By the end of this project, you will have used Visual Studio to explore the use of controls and their properties in a VB.NET desktop application. You will design and build a form by adding controls such as labels, text boxes, and buttons. To customize the form, you will learn to alter the values of the properties associated with each control. Working with controls and their properties provides an application developer with the skills needed to develop the user interface—the visual component—of an application.
Work with Controls and Properties in VB.NET
Taught in English
Instructor: Judy Richardson
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What you'll learn
Describe the relationship between a control and its properties in VB.NET.
Identify basic controls used in the development of VB.NET desktop applications.
Use properties to alter the appearance and/or behavior of controls on a VB.NET form.
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Practice with the properties used to change the size and background color of the form that appears when a VB.NET desktop application is launched.
Practice with the properties used to change the size and background color of the form that appears when a VB.NET desktop application is launched.
Add a text box control to a VB.NET form to provide an area in which data can be entered on the form when the application has been launched.
Group option buttons together on a VB.NET form so that only one button at a time can be selected.
Add a checkbox to a VB.NET form to allow a Boolean choice (yes or no) and include a button to provide the user with an event that triggers code to be executed.
Recommended experience
Prior exposure to Visual Studio and VB.NET is recommended.
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