Learn Visual Basic 6.0

1. Introduction to the Visual Basic Language and Environment

Example 1-2: Stopwatch Application - Setting Properties

1. Set properties of the form, three buttons, and six labels:
   
   

   Form1:	BorderStyle	1-Fixed Single
   	Caption	Stopwatch Application
   	Name	frmStopWatch
   Command1:	Caption	&Start Timing
   	Name	cmdStart
   Command2:	Caption	&End Timing
   	Name	cmdEnd
   Command3:	Caption	E&xit
   	Name	cmdExit
   Label1:	Caption	Start Time
   Label2:	Caption	End Time
   Label3:	Caption	Elapsed Time
   Label4:	BorderStyle	1-Fixed Single
   	Caption	[Blank]
   	Name	lblStart
   Label5:	BorderStyle	1-Fixed Single
   	Caption	[Blank]
   	Name	lblEnd
   Label6:	BorderStyle	1-Fixed Single
   	Caption	[Blank]
   	Name	lblElapsed

   
   
   In the Caption properties of the three command buttons, notice the ampersand (&). The ampersand precedes a button's access key. That is, in addition to clicking on a button to invoke its event, you can also press its access key (no need for a mouse). The access key is pressed in conjunction with the Alt key. Hence, to invoke 'Begin Timing', you can either click the button or press Alt+B. Note in the button captions on the form, the access keys appear with an underscore (_).
   
   
2. Your form should now look something like this:
   
   
   

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