Microsoft Forms conceptual topics

Information about UserForms and controls, and how to program with them by using Visual Basic.

• Active controls and selected controls
• Add a control to a form
• Add a control to the Toolbox
• Add a customized control to the Toolbox
• Add items to a list using the List or Column property
• Adjust horizontal and vertical spacing between controls
• Align a picture on a control
• Align controls
• Align text in a control
• Arrange buttons
• Assign a bitmap to a control
• Assign a caption
• Assign a control tip to a control
• Assign a control tip to a Page or Tab
• Assign a custom Help topic to a control
• Assign an accelerator key for a Page or Tab
• Assign an accelerator key
• Break up a control group
• ByVal References in Microsoft Forms
• Center controls in a form
• Change the appearance of a control
• Change the location of the form
• Change the name of a Toolbox page
• Change the order of pages in a MultiPage or TabStrip
• Change the order of Toolbox pages
• Change the size of the form
• Change the size of the Toolbox
• Create a control group
• Create a list box with option buttons or check boxes
• Create a new Toolbox page
• Create a standard list box
• Create a transparent control
• Create an option group
• Create an option group using the GroupName property
• Create forms and dialog boxes with right-to-left extensions
• Custom Help files
• Customize a Toolbox icon
• Customize a ToolTip in the Toolbox
• Delete a bitmap from a control
• Delete a Toolbox page
• Delete an item from the Toolbox
• Display a group's shortcut menu
• Display or hide the Toolbox
• Display the shortcut menu for a MultiPage or Page
• Display the shortcut menu for a TabStrip or Tab
• Import or export a Toolbox page
• ListBox styles
• Make a control that automatically adjusts to the size of its data
• Make controls the same size
• Match entries in a list
• Move an item to another Toolbox page
• Object model for Microsoft Forms
• Protect sensitive information
• Put data in a ListBox or ComboBox
• Select a control within a group
• Select a grid size
• Set the tab order using the Tab Order dialog box
• Set the tab order using the TabIndex property
• Set the ToolTip for a Toolbox page
• Should I use a MultiPage or a TabStrip?
• Show or hide the grid
• Show or hide ToolTips
• Size all the controls in a group
• Size to fit
• Size to grid
• Things you can do with a multicolumn ListBox or ComboBox
• Things you can do with a picture on an Image control
• Things you can do with control groups
• Tips on selecting multiple controls
• Tips on setting the dominant control
• Tips on using text boxes
• Transparency in Microsoft Forms
• Undo and Redo in Microsoft Forms
• Use z-order to layer controls
• What is a caption?
• What is a control tip?
• What is a MultiPage?
• What is a shortcut menu?
• What is a TabStrip?
• What is a ToolTip?
• What is the difference between the DataObject and the Clipboard?
• What is the Toolbox?

See also

• Microsoft Forms examples
• Microsoft Forms reference

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