Learn Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Now/Learn Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Now (Microsoft Press)(X03-58607)(1998).ISO/media/chap01/b01d020.cc2

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0, Okay, let's continue creating our Lucky
3, Seven program by setting properties for
5, the seven objects on our form. To set a
8, property for an object, you must first
9, select the object on your form. Let's
11, start by setting the Caption property for
13, the Command1 object. First, we'll click
16, the command button on the form. Then
20, we'll double-click the title bar of the
22, Properties window to get a better look at
23, our property settings. The property
26, setting that we want to change is Caption,
29, which controls the text that is displayed
31, in the command button when the program
32, runs. We'll click the Caption setting in
35, the Properties window, click the setting,
39, which is currently Command1, and set
42, the new setting to be Spin. We'll do the
47, same thing for the second command button.
49, We'll click the command button, we'll
52, click the Caption property, and we'll
55, type End for that command button's name.
60, Okay, let's continue by setting the
62, property settings for the first three label
64, objects on our program. Since these will
68, have the same property settings,we'll set
69, them as a group. First, we'll click the
72, first label object. Then, we'll hold
74, down the Shift key and click the second
76, and third label objects. Now, we'll go to
81, the Properties window and select a
84, border style, which is Fixed Single. That
89, will give a 3-D effect to our buttons.
93, We'll set Alignment to Center, which will
97, center our numbers. And we'll change the
100, font using the Font dialog box. To make
105, our numbers look big and bold, we'll
107, select Times New Roman, bold, 24-point.
116, Right now, the word Label appears in our
118, buttons, but we'll change that with program
121, code when the program runs. Now let's
124, set the text that will appear in the
126, Label4 object. This should be the program
129, title, Lucky Seven. So, we'll go over to
133, the Properties window, click the Caption
137, property, and type Lucky Seven. Then,
146, we'll use the Font dialog box to select
149, Arial, bold, 24-point type. And we'll use
160, the ForeColor property to change the
162, color of the font to dark purple. Now,
171, let's set the properties for the last object
173, on our form, the image box object.
177, First, we'll click the image object, we'll
179, set the Stretch property to True, and
184, we'll specify the picture with the Picture
186, property setting. We can use the Load
191, Picture dialog box to scroll to our
193, picture, which is named Coins.wmf. This is a
200, metafile that will display a stack of
202, coins when the user wins. Since the user
205, hasn't won yet, we want to start by
206, setting the Visible property setting to False
210, with the image object. If you think of a
215, better property setting, you can always
217, change it. I've decided I don't like
219, those unsightly label tags in the spinner
222, windows at the top of the form. So, I'm
224, going to click each of those windows
225, individually and remove the Caption
227, properties. I'll remove the first property, and
235, I'll remove the second property, and
239, I'll remove the third property. Now, we're
244, finished setting properties for our
247, Visual Basic form. And so, let's close our
249, Properties window by double-clicking the
251, title bar. In the next demonstration,
254, you'll see how to use program code to
256, finalize your application.
258, END