Project Explorer

Displays a hierarchical list of the projects and all of the items contained in a project.

Window Elements

   View Code

Displays the Code window so you can write and edit code associated with the selected item.

   View Object

Displays the Object window for the selected item, an existingform, module, ActiveX object, or user control

   Toggle Folders

Hides and shows the object folders while still showing the individual items contained within them.

List window

Lists the all loaded projects and the items included in each project.

• Project.

  

  The project and items contained within it.

  • Forms

    

    All .frm files associated with the project.

  • Modules

    

    All .bas modules for the project.

  • Class Modules

    

    All .cls files for the project.

  • User Controls

    

    All user controls for the project.

  • User Documents

    

    All document objects, .dob files, in the project.

  • Property Pages

    

    All property pages, .pag files, in the project.

  • ActiveX Designers

    

    All designers, .dsr files, in the project.

  • Related Documents

    Lists all documents to which you want a pointer. The path to the document is stored rather than the document itself. When you click View Object, Visual Basic searches the registry for the document type and executes the appropriate open command. You can place any valid document type in the project.

  • Resources

    

    Lists all of the resources you have in your project.

Note   A check mark to the left of a filename in the Project Explorer indicates that the file is checked out of a version control project, and currently has read/write status. The check mark is only displayed if you are connected to a version control program, such as Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, which is included with the Enterprise Edition of Visual Basic.