DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name of the faculty : G. Radha
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : CCP
Institute : 026 - SG Govt. Polytechnic, Adilabad
Year / Semester : III Year / V Semester
Subject : Visual Basic – I
Subject Code : CCP - 503
Topic : Understand designing the user
Interface
Duration : 50 Mts.
Sub Topic : common properties of the Controls
Teaching Aids : Animations & Images

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 Recap

 Designing a simple Form and display the messages

using Controls

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Objectives
Upon the completion of this period you will be
able to

 Understand the common properties of the

Controls

 Enable, disable the Controls and run the

application

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 Controls & Properties

 Properties define the characteristics of a control

such as size, color etc

 Properties decide how a Control behaves

 Controls have some common Properties

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 Common Properties of Controls

 Name : This property sets the name of the

control through which you can
access control properties and
methods

 Appearance: It determines appearance of the

control

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 Common Properties of Controls
 Back Color : It sets the background color on
which the text is displayed or graphics
are drawn
 Font : This Property sets the face attribute
and size of the Font used for the text on
the Control
 Width & Height : These set the Control’s dimensions.

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 Common Properties of Controls

 Left & Right : These set the co - ordinates of the

control’s upper left corner, expressed
in the units of the container
 Enabled : Permits user’s access to the control at run

time
True - allows access
False – disallows access
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 Common Properties of Controls

 Visible : Decides whether a control is visible at

run time or not

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Enabled and Disabled Property

 Enabled Property allows/disallows user to access the

control at run time
By default the Enabled Property of Controls is True
 Disabled Property means Control appears ‘grey’ and
can not accept user input
To disable a Control set Enabled Property of Control to
False

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 Application on Enabled and Disabled

 Open a new Standard-Exe Project

 Change its caption as “Testing the Enabled Property”

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Application on Enabled and Disabled
Place two Command Buttons side by side in the
middle of the Form.
Change its properties as listed in the below table.

Control Property Settings

Command Button1 Name Cmdcolor1
Command Button1 Caption &Color1
Command Button1 Enabled True
Command Button2 Name Cmdcolor2
Command Button2 Caption &Color2
Command Button2 Enabled False
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 Enabled and Disabled Property

 Now double-click the first Command Button, then

the code editor will be opened

 Type following code in it

Private Sub Cmdcolor1_Click()

Form1.Backclor = VBGREEN
End Sub

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 Enabled and Disabled Property

 Right – click on the code editor window then pop-up

menu displayed.
 Choose Hide option. It will display the Form designer
windows
 Again Double-click on the second Command Button
and type following code
Private Sub Cmdcolor2_Click()
Form1.Backclor = VBRED
End Sub
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 Enabled and Disabled Property

Output
Now, run the application
VBGREEN will be applied to the Form as its Back Color
and VBRED will not be applied to the Form as its Back
Color

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Enabled and Disabled Property (Form Design)

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Enabled and Disabled Property (Run Time )

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Enabled and Disabled Property
(After Execution )

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Summary
We have discussed about:
 Common properties of Controls

 How to enable, disable the Controls and run

the application

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Quiz
1. To enable or disable a control the property
used is :

A) Enabled Property
B) Visible Property
C) Caption Property
D) Hide Property

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1. Which of the following is NOT a common
property for command button, Label and Text
Box

A) Caption
B) Name
C) Text
D) BackColor

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Frequently Asked Questions
1. List any four common properties of the Controls
2. Write the procedure to enable, disable the Controls

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 Assignment
1. Create an application to show use of ‘enable’ property
at run time

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