Computer II: Programming with Visual Basic 6

SETTING THE
PROPERTIES
Outline
 Name Property
 Convention for Naming Controls
 Common Control Properties
 Setting the Control Properties
Name Property
 Most important property of a control
 Returns the name used in the code to
identify an object
Conventions for Naming
Controls
 Startswith a three-letter prefix
 Keep it short (use shortened form if
possible)
 Descriptive of the function of the control
 Don’t use any spaces (use underscore
instead)
 Mix small and capital letters
Prefixes for Common
Controls
 Form – frm
 Label – lbl
 Command Button – cmd
 Textbox – txt
 Check box – chk
 Combo box – cbo
 Image – img
 Picture Box – pic
 Option Button – opt
 List box - lst
Example

lblMen
u
txtInp
ut

cmdEqu
al
Common Control
Properties
 Back Color – sets the background color
 Border Style - sets the style of the border
for an object
 Caption – sets the text to be displayed
 Enabled – sets a value that determines
whether an object can respond to user
generated events
Common Control
Properties
 Font – sets the Font size and style of an
object
 Fore Color – sets the color of the text
 Picture – sets a graphic to be displayed
in a control
 Text – sets the text to be displayed on a
text box (equivalent of the caption)
Setting the Property
(Design Time)
 Select the object
 Go to the properties window
 Look for the property you want to modify
on the left column
 Modify the settings on the right column
Hands On
 Open your Hands On 1 folder
 Open prjCalculator
 Change the name property of the controls