Drawing a control using the Toolbox

• Click the controls icon on the toolbox.
• Move the pointer onto your form. The pointer becomes a cross hair.
• Place the cross hair where you want the upper-left corner of the control.
• Click and hold you left mouse button and drag the mouse, VB draws the control's outline on your form.
• When you have drawn the control at its proper location and size, release the mouse button.

You can also add a control to the form by just double clicking the control on the toolbox. This creates a default-size control located in the center of the form; then you can move the control to another location on the form.

Now, draw the two controls (text box and command button) required for our application.

Notice that small rectangular boxes called sizing handles appear at the corners of the currently selected control; you can use these sizing handles to resize the control.

Figure 4.1