The document discusses various Windows Form controls in .NET including their properties, methods, and events. It describes common controls like forms, labels, buttons, textboxes, checkboxes, radiobuttons, comboboxes, and listboxes. For each control, it provides the core details about their intended use, relevant class hierarchies, and some of the most important properties, methods, and events for programming with the control.

1. Unit 2 - GUI Design and Event
Driven Programming
Ms. Yagni Desai

2. Windows Form
• It is a graphical user interface on which the information can
be display, either textual or graphical.
• They are the basic object used to develop an application, it
also contains the coding as well as the controls.
• It is the base on which user interface can be developed.
• Forms is created by default when a Project is created with a
default name Form1.
• Every form has its own Properties, Methods and Events.
• The form properties name, caption are changed as
required, since multiple forms will be used in a Project.

3. Windows Form
• The support for the windows forms is provided in
System.Windows.Forms namespace.
• The Form class is from System.Windows.Forms.Form
namespace.
• Form class is based on Control class.
• The hierarchy of the Form class:
System.Object
System.MarshalByRefObject
System.ComponentModel.Component
System.Windows.Forms.Control
System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableContol
System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl
System.Windows.Forms.Form

4. Title
Control Box
Client Area
• Title: It display the title of
form.
• Control Box:
Maximize, Minimize and
cancel buttons.
• Client Area: the main area of the form in which user
interface can be created by placing the control is called
client area.

5. Property Description
Size Gets or sets the size of the form.
StartPosition Gets or sets the starting position of the form at run
time.
Text Gets or sets the text associated with this form.
Visible Gets or sets a value indicating if the form is visible.
Width Gets or sets the width of the form.
WindowState Gets or sets the form's window state.
Windows Form Properties

6. Property Description
AcceptButton Gets or sets the button on the form that is pressed
when the user uses the Enter key.
ActiveMdiChild Gets the currently active multiple document
interface (MDI) child window.
BackColor Gets or sets the background color for this form.
BackgroundImage Gets or sets the background image in the form.
CancelButton Indicates the button control that is pressed when the
user presses the ESC key.
ContextMenu Gets or sets the shortcut menu for this form.
Controls Gets or sets the collection of controls contained
within the form.
Cursor Gets or sets the cursor that is displayed when the
user moves the mouse pointer over this form.

7. Property Description
Enabled Gets or sets a value indicating if the form is enabled.
Focused Indicates if the form has input focus.
ForeColor Gets or sets the foreground color of the form.
Height Gets or sets the height of the form.
Icon Gets or sets the icon for the form.
IsMdiChild Indicates if the form is an MDI child form.
IsMdiContainer Gets or sets a value indicating if the form is a
container for MDI child forms.
MdiChildren Returns an array of forms of the MDI child forms
that are parented to this form.
MdiParent Gets or sets the current MDI parent form of this
form.

8. Methods of Form
Method Description
Close Closes the form.
Contains Indicates if the specified control is a child of
this form.
Focus Gives the form the focus.
Hide Hides the form.
SetDesktopLocation Sets the location of the form in desktop
coordinates.
Show Makes the form display by setting the visible
property to true.
ShowDialog Displays the form as a modal dialog box.

9. Events of Form
Event Description
Load Occurs before a form is displayed for the first
time.
Resize Occurs when the form is resized.
SizeChanged Occurs when the Size property value has
changed.
TextChanged Occurs when the Text property value has
changed.
Click Occurs when the form is clicked.
Closed Occurs when the form is closed.
Load Occurs before a form is displayed for the first
time.
Resize Occurs when the form is resized.

10. Label Control
• Labels usually are used to display text that cannot be
edited by the user.
• They are based on the Control class.
Property Description
AutoSize Sets/gets a value specifying if the control should be
automatically resized to display all its contents.
BorderStyle Sets/gets the border style for the control.
Image Sets/gets the image that is displayed on a Label.
ImageAlign Sets/gets the alignment of an image that is displayed in
the control.
PreferredHeight Gets the preferred height of the control.
PreferredWidth Gets the preferred width of the control.
TextAlign Sets/gets the alignment of text in the control.

11. Link Label Control
• Link labels support hyperlinks.
• It is use to make a part of the text in this control a link to a
Visual Basic object or web page.
Property Means
ActiveLinkColor Sets/gets the color for an active link.
DisabledLinkColor Sets/gets the color for a disabled link.
LinkArea Sets/gets the range in the text to treat as a link.
LinkBehavior Sets/gets a value that represents the behavior of a link.
LinkColor Sets/gets the color for a normal link.
Links Gets the collection of links in the LinkLabel control.
LinkVisited Sets/gets a value specifying if a link should be displayed as though
it had been visited.
VisitedLinkColor Sets/gets the color used for links that that have been visited.

12. Event of Link Label
Event Means
LinkClicked Occurs when a link is clicked inside the link label.

13. Button Controls
• Buttons are the plain controls that you simply click and
release.
• Buttons provide the most popular way of creating and
handling an event in your code.
Property Means
DialogResult Gets/sets the value returned to the parent form when the
button is clicked. Often used when you're creating dialog
boxes.
FlatStyle Gets/sets a flat style appearance.
Image Gets/sets an image displayed in a button.
TextAlign Gets/sets the alignment of the text in the button.

14. Method of Button
Method Means
PerformClick Causes a Click event for a button.

15. Text Box Controls
• It is box like controls in which you can enter text.
• Text boxes can be multiline, have scroll bars, be read-only
and have many other attributes.
• The TextBox class is derived from the TextBoxBase class,
which is based on Control.
System.Windows .Forms.Control
System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase
System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
• The Text Box control is used to get input from the user or to
display text.
• It is generally used for editable text, it can also be made
read-only.

16. Properties of Text Box
Property Means
Multiline Sets/gets value specifying if this is a multiline text
box control.
ReadOnly Sets/gets a value specifying if the text in the text
box is read-only.
ScrollBars Sets/gets what scroll bars should appear in a
multiline textbox.
TextAlign Sets/gets how text is aligned in a text box control.
PasswordChar Indicates character to display for password input for
single-line edit control

17. Methods of Text Box
Methods Means
AppendText Appends text to the current text in the text box.
Clear Clears all the text from the text box.
Copy Copy the selected text in the text box to the
clipboard.
Cut Moves the selected text in the text box to the
clipboard.
Paste Replaces the selected text in the textbox with the
contents of the clipboard.
Select Selects text in the textbox.
SelectAll Selects all the text in the textbox.

18. Events of Text Box
Events Means
AutoSizeChanged Occurs when the value of the AutoSize property
is changed.
Click Occurs when the text box is clicked.
ReadOnlyChanged Occurs when the value of the ReadOnly property
is changed.

19. Check Box Control
• Checkboxes allow the user to make multiple selections from
a number of options.
• You can click a check box to select it and click it again to
deselect it.
Property Means
Appearance Gets/sets the appearance of a checkbox.
AutoCheck Specifies if the Checked or CheckState values and the checkbox's
appearance are automatically changed when the checkbox is clicked.
CheckAlign Gets/sets the horizontal and vertical alignment of a checkbox in a
checkbox control.
Checked Gets/sets a value indicating if the checkbox is in the checked state.
CheckState Gets/sets the state of a three-state checkbox.
ThreeState Specifies if the checkbox will allow three check states rather than two.

20. Events of Check Box
Event Means
AppearanceChanged Occurs when the Appearance property
changes.
CheckedChanged Occurs when the Checked property
changes.
CheckStateChanged Occurs when the CheckState property
changes.

21. Radio Button Control
• A radio button or option button is a type of graphical user
interface element that allows the user to choose only one
of a predefined set of options.
• When a user clicks on a radio button, it becomes
checked, and all other radio buttons with same group
become unchecked.
• Use a radio button when you want the user to choose
only one option.
Method Means
PerformClick Generates a Click event for the radio button,
simulating a click by a user.

22. Properties & Events of Radio
Button
Property Means
Appearance Gets/sets the value that determines the appearance of the
radio button.
Checked Gets/sets a value indicating whether the radio button is
checked.
FlatStyle Gets/sets the flat style appearance of the radio button.
TextAlign Gets/sets the alignment of the text in a radio button.
Event Means
AppearanceChanged Occurs when the Appearance property changes.
CheckedChanged Occurs when the value of the Checked property
changes.

23. Combo Box Control
• Combo box control is used to display data in a drop-
down combo box.
• The combo box is made up of two parts:
– The top part is a text box that allows the user to type part
of a list item.
– The other part is a list box that displays a list of items from
which the user can select one or more.
• You can allow the user to select an item from the list, or
enter their own data.
• If no item is selected, the SelectedIndex value is -1.
• If the first item in the list is selected, then the
SelectedIndex value is 0.

24. ComboBox cont…
• There are three types of combobox:
– DropDown (the default) - Includes a drop-down list
and a text box. The user can select from the list or
type in the text box.
– Simple - Includes a text box and a list, which doesn't
drop down. The user can select from the list or type in
the text box.
– DropDownList - This style allows selection only from
the drop-down list.
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25. Properties of ComboBox
Property Means
DropDownStyle Gets/sets the style of the combo box.
DropDownWidth Gets/sets a combo box's drop-down part's width.
SelectedIndex Gets/sets the index of the currently selected item.
SelectedItem Gets/sets currently selected item in the combo box.
SelectedText Gets/sets the selected text in the text box part of a
combo box.
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26. Methods of ComboBox
Method Means
BeginUpdate Turns off visual updating of the combo box until the
EndUpdate method is called.
EndUpdate Resumes visual updating of the combo box.
FindString Finds the first item in the combo box that begins with the
indicated string.
FindStringExact Finds the item that matches the indicated string exactly.
GetItemText Gets an item's text.
Select Selects a range of text.
SelectAll Selects all the text in the text box of the combo box.
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27. Events of ComboBox
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Event Means
DropDown Occurs when the drop-down portion of a
combo box is shown.
DropDownStyleChanged Occurs when the DropDownStyle property has
changed.
SelectedIndexChanged Occurs when the SelectedIndex property has
changed.

28. Listbox
• list boxes display a list of items from which
the user can select one or more.
• If there are too many items to display at
once, a scroll bar automatically appears to
let the user scroll through the list.
• In Visual Basic .NET, each item in a list
box is itself an object.

29. Listbox
• The SelectionMode property determines how many
list items can be selected at a time; you can set this
property as:
– MultiExtended— Multiple items can be selected, and
the user can use the Shift, Ctrl, and arrow keys to
make selections.
– MultiSimple— Multiple items can be selected.
– None— No items may be selected.
– One— Only one item can be selected.

30. Listbox Properties
Properties Meaning
MultiColumn You also can scroll list boxes horizontally when you set
this property to True
ScrollAlwaysVisible if True, a scroll bar always appears.
SelectedIndex Gets/sets the index of the currently selected item.
SelectedItem Gets/sets currently selected item in the combo
box.
Sorted: Default value is set to False. Set it to True if you
want the items displayed in the ListBox to be
sorted by alphabetical order.

31. Listbox Methods
Method Use
Count Counting the number of Items in a ListBox
RemoveAt() You can remove all items or one particular item from the
list box.
Clear() To remove all items.

32. Listbox Event
• CodeSelectedIndexChanged Occurs when the SelectedIndex property has
changed.