Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2008 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit

Chapter 8. Using Advanced Controls

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What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

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Creating timers

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Creating tabbed dialog boxes

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Storing pictures in an Image List control

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Building enhanced lists using the List View control

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Creating hierarchical lists using the Tree View control

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The standard controls presented in Hour 7, “Working with Traditional Controls,” enable you to build many types of functional forms. However, to create truly robust and interactive applications, you must use the more advanced controls. As a Windows user, you’ve encountered many of these controls, such as the Tab control, which presents data ...