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The Form Layout Window

The Form Layout window is a little window connected closely to the Form window. It allows you to position the forms in your application using a small graphical representation of the screen. If one or more forms appear in the form window, thumbnail sketches of those forms will appear in the Form Layout Window.

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The Project Explorer

The Project Explorer is an essential window. It is used to manage your applications components. As your project grows, the Project Window can get busy. Click the close button in the upper right corner of the Project Explorer to close this window. You can get it back when you need it by selecting Project Explorer under the View menu.

The Project Explorer lists its components in a tree structures listing. Related objects appear together. You can expand or shrink the details by clicking the plus or minus signs that appear next to object groups.

The following kinds of objects can appear in the Project Window:

  • Projects
  • Forms
  • Modules
  • Class modules
  • User Controls
  • User Documents
  • Property Pages
  • External Resources



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