Exam 12: Using Controls

What are some of the commonly used CheckBox and RadioButton properties, and the default event for which a method shell is generated for these classes in the IDE? If you wanted a user to select which pizza toppings he or she wanted from a group of possible toppings, which Control would you use and why?

SelectionStart and SelectionEnd are properties of the MonthCalendar class. What methods can be applied to these properties to control the display of a date? What other factors influence the format in which dates are displayed?

The ____________________ class contains a wide variety of predefined Color s that you can use with your Control s.

The ____ Control allows you to retrieve date information.

____ objects are GUI widgets the user can click to select an option; only one of a group can be selected at a time.

When you create a Form in the Visual Studio IDE, the IDE automatically generates code to support the Form and any Control s that you place on the Form . What do you know about the Form under development given the following snippet of code generated by the IDE? private void InitializeComponent() { this .label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this .okButton = new System Windows.Forms.Button(); ... }

C# allows you to create custom colors.

A ____ is an object you can instantiate on a remote computer so that you can manipulate a reference to the object rather than a local copy of the object.

When designing a MenuStrip control, the programmer should follow conventional menu order; for example, a Help option is usually located ____ of the main menu.

The default text color for a LinkLabel is purple.

The ____ class provides the definitions for GUI objects.

The ListBox provides a Boolean ____ property, which you can set to display items in columns instead of in a straight vertical list.

What are some of the commonly used PictureBox properties and the default event for a PictureBox ?

ListBox , ComboBox , and CheckedListBox objects all allow users to select choices from a list. These three classes descend from ____.

____ objects are GUI widgets the user can click to select an option; any number of these can be selected at the same time.

When filling in the items in a MenuStrip control, you can double-click an entry to generate a ____ method that will execute if the user clicks on the entry.

When you drag multiple Control s onto a Form , blue ____ appear and help you align new Control s with others already in place.

Each Control has more than 80 public properties.

The ____ Control displays a month calendar when the down arrow is selected.

When using programs or visiting Internet sites, you encounter and use many other interactive ____________________-elements of graphical interfaces that allow you to interact with programs-such as scroll bars, check boxes, and radio buttons.