Chapter 3 Quick Reference

Chapter 3 Quick Reference

To	Do this
Create a text box	Click the TextBox control, and draw the box.
Create a button	Click the Button control, and draw the button.
Change a property at run time	Change the value of the property by using program code. For example: Label1.Text = "Hello!"
Create a radio button	Use the RadioButton control. To create multiple radio buttons, place more than one button object inside a box that you create by using the GroupBox control.
Create a check box	Click the CheckBox control, and draw a check box.
Create a list box	Click the ListBox control, and draw a list box.
Create a drop-down list box	Click the ComboBox control, and draw a drop-down list box.
Add items to a list box	Include statements with the Add method in the Form1_Load event procedure of your program. For example: ListBox1.Items.Add "Printer"
Use a comment in code	Type a single quotation mark (') in the Code Editor, and then type a descriptive comment that will be ignored by the compiler. For example: ' Use the Process.Start method to start IE
Display a Web page	Create a link to the Web page by using the LinkLabel control, and then open the link in a browser by using the Process.Start method in program code.