Getting Started with VB 6.0 by: bs0d

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Option Buttons... Formats

Option Buttons - Group of controls where only one can be selected at a time.

Check Boxes - Group of controls where more than one can be selected at a time.

Frame - Control that often acts as a container for a group of option buttons or check boxes.

Image - Type of control that is used to hold a graphic. Shape - Type of control used to place rectangles, squares, ovals and circles on a form.

OPTION BUTTONS:

The VALUE property of the option button is set TRUE if you want it to be selected, otherwise, FALSE. Set the option buttons CAPTION property to the text you want to appear next to the option button. When assigning an option button, a variable name always starts out with the prefix, opt. If you want an event to occur when you click on an option button, you can double-click on the option button from your form to enter in the code you want executed.

CHECK BOXES:

The VALUE property of the option button is set to CHECKED if you want it to be selected, otherwise, set it to UNCHECKED.

• 0 - UnChecked
• 1 - Checked
• 2 - Grayed

If you want an event to occur when you click on a check box, double-click the button to place code behind.

IMAGES:

Click on the images PICTURE property and locate the folder or drive where the picture is located.
Select the picture you want, and it will be placed on the form.
If you set the image STRECH property to TRUE, this will size the picture to the size of the control you have defined on the form.

SHAPES:

• 0 - Rectangle
• 1 - Square
• 2 - Oval
• 3 - Circle
• 4 - Rounded Rectangle
• 5 - Rounded Square

LINES

Use the crosshair pointer to drag a line across the screen. You may rotate the line in any direction and stretch it until releasing the move button.
All line controls should begin with the lin prefix.

Focus - Refers to the currently selected control on the form. This can be indicated by an | - Beam, selected text, highlighted caption or dotted border. The control with focus is ready to receive input.

SetFocus - A built-in function that when executed will move the cursor to the control and give that control focus. SetFocus can be used with text boxes, command buttons, option buttons and check boxes.

Working With Strings

Concatenation - Refers to combining two or more smaller strings into a larger string. In VB, you can either use the & or + symbols to concatenate.

Formats

(This code would go in the FORM LOAD (double click any empty space on the form.))

< Name of Form > - This is the actual name of the form as you have saved it in your program.

If you named your form, "myForm" then you would code the statement in the following way: