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CHAPTER 6:

INPUT BOX,
LIST BOXES Create and use input box,
list boxes and combo
AND boxes
COMBO
BOXES
THE INPUTBOX FUNCTION (1 OF 3)

¡ The InputBox function displays a dialog box that consists of a message


asking for input, an input area, a title, an OK button, and a Cancel button.
¡ When the user enters the text and taps or clicks the OK button, the
InputBox function returns this text as a string.
¡ If the user taps or clicks the Cancel button, the function returns a null
string ("").
THE INPUTBOX FUNCTION (2 OF 3)

Assigned to strUserName
THE INPUTBOX FUNCTION (3 OF 3)

• The InputBox object can be assigned a default value

Default value

Dim strUserInput As String =


InputBox("Enter the distance.","Provide a Value”, 150)
Double.TryParse(strUserInput, dblDistance)
¡ A ListBox control displays a list of items and
allows the user to select one or more items from
the list.
¡ Items can be added by the programmer at design
time or at runtime using a code.
¡ To create a ListBox control, double-click the
ListBox icon in the Toolbox window.
THE LIST ¡ The prefix that we will use in a ListBox control’s
BOXES name is lst (first letter is L).
CONTROL
¡ The items in a list box belong to a collection called
the Items collection.
¡ The String Collection Editor provides an easy
way to add items to the Items collection.
¡ To store values in the Items property at design time:
ADDING ¡ Select the ListBox control in the Designer window
In the Properties window, click the Items (Collection)
ITEMS TO ¡
ellipsis button (...)
THE LIST ¡ Type each value on a separate line in the String
Collection Editor dialog box
BOXES AT
DESIGN TIME
ADDING ITEMS USING THE ADD() METHOD

¡ To store values in the Items property with code at runtime, use the
Add() method.
CLEARING ITEMS FROM LIST BOX

¡ The Items collection provides a Clear method for clearing (removing)


the items from a list box.
COMBO BOXES SIMILAR TO LIST BOXES

¡ Both display a list of items to the user.


¡ Both have Items.Add, and Items.Clear methods.

¡ Additional combo box features are:


¡ a combo box also functions like a text box.
¡ the combo box has a Text property.
¡ the user may enter text into a combo box or the user may select the text
from a series of list box type choices.
¡ in code, we use the cbo prefix when naming combo boxes.
¡ Three styles of combo boxes are available in Visual
Basic.
COMBO BOX
¡ The style is controlled by the combo box’s
STYLES DropDownStyle property, which can be set to
Simple, DropDown (the default), or DropDownList.
LIST BOXES VERSUS COMBO BOXES

¡ If restricting the user to select items listed


¡ If empty space – Use list box
¡ If limited space – Use drop-down list combo box

¡ If allowing user to select an item listed or enter an entirely


new item
¡ If empty space – Use simple combo box
¡ If limited space – Use drop-down combo box
END OF SUBTOPIC …
INPUT BOX, LIST BOXES
AND COMBO BOXES

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