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Toolbox

Displays the standard Visual Basic controls plus any ActiveX controls and insertable objects that you have added to your project.

You can customize the Toolbox by adding pages to it or by adding controls by using the Additional Controls command from the Tools menu. When you add a page, a Select Objects tool is always available on the page.

Button Icon Description
Select Objects Standard toolbox controls Select Objects is the only item in the Toolbox that doesn't draw a control. When you select it, you can only resize or move a control that has already been drawn on a form.
Label Label Allows you to have text that you don't want the user to change, such as a caption under a graphic.
TextBox Text box Holds text that the user can either enter or change.
ComboBox Combo box Allows you to draw a combination list box and text box. The user can either choose an item from the list or enter a value in the text box.
ListBox List box Use to display a list of items from which the user can choose. The list can be scrolled if it has more items than can be displayed at one time.
CheckBox Check box Creates a box that the user can easily choose to indicate if something is true or false, or to display multiple choices when the user can choose more than one.
OptionButton Option button Allows you to display multiple choices from which the user can choose only one.
ToggleButton Toggle button Creates a button that toggles on and off.
Frame Frame Allows you to create a graphical or functional grouping for controls. To group controls, draw the frame first, and then draw controls inside the frame.
CommandButton Command button Creates a button that the user can choose to carry out a command.
TabStrip Tab strip Allows you to define multiple pages for the same area of a window or dialog box in your application.
MultiPage Multi page Presents multiple screens of information as a single set.
ScrollBar Scroll bar Provides a graphical tool for quickly navigating through a long list of items or a large amount of information, for indicating the current position on a scale, or as an input device or indicator of speed or quantity.
SpinButton Spin button A spinner control that you can use with another control to increment and decrement numbers. You can also use it to scroll back and forth through a range of values or a list of items.
Image Image Displays a graphical image from a bitmap, icon, or metafile on your form. Images displayed in an Image control can only be decorative and use fewer resources than a PictureBox.

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