Learn Visual Basic 6.0

4. More Exploration of the Visual Basic Toolbox

Shape Tool

1. The shape tool can create circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, and rounded squares and rectangles. Colors can be used and various fill patterns are available.
   
   
2. Shape Tool Properties:
   
   

   BackColor	Determines the background color of the shape (only used when FillStyle not Solid.
   BackStyle	Determines whether the background is transparent or opaque.
   BorderColor	Determines the color of the shape's outline.
   BorderStyle	Determines the style of the shape's outline. The border can be transparent, solid, dashed, dotted, and combinations.
   BorderWidth	Determines the width of the shape border line.
   FillColor	Defines the interior color of the shape.
   FillStyle	Determines the interior pattern of a shape. Some choices are: solid, transparent, cross, etc.
   Shape	Determines whether the shape is a square, rectangle, circle, or some other choice.

   
   
3. Like the line tool, events and methods are not used with the shape tool.
   
   
4. Shapes are covered by all objects except perhaps line tools and image boxes (depends on their Z-order) and printed or drawn information. This is a good feature in that you usually use shapes to contain a group of control objects and you'd want them to lie on top of the shape.

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