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3.1
Visual Basic Controls
42
Starting a New Visual Basic Program
A Text Box Walkthrough
A Button Walkthrough
A Label Walkthrough
A List Box Walkthrough
The Name Property
A Help Walkthrough
Fonts
Auto Hide
Positioning and Aligning Controls
3.2
Visual Basic Events
60
An Event Procedure Walkthrough
Properties and Event Procedures of the Form
The Header of an Event Procedure
3.3
Numbers
73
Arithmetic Operations
Variables
Incrementing the Value of a Variable
Built-In Functions: Math.Sqrt, Int, Math.Round
The Integer Data Type
Multiple Declarations
Parentheses
Three Types of Errors
3.4
Strings
88
Variables and Strings
Using Text Boxes for Input and Output
Concatenation
String Properties and Methods: Length Property and ToUpper, ToLower, Trim, IndexOf, and Substring Methods
The Empty String
Initial Value of a String
Option Strict
Internal Documentation
Line-Continuation Character
3.5
Input and Output
105
Formatting Output with Format Functions
Formatting Output with Zones
Reading Data from Files
Getting Input from an Input Dialog Box
Using a Message Dialog Box for Output
Using a Masked Text Box for Input
Summary
127
Programming Projects
128
