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Event Driven Programming
Figure 1.5: The Main Visual Basic Toolbar.
Besides the main toolbar, you can also display other dockable toolbars in Visual Basic: the Debug,
Edit, and Form Editor toolbars. To display one of these toolbars, just select it using the Toolbars
item in the View menu; the toolbar appears free-floating at first, but you can dock it as you like
in the IDE.
If you are unsure what a particular tool in the toolbar does, just rest the mouse
over it. A tool tip (a small yellow window displaying text) will display the
tools purpose.
The Properties Window is used to establish initial property values for objects. The drop-down box
at the top of the window lists all objects in the current form. Two views are available: Alphabetic
and Categorized. Under this box are the available properties for the currently selected object.
Figure 1.6: Property Windows.
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