On the left side of the screen there is a button with the words toolbox. When you move the mouse over this button, the toolbox window opens. The icons in the toolbox represent controls (or objects) that can be placed on the form.
Placing Controls on the Form
The controls (text box, button, label, etc.) can be placed on the form two ways:
- Double-click the control. This places the control on the form. You can drag the control to the size and position desired;
- Select the control, then drag the control onto the form.
Start a new project and add a label to the form. The label will have the text Label1. that is also the name of the label. Your project now has two objects: the form, Form1, and the label, Label1. Click first on the form then on the label to select it. Depending on which control is selected (look for the handles) the list of properties changes. Look at the property list for the form and the then for the label.
Change the text for the form to "Greetings." Change the text for the label to "Welcome to my World." Although there is no way to change the appearance of the title, the label has many properties that can be changed to alter the appearance of the words.
Try changing each of these properties of the label: Font, ForeColor, BackColor, and BorderStyle.
INDEX, Controls, Adding Pictures, The PictureBox Control, Tool tips and Naming controls, List of Controls, Hot Spots
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