Elementary Statistics and Computer Application

VB Environment: Menu Bar:

The Menu Bar consists of 3 elements the

• Title Bar
• Menu Bar
• Toolbar

Toolbox Controls

Controls in the toolbox:

• Pointer - use to move or change the size of a control
• Picture box - use to display graphics
• Image - use to display a graphic, uses fewer resources than a picture box
• Label - use for text that the user cannot change
• Text box - use for text that the user can enter or change
• Frame - use to group controls together
• Command button - use to create a clickable button
• Check box - use for choices where more than one choice can be selected
• Option button - use for choices where choices are mutually exclusive
• Combo box - user can either select an item from the list or enter a value
• List box - use to display a list of items where only one choice is allowed
• Horizontal or Vertical Scroll bars - use to quickly navigated through a long list of items or a large amount of information
• Timer - use like a stopwatch to trigger events
• Drive list box - displays list of disk drives
• Directory list box - displays list of folders
• File List box - displays a list of files
• Shape - use to draw a rectangle, square, oval or circle
• Line - use to draw a variety of lines
• OLE Container - use to link or embed OLE objects
• Data - use to create applications from many types of databases