Computer Programming Concepts and Visual Basic David I. Schneider

442 Computer Programming Concepts and Visual Basic
MOD The value of the expression num1 Mod num2 is the whole number remainder when
num1 is divided by num2. If either num1 or num2 is not a whole number, it is rounded to a
whole number before the Mod operation is performed. If one or both of num1 and num2 are
negative, the result of the Mod operation will have the same sign as num1. For example, 25
Mod 7 is 4, 18.7 Mod 3.2 is 1, –35 Mod –4 is –3, and 27 Mod –6 is 3.
MONTH The function Month extracts the month from a serial date. If d is any valid serial
date, the value of Month(d) is a whole number from 1 to 12 giving the month recorded as
part of the date and time stored in d. [date]
MOUSEPOINTER The property MousePointer determines what shape the mouse pointer
takes when the mouse is over a particular form or control. Valid values for the MousePointer
property are whole numbers from 0 to 12. A value of 0 (the default) indicates that the
mouse pointer should take on the normal shape for the control it is over. (The normal shape
over text boxes is an I-beam, and for a form, picture box, label, or command button it is an
arrow.) Use a MousePointer value of 1 for an arrow, 2 for crosshairs, 3 for an I-beam, 4 for
a small square within a square, 5 for a four-pointed arrow, 6 for a double arrow pointing up
to the right and down to the left, 7 for a double arrow pointing up and down, 8 for a double
arrow pointing up to the left and down to the right, 9 for a double arrow pointing left and
right, 10 for an up arrow, 11 for an hourglass, and 12 for a “do not” symbol (circle with diagonal
line).
MOVE The method objectName.Move xpos, ypos moves the named form or control so that
its upper left corner has coordinates (xpos, ypos). For forms, positioning is relative to the
upper left corner of the screen. For controls, positioning is relative to the upper left corner of
the form, frame, or picture box to which the control is attached. The method
objectName.Move xpos, ypos, width, height also resizes the named form or control to be
width units wide and height units high. The Move method may be used whether or not a form
or control is visible. If you wish to specify just a new width for an object, you CANNOT use
objectName.Move , , width. Instead, use objectName.Move objectName.Left,
objectName.Top, width. Similar considerations apply for changing just ypos, height, width
and height, and so on.
MOVEFIRST, MOVELAST, MOVENEXT, MOVEPREVIOUS The data control methods
MoveNext, MovePrevious, MoveLast, and MoveFirst select new current records in the
expected way.
MSGBOX (Statement and Function) The statement MsgBox prompt displays prompt in a
dialog box with an OK button. The more general statement MsgBox prompt, buttons, title
displays prompt in a dialog box with title in the Title bar and containing from one to three
buttons as determined by the value of buttons. The value of buttons also determines which
button is the default (has the focus) and which, if any, of four icons is displayed. The value
to use for buttons can be computed as follows:
buttons = set number + default number + icon number
where set number, default number, and icon number are determined from the following
tables:
Buttons Set Set Number
OK 0
OK, Cancel 1
Abort, Retry, Ignore 2
Yes, No, Cancel 3
Yes, No 4
Retry, Cancel 5