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Visual Basic Toolbox UI Design Guide

The document provides a guide for designing a user interface using Visual Basic, outlining the steps to create a form and select objects from the Toolbox. It includes a table listing various tools available in the Toolbox, such as check boxes, combo boxes, and picture boxes, along with their functions. Each tool is briefly described to assist users in understanding its purpose in UI design.

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Visual Basic Toolbox UI Design Guide

The document provides a guide for designing a user interface using Visual Basic, outlining the steps to create a form and select objects from the Toolbox. It includes a table listing various tools available in the Toolbox, such as check boxes, combo boxes, and picture boxes, along with their functions. Each tool is briefly described to assist users in understanding its purpose in UI design.

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Object ID Object ID

Check Box chk Label lbl


Combo Box cbo Line lin
Command
cmd List Box lst
Button
Data dat OLE ole
Directory Option
dir opt
List Box Button
Drive List
drv Picture Box pic
Box
File List Box fil Shape Shp
Form frm Text Box Txt

Frame fra Timer tmr


Horizontal Vertical
hsb vsb
Scroll Bar Scroll Bar
Image img

To design your user interface, follow these steps:

1. Create a form.

2. Choose the object you want to draw from the Toolbox. (See Table 1.)

3. Draw the object on the form.

Table 1: Tools in the Visual Basic Toolbox

Icon Tool Name What This Tool Does


Pointer Selects objects

Picture box Draws a box to display graphics

Label Draws a box to display text

Text box Draws a box that can display text and let the user type in text

Frame Groups two or more objects together

Command button Draws a command button

Check box Draws a check box

Option (or radio) Draws a radio button


button
Combo box Draws a combo box

List box Draws a list box

Horizontal scroll bar Draws a horizontal scroll bar

Vertical scroll bar Draws a vertical scroll bar

Timer Places a timer on a form

Drive list box Draws a drive list box that displays all the disk drives available

Directory list box Draws a directory list box that displays a directory on a particular
disk drive
File list box Draws a file list box that displays files in a specific directory

Shape Draws a geometric shape such as a circle or a square

Line Draws a line

Image box Draws a box to display graphics

Data control Draws a control to link a program to a database file

OLE Draws a box to insert an OLE object

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