F

Factorial Function, 204–5

Fading effects, 991

F character, 135

FIFO return, queue, 523–26

File(s)

AppendAll, 789

AppendText, 789, 793

Attributes, 793

binary-file access, 787

browsing for, 16

Copy, 789

CopyFile, 800

CopyTo, 793

Create, 789, 793

CreateText, 789, 794

creation time/date, 789–90, 794

DeleteFile, 800

deleting, 784, 794

Directory, 794

DirectoryName, 794

EOF (End of File), 782

Exists, 794

Extension, 794

File class methods, 1090–92

FileClose, 782–83

FileCopy, 784

FileDateTime, 784

FileDrop, 403–4

FileExists, 800

FileGet, 782

FileGetObject, 782

FileInfo properties/methods, 793–95, 1095–96

FileLen, 784

FileNameIndex, 301

file number, 782–83

FilePut, 782

FilePutObject, 782

FileStream, 771–72

FreeFile, 782–83

FromFile, 638

GetAttributes, 784, 789

GetFileInfo, 800

GetFiles, 800

GetRandomFileName, 798

GetTempFileName, 798

hidden files, 105–9

Input, 782

InputString, 782

Insert File As Text, 13

IsReadOnly, 794

last access time/date, 789–90, 794

Length, 794

LineInput, 782–83

LOF (Length of File), 782

methods, 782–83

Move, 790

MoveFile, 801

MoveTo, 794

Name, 794

Open, 9, 304, 790, 794

OpenFileDialog properties, 951–53

OpenRead, 790, 794

OpenText, 790, 794

OpenWrite, 790, 794

PrintToFile, 961

Print values into, 783

random-file access, 785–87

ReadAllBytes, 790

ReadAllLines, 790

ReadAllText, 790

Recent Files, 11

Refresh, 794

RenameFile, 801

Replace, 790, 795

saving, 11

Seek within file, 783

sequential-file access, 784–85

SetAttr, 784

Show All Files, 17

temporary, removing, 22

ToString, 795

WriteAllBytes, 790

WriteAllLines, 790

WriteAllText, 790

Write values to, 782, 783

File menu commands, 9–12

File system

Directory, 788–89

DirectoryInfo, 792–93

directory operations, 784

DriveInfo, 791

drive operations, 784

FileInfo, 793–95

File methods, 789–91

FileSystem class, properties/methods, 1087–89

FileSystemInfo, 795

FileSystemNeeded, 446–47

FileSystem object, properties/methods, 1065–66

FileSystemWatcher, 263, 795–97, 917

My.Computer.FileSystem, 799–801

My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories, 801–2

Path, 797–99

SetAttr, 784

Visual Basic methods, listing of, 784

FileSystemWatcher

events, 796, 1097

methods, 1097

properties, 795–96, 1097

Filling areas

Clear, 561

FillClosedCurve, 560

FillEllipses, 560

FillMode, 609

FillPath, 559–60

FillPie, 560

FillPolygon, 560

FillRectangle, 560

FillRectangles, 560

Graphics object methods, 560, 1034–35

LinearGradientBrush, 546

Filters

AddMessageFilter, 764

breakpoints, 57

commands, 44

FileSystemWatcher, 795

Notify Filter, 796

OpenFileDialog, 951–52

Query Builder, 335

RemoveMessageFilter, 765

RowFilter, 355

RowStateFilter, 356

Finalize, 460–63

Find

DataView, 356

FindInFiles, 800

FindRows, 356

Find Symbol, 12

Find and replace

code, limitations, 110

Find Symbol, 12

Quick Find, 12

Quick Replace, 12

Firing events. See Events

FitBlackBox, 619

FitPictureToMargins, 671–75

Fixed documents, 730–32

FixedPage, 731

Fixed-pitch fonts, 921

Flags

FormatFlags, 618–22

Image, 638

Flatten, 610

Float, 83

Floating, Dockable, Tabbed Document, 49

Floating point (F character), 135

Floating-point value

ReadDouble, 774

ReadSingle, 774

Floating windows, 49, 52

FlowDocumentReader, 729–30

FlowLayoutPanel, 263, 266, 917–18

Flush

AutoFlush, 777

BinaryWriter, 774

buffers, 771, 774

RegistryKey, 747

Streams, 771

TextWriter, 776

Focus

ContainsFocus, 1011

GotFocus, 1019

LostFocus, 1019

Folders

FolderBrowserDialog, 263, 273, 918–20

GetFolderPath, 744

Fonts

Ascent/Descent, 631

Cell Height, 631

Em Height, 631

FontCollection, 550

font design units, 632

FontDialog, 263, 273, 920–23

FontFamily, 545, 631

Fonts and Colors, 46, 61

Form, 1012

InstalledFontCollection, 550–51

Internal/External Leading, 631

Line Spacing, 631

NoFontFallback, 620

PrivateFontCollection, 550

properties, listing of, 921–22

ResetFont, 1016

System.Drawing, 545

System.Drawing.Text, 550

For

and block scope, 156

looping functions of, 218–19

variable declaration in, 220

For Each

looping functions of, 222–26, 890

syntax for, 222–23

variable declaration in, 224–25

Foreground color

ForeColor, 1012

ResetForeColor, 1017

ForeignKeyConstraint

defined, 323

properties, 351–52

UniqueConstraint, 352–53

Foreign languages. See Languages

Form(s)

About, 282–83

ActiveForm, 1009

BackgroundImage, 642

colors, 1010, 1012

controls, 34–36, 74–79

Data menu commands, 34

dialog boxes, 305–8

events, listing of, 1018–21

Form1.vb, 50

Format menu commands, 34–36

FormBorderStyle, 279, 1012

FormClosed, 297, 1018

FormClosing, 297–98, 323, 1019

Form control, 273

icons, 285–87

Interops Forms Toolkit, 1006

login forms, 282–83

methods, listing of, 1015–17

modal form, 283

Most Recently Used (MRU) list, 299–305

mouse cursor, 284–85, 1011

multiple-document interface (MDI), 292–99

My.Forms, 739, 1074

properties, listing of, 1009–17

properties adopted by controls, 287–88

properties reset to defaults, 288

property-changed events, 1022

single-document interface (SDI), 292–93

splash screens, 282–83

transparency, 278–82

Window controls for. See Window forms controls

WndProc, overriding, 288–92

See also Form Designer

FormatFlags, 618–22

values, 619–20

Format menu, commands, 34–36

Form Designer

controls, settings for, 46

event handler, creating, 95

functions of, 8

icons, 286

properties, 80–94

Formula Workshop, 689–91

For Next

looping functions of, 219–22, 890

non-integer data type in, 222

syntax for, 219

Fractional values

rounding, 138

truncating, 138

Framework classes

Directory, 1089–90

DriveInfo, 1092–93

File, 1090–92

FileInfo, 1095–96

FileSystem, 1087–89

FileSystemWatcher, 1096–97

FreeFile, 782–83

Freeze, 29

Friend

classes, 442

constants, 166

events, 467

namespace scope, 158–59

subroutines, 195

variable accessibility, 141

FromFile, 638

FromHbitmap, 638

FromHdc, 561

FromHicon, 639

FromHwnd, 561

FromImage, 561

FromResource, 639, 640

FromStream, 638

FullName, 792, 794

Full Screen, 15

Functions, 204–5

in components, benefits, 72–73

defined, 189, 204

return value, setting, 204–5

syntax for, 204, 885–86

Visual Basic, listing of, 1085–86