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User Interface Design

Upon completion of this chapter, your students will be able to
1. Use text boxes, masked text boxes, rich text boxes, group boxes, check boxes, radio buttons, and picture boxes effectively.
2. Set the BorderStyle property to make controls appear flat or three-dimensional.
3. Select multiple controls and move them, align them, and set common properties.
4. Make your projects easy for the user to understand and operate by defining access keys, setting an Accept and a Cancel button, controlling the tab sequence, resetting the focus during program execution, and causing ToolTips to appear.
5. Clear the contents of text boxes and labels.
6. Make a control visible or invisible at run time by setting its Visible property.
7. Disable and enable controls at design time and run time.
8. Change text color during program execution.
9. Code multiple statements for one control using the With and End With statements.
10. Concatenate (join) strings of text.
11. Download the line and shape controls, add them to the toolbox, and use the controls on your forms.







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