control, 512–15

group boxes, property settings,

table of, 83

GroupBox control, 81–82

guide diamonds, 17

H

Height property, 386

Hello World program

creating, 68

folder location, 72

overview, 67

running, 72–73

Help files

accessing, 28, 34

customizing, 34

F1 key, 26–27

managing settings, 25–26

MSDN, 27–28

navigating, 28

topic locations in Visual

Studio 2010, 28

Help Library Manager, 25–26

hidden forms, opening by using

program code, 373

hiding

declared variables in classes, 412

forms, 373

shortcut keys, 118

tool windows, 21, 34

Hour (date) method,

description, 107

HTML

controls described, 493

controls overview, 494

creating pages, 522

displaying during debugging

sessions, 215

tags, 501

viewing for Web pages, 500, 522

visualizers, 220

Hungarian Naming

Convention, 130

HyperLink control, 516, 522

hyperlinks, adding, 516–17

I

IBM extended character set, 330

icons

file type, 112

pin, 215

shortcut, 61

IDE

accessing Help files for, 28

changing compiler settings for,

29–30, 34

component tray, 98

Data Source Configuration

Wizard, 445

Navigator, 22–23

overview, 4

running commands from

Command Window in, 226

running Visual Basic from, 58

toolbars available in, 8

If... Then decision structures

conditional expressions using,

161–62

in Checkbox controls, 80

logic errors in, 211