The document summarizes various advanced controls in Visual Basic .NET including combo boxes, picture boxes, rich text boxes, list boxes, date time pickers, progress bars, link labels, timers, and scroll bars. It describes the purpose of each control, provides examples of their properties and events, and in some cases includes code snippets for their use in the design view.
The document summarizes various advanced controls in Visual Basic .NET including combo boxes, picture boxes, rich text boxes, list boxes, date time pickers, progress bars, link labels, timers, and scroll bars. It describes the purpose of each control, provides examples of their properties and events, and in some cases includes code snippets for their use in the design view.
The document summarizes various advanced controls in Visual Basic .NET including combo boxes, picture boxes, rich text boxes, list boxes, date time pickers, progress bars, link labels, timers, and scroll bars. It describes the purpose of each control, provides examples of their properties and events, and in some cases includes code snippets for their use in the design view.
The document summarizes various advanced controls in Visual Basic .NET including combo boxes, picture boxes, rich text boxes, list boxes, date time pickers, progress bars, link labels, timers, and scroll bars. It describes the purpose of each control, provides examples of their properties and events, and in some cases includes code snippets for their use in the design view.
1. Combo Box: Combo box control, which lets the user choose one of several choices. The user can type a value in the text fields or click the button to display a drop down list. In addition to display
Design View:
Properties Properties Description Items Gets the items of the list box. SelectedItem Gets or sets the currently selected item in the list box. Gets a collection containing the currently selected items in the SelectedItems listbox. Gets or sets the value of the member property specified by the Value SelectedValue Member property. SelectionStart Gets or sets the starting index of text selected in the combo box.
Events Events Description Click() Occurs when the control is clicked. DoubleClick() Occurs when the control is double-clicked. Occurs when the SelectedIndex property of a ComboBox control has SelectedIndexChange() changed. Occurs when the SelectedValue property of a ComboBox control has SelectedValueChange() changed. Leave() Occurs when the input focus leaves the control.
2. Picture Box: Picture box control is used to display images in bitmap, GIF, icon, JPEG formats. We can set the image property to the image we want to display either at design time or runtime. We can also change image programmatically in picture box.
Design View: Properties Properties Description Image Gets or sets the image that is displayed in the control. SizeMode Determines the size of the image to be displayed in the control. Gets or specifies an image to be displayed when an error occurs during the image- ErrorImage loading process or if the image load is cancelled. WaitOnLoad Specifies whether or not an image is loaded synchronously. Text Specifies whether or not an image is loaded synchronously.
Events Events Description Click() Occurs when the control is clicked. DoubleClick() Occurs when the user double-clicks the Button control. GotFocus() Occurs when the control receives focus. LostFocus() Occurs when the control loses focus. MouseHover() Occurs when the mouse pointer rests on the form.
3. Rich Text Box:
A Rich Text box control is advanced textbox that provides text editing and advanced formatting features including loading rich text format (RTF) files.
Design View:
Properties Properties Description Wordwrap Indicates lines are automatically word wrapped for multiline edit controls. ScrollBars Define the behavior of the scroll bars of the control. Name Indicates the name used in code to identify the object. Read Only Controls whether the text in the edit control can be changed or not. Enabled Indicates whether the control is enabled.
Events Events Description Click() Occurs when the control is clicked. DoubleClick() Occurs when the control is double-clicked. SelectedIndexChange() Occurs when the SelectedIndex property of a ComboBox control has changed. SelectedValueChange() Occurs when the SelectedValue property of a ComboBox control has changed. Leave() Occurs when the input focus leaves the control. 4. List Box: A windows form ListBox control displays a list of choices which the user can select from. You can use the Add or Insert method to add items to a list box. The Add method adds new items at the end of an unsorted list box. The Insert method allows you to specify where to insert the item you are adding.
Design View:
Properties Properties Description Items Gets the items of the list box. SelectedItem Gets or sets the currently selected item in the list box. SelectedItems Gets a collection containing the currently selected items in the list box. Gets or sets the value of the member property specified by the Value Member SelectedValue property. Selection Gets or sets the method in which items are selected in the list box. Mode
Events Events Description Click() Occurs when the control is clicked. DoubleClick() Occurs when the control is double-clicked. MouseHover() Occurs when the mouse pointer rests on the form. Mouse Leave() Occurs when the mouse pointer leaves the form. Resize() Occurs when the control is resized.
5. Date Time Picker:
The DateTimePicker control allows you to display and collect date and time from the user with specified format.The most important property of the DateTimePicker is the Value property, which holds the selected date and time.
Design View:
Properties: Properties Description Gets or sets the minimum date and time that can be selected in the MinDate control. Gets or sets the maximum date and time that can be selected in the MaxDate control. MinimumDateTime Gets the minimum date value allowed for the DateTimePicker control. MaximumDateTime Gets the maximum date value allowed for the DateTimePicker control. Custom Format Gets or sets the custom date/time format string. Events Events Description Click() Occurs when the control is clicked. DoubleClick() Occurs when the user double-clicks the Button control. GotFocus() Occurs when the control receives focus. LostFocus() Occurs when the control loses focus. Resize() Occurs when the control is resized. 6. Progress Bar: The ProgressBar control visually indicates the progress of a lengthy operation such as calculating a complex result, downloading a large file from the web etc. The maximum and minimum properties define the range of values to represent the progress of task.
Design View:
Properties: Properties Description Maximum Gets or sets the maximum value of the range of the control. Minimum Gets or sets the minimum value of the range of the control. Value Gets or sets the current position of the progress bar. Gets or sets the manner in which progress should be indicated on the Style progress bar. BackgroundImage Gets or sets the background image for the ProgressBar control.
Events Events Description Click() Occurs when form is Clicked DoubleClick() Occurs when the form control is double-clicked. MouseHover() Occurs when the mouse pointer rests on the form. Mouse Leave() Occurs when the mouse pointer leaves the form. Resize() Occurs when the control is resized.
7. LinkLabel: A LinkLabel control is a label control that can display a hyperlink.LinkLabel inherited from Label Class so it has all the functionality provided by Label Control.
Design View:
Properties Properties Description LinkColor Determines Color of the hyperlink in its default state LinkArea Portion of the text in the label to render as a hyperlink Link Visited Determines hyperlink should be rendered as visited Determines the color of the hyperlink when the link visited property is set to Visited Link true. Visible Determines whether the control is visible or hidden. Events Events Description Occurs when the value of the CheckState property of the CheckBox CheckStateChanged() control is changed. Resize() Occurs when the control is resized. Click() Occurs when the control is clicked. DoubleClick() Occurs when the user double-clicks the Button control. Occurs when the value of the Checked property of the Checkbox CheckedChange() control is changed.
8. Timer: With Timer Control, we can control programs in millisecond, seconds and minutes and even in hours. The Timer control allows us to set Interval property in milliseconds.
Design View:
Properties Properties Description Interval The frequency of elapsed event in milliseconds Name Indicates the name used in the code to identify the object Enabled Enables generation of elapsed events.
Events Tick() Occurs when the number of milliseconds specified in the Interval property has elapsed.
9. Scroll Bars: The horizontal and vertical scrollbars are those which the user can use to move content into view.
Design View:
Hscroll Vscroll Properties Properties Description Maximum Gets or sets the upper limit of values of the scrollable range. Minimum Gets or sets the lower limit of values of the scrollable range Gets or sets a numeric value that represents the current position of the scroll box Value on the scroll bar control. Small Change Gets or sets the value to be added to or subtracted from the Value property when the scroll box is moved a small distance. Gets or sets a value indicating whether the ScrollBar is automatically resized to AutoSize fit its contents.
Events Events Description Occurs when the value of the CheckState property of the CheckBox CheckStateChanged() control is changed. Resize() Occurs when the control is resized. Click() Occurs when the control is clicked. DoubleClick() Occurs when the user double-clicks the Button control. Load() Occurs before a form is displayed for the first time.
10. Masked Text Box:
A Masked Text Box control provides validation mechanism for user input on a form. For example if you want a Text Box to accept date in mm/dd/yyyy format, you can set masking in the Masked Text Box. Design View:
Properties Properties Description Gets or sets the character used to mask characters of a password in a single- PasswordChar line TextBox control. Text Gets or sets the current text in the TextBox. Indicates whether string returned from the text property includes literals or TextMask Format prompt characters. Name Indicates the name used in the code to identify the object Mask Sets the string governing the input allowed for the control
Events Events Description MaskInputRejected() Occurs when mask input is invalid Maskchanged() Occurs whne mask in changed Click() Occurs when the control is clicked. DoubleClick() Occurs when the user double-clicks the Button control. Load() Occurs before a form is displayed for the first time.
