{"id":2146,"date":"2013-02-03T11:44:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T03:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2018-06-24T17:44:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T09:44:03","slug":"visual-basic-2012-lesson-3-working-with-control-properties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2012-lesson-3-working-with-control-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Basic 2012 Lesson 3-Working with Control Properties"},"content":{"rendered":"

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3.1 The Control Properties<\/h3>\n

All controls in Visual Basic 2012 IDE have properties. By altering the properties of a control, we are able\u00a0to customize its appearance and how it responds to an event. Basically, you can set the properties of the controls in the properties window of Visual Basic 2012 IDE at design time or at runtime. Figure 3.1 \u00a0is the typical properties window for a form. It refers particularly to the interface of the first application you have created in the previous lesson.<\/p>\n

In the properties window, the item appears at the top part is the object currently selected (in Figure 3.1, the object selected is Form1). At the bottom part, the items listed in the left column represent the names of various properties associated with the selected object while the items listed in the right column represent the states of the properties. Properties can be set by highlighting the items in the right column then change them by typing or selecting the options available.<\/p>\n

You may also alter other properties of a control such as font, location, size, foreground color, background color, MaximizeBox, MinimizeBox and etc. You can also change the properties of the object at runtime to give special effects such as change of color, shape, animation effect and so on.<\/p>\n

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Figure 3.1<\/strong><\/p>\n