Computer Programming Concepts and Visual Basic David I. Schneider

26. Click the Save button when you are ready to go on. (Alternatively, press Tab
several times until the Save button is highlighted and then press Enter.) The
Save Project As dialog box appears.
27. Type a file name into the File name box. You can use the same name, such as
testprog, as before. Then proceed as in Steps 25 and 26. (The extension .vbp
will be added.)
28. Press Alt/F/N to begin a new program. (As before, select Standard EXE.)
29. Place three text boxes on the form. (Move each text box out of the center of the
form before creating the next.) Notice that they have the names Text1, Text2,
and Text3.
30. Run the program. Notice that the cursor is in Text1. We say that Text1 has the
focus. (This means that Text1 is the currently selected object and any keyboard
actions will be sent directly to this object.) Any text typed will display in that
text box.
31. Press Tab once. Now, Text2 has the focus. When you type, the characters appear
in Text2.
32. Press Tab several times and then press Shift+Tab a few times. With Tab, the
focus cycles through the objects on the form in the order the objects were created.
With Shift+Tab, the focus cycles in the reverse order.
33. End the program.
34. Press Alt/F/O, or click on the Open Project icon to reload your first program.
When a dialog box asks if you want to save your changes, click the No
button or press N. An Open Project dialog box appears on the screen. Click on
the Recent tab to see a list of the programs most recently opened or saved. Your
first program and its location should appear at the top of the list. (Note: You can
also find any program by clicking on the Existing tab and using the dialog box
to search for the program.)
35. Click on the name of your first program and then click on the Open button.
Alternatively, double-click on the name. (You also have the option of typing the
name into the File Name box and then clicking the Open button.)
A COMMAND BUTTON WALKTHROUGH
1. Press Alt/F/N and double-click on Standard EXE to start a new program. There
is no need to save anything.
2. Double-click on the command button icon to place a command button in the
center of the form. (The rectangular-shaped command button icon is the sixth
icon in the Toolbox.)
3. Activate the Properties window, highlight the Caption property, and type
“Please Push Me”. See Figure 2-9. Notice that the letters appear on the command
button as they are typed. The button is too small.
FIGURE 2-9 Setting the Caption Property
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