Toolbox

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

• Display ToolTips for the Toolbox buttons by selecting the Show ToolTips option in the General tab of the Options dialog box.
  
  
• Customize the Toolbox by adding tabs to it.

  When you add a tab, a Pointer is always available on it.

• Customize the General tab or a custom tab by adding controls using the Components command from the Project menu.

Standard Toolbox Controls

   Pointer

The only item in the Toolbox that doesn't draw a control. When you select the pointer, you can only resize or move a control that has already been drawn on a form.

   PictureBox

Displays graphical images (either decorative or active), as a container that receives output from graphics methods, or as a container for other controls.

   Label

Allows you to have text that you don't want the user to change, such as a caption under a graphic.

   TextBox

Holds text that the user can either enter or change.

   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

Creates a button the user can choose to carry out a command.

   CheckBox

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

Allows you to display multiple choices from which the user can choose only one.

   ComboBox

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

Used to display a list of items from which the user can choose one. The list can be scrolled if it has more items than can be displayed at one time.

   HScrollBar (horizontal 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.

   VScrollBar (vertical 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.

   Timer

Generates timer events at set intervals. This control is invisible at run time.

   DriveListBox

Displays valid disk drives.

   DirListBox (directory list box)

Displays directories and paths.

   FileListBox

Displays a list of files.

   Shape

Allows you to draw a variety of shapes on your form at design time. You can choose a rectangle, rounded rectangle, square, rounded square, oval, or circle.

   Line

Used to draw a variety of line styles on your form at design time.

   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.

   Data

Provides access to data in databases through bound controls on your form.

   OLE

Allows you to link and embed objects from other applications in your Visual Basic application.