Chapter 7

How do you insert a separator bad into a menu

Type a hyphen (-) as a menu items text property

Form is stored in a file with what extension

.vb

Steps for adding module to a project

1. Click project on menu bar, click add module on the project menu. Add new item dialog box should appear 2. Change default name that's displayed in the name text box to the name you wish to give the new standard module 3. Click add button

context menu

A menu that displays when you right-click the screen, displaying commands that relate to your current task.

Module level variable

Accessible to any procedure or function within that module (variable is declared using dim and outside all procedures and functions)

A form's ____ event is triggered when the user switched to the form from another form or application

Activated

The MenuStrip Control

Adds a menu bar to your form Displayed in the component tray (bottom of design window)

show() method

Causes the form to display in a modeless form - allows user to switch focus between the forms while a form is opened

Checked menu items

CheckOnClick property to true to turn on Then set Checked property to true if feature should be on when form is initially displayed

How to create a module

Click project in menu bar then click add module

How to add a new form

Click project- select add windows form - add new item

Close method

Closes a form and removes its visual part from memory Keyword- me - refers to form

ShortcutKeys property

Combo of keys that cause a menu command to execute Ex. Ctrl + C to copy Has to be set to true You don't have to open the menu to use

Module

Contains only code, no graphics Can be accessed by all forms No event handlers Stores in files that end with .vb extensions

Class-level variable in a form

Declared by the rim statement outside all the procedures and functions

How do you set up a load event?

Double click on the black area of the start up form

FormClosed Event

Occurs after form has closed You can not prevent a form from closing with form closed every

The ________ event occurs when a form is in the process of closing, but before its closed

FormClosing

Submenus

If menu has submenu, a solid right pointing arrow will be shown

Activated event

Occurs when the user switches to a form from another form or application

If keyword public is used to declare variable

It's accessibly to all procedures and functions within the protect (include all classes)

Global Variable

Keyword: public in place of Dim and declare outside all procedures and functions A global variable is used by any procedure / function in ALL classes

Just before a form is initially displayed, this event occurs.

Load

Hide() method

Makes a form or control invisible but does not remove it from memory Me.Hide()

Disabled Menu Items

Menu item is grated out with the enabled property For example: enabled property is true by default, paste open room is initially disabled and only enabled after something is cut or copied

In order to add a menu to a form, you must place a ________ on the form.

MenuStrip control

Show method displays a form in

Modeless style

If a procedure or variable is used by more than one form, where should it be declared?

Module

Frm

Prefix used to indicate that the variable references a form

If you want to declare g_intTotal in a module as a global variable, which declaration would you use?

Public g_intTotal as integer

Delete option

Remove a form from a project and physically delete its file from the storage

Exclude from project option

Remove a form from a project but leave its files on disk

How do you make a menu item disabled?

Setting it's enabled property to false

What property must be set on a menu item to have the user activate that option by pressing ctrl + c on keyboard?

ShortcutKeys

All of the following are true about standard modules EXCEPT

Standard modules may contain event handlers

FormClosing event

Triggered as the form is being closed but before it's actually closed -can be used to ask the user if they really want to close form

Load event

Triggered just before the start up form is displayed Codes inside the load event is execute only once before the display of the startup form firing program execution

Any form in a Windows Forms application can be designated as the startup form.

True

Solution Explorer Window

Use this to change the file name

Keyword: new

Used to create an instance

Once you create a form

You don't have to recreate it to use it in another prject

menu system

a collection of commands organized in one or more drop-down menus

A variable is accessible to statements outside the form if declared __________.

as public and class-level

An instance of a form is created using a __________ statement with the New keyword.

dim

ShowDialog method

displays a modal form and causes it to receive the focus

Statement will display the getStudentDataForm in such a way that any code following the statement will not execute until the getStudentDataForm closes

getStudentDataForm.ShowDialog()

A module-level variable declared Public is also known as a _______ variable.

global

context menu

is shown when the user right-clicks a form or control

If an applications menu system has a cut command on the edit menu, what should the menuitem control for the command be named ?

mnuEditCut

When a ________ form is displayed, no other form in the application can receive the focus until the form is closed

modal

When this type of form is displayed, statements following the method call continue to execute after the form is displayed.

modeless

Startup form

the first form that is displayed in an application