Computer Programming Concepts and Visual Basic David I. Schneider

3. Press F1.
C. Display an ANSI table.
1. Press Alt/H/M and click on the Index tab.
2. Type ANSI and press the Enter key.
3. To move between the displays for ANSI characters 0-127 and 128-255, click on
“See Also,” and then click on the Display button.
D. Obtain a list of Visual Basic’s reserved words.
1. Press Alt/H/M.
2. Type “keywords”, press the down-arrow key, and double-click on a category of
keywords from the list below the blue bar.
E. Obtain a list of shortcut keys.
1. Press Alt/H/M and click on the Contents tab.
2. Double-click on the Additional Information book.
3. Double-click on the Keyboard Guide book.
4. Double-click on one of the collections of shortcut keys.
F. Obtain information about a control.
1. Click on the control at design time.
2. Press F1.
G. Exit Help.
1. Press Esc.
HOW TO: MANIPULATE A DIALOG BOX
A. Use a dialog box.
A dialog box contains three types of items: rectangles (text or list boxes), option
lists, and command
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buttons. An option list is a sequence of option buttons or check
boxes of the form option or ■ option.
1. Move from item to item with the Tab key. (The movement is from left to right
and top to bottom. Use Shift+Tab to reverse the direction.)
2. Inside a rectangle, either type in the requested information or use the direction
keys to make a selection.
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3. In an option list, an option button of the form option can be selected with
the direction keys. A dot inside the circle indicates that the option has been
selected.
4. In an option list, a check box of the form ■ option can be checked or
unchecked by pressing the space bar. An X or ✓ inside the square indicates that
the option has been checked.
5. A highlighted command button is invoked by pressing the Enter key.
B. Cancel a dialog box
1. Press the Esc key.
or
1. Press the Tab key until the command button captioned “Cancel” is highlighted
and then press the Enter key.
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