Computer Programming Concepts and Visual Basic David I. Schneider

432 Computer Programming Concepts and Visual Basic
file’s DOS file handle, a number that uniquely identifies the file and is used in assembly language
programming.
FILECOPY The statement FileCopy source, destination creates the file specified by destination
by making a copy of the file specified by source. Both source and destination may
specify drive and path information. If the file specified by destination already exists, it will
be overwritten without a warning being issued.
FILEDATETIME The value of the function FileDateTime(filename) is a string giving the
date and time that the file specified by the filename was created or last modified.
FILELEN The value of the function FileLen(filename) is the length in characters (bytes) of
the file specified by filename.
FILENAME The FileName property of a file list box is the contents of the currently selected
item.
FILLCOLOR When the FillStyle property of a form or picture box is set to a value other
than the default of 1, the property FillColor determines what color is used to paint the interior
of ellipses and rectangles drawn with the Circle and Line graphics methods. The Fill-
Color property may be assigned any valid RGB color number. The default value for FillColor
is black (0). [color]
FILLSTYLE The property FillStyle determines what pattern is used to paint the interior of
ellipses and rectangles drawn on forms or picture boxes with the Circle and Line methods.
The default value for FillStyle is transparent (1), which means that interiors are not painted.
Other values available for FillStyle are solid (0), horizontal lines (2), vertical lines (3), diagonals
running upward to the right (4), diagonals running downward to the right (5), vertical
and horizontal lines [crosshatched] (6), and diagonal crosshatched (7). Note: Using BF in a
Line method has the same effect as setting the FillStyle to 0 and the FillColor to the color of
the bordering line.
FINDFIRST, FINDLAST, FINDNEXT, FINDPREVIOUS A statement of the form
Data1.RecordSet.FindWhat criteria selects a new current record in the table of the database associated
with the data control in the expected way, based on the specifications of the string criteria.
FIX The value of the function Fix(x) is the whole number obtained by discarding the decimal
part of the number x.
FIXEDALIGNMENT The statement MSFlexGrid1.FixedAlignment(m) = n, where n = 0
(left-align (default)), 1 (right-align), or 2 (centered), aligns the text in the fixed cells of the
mth column of the grid.
FIXEDCOLS and FIXEDROWS The FixedCols and FixedRows properties of a grid specify
the number of fixed rows and fixed columns of a grid. Fixed rows and columns are used for
headings and never disappear due to scrolling.
FLAGSThe Flags property of a common dialog box sets a variety of options.
FONT.BOLD or FONTBOLD These properties determine whether the characters Printed on
a form, picture box, or printer, or assigned to a text box, command button, or label appear in
bold or normal type. If the property is set to True (the default), then for a form, picture box,
or printer, subsequent Printed characters appear bold. For a text box, command button, or
label, the text or caption is immediately changed to bold. If the property is set to False, subsequent
characters are Printed in normal type and characters assigned to the text or caption
property change immediately to normal type.
FONTCOUNT The value of the property Screen.FontCount is the number of fonts available
for use on the screen. Similarly, the value of the property Printer. FontCount is the
number of fonts available on the printer. The FontCount property is set according to your
Windows environment and is generally used to determine the limit on the index for the Fonts
property.