VB.Net/GUI/GroupBox
GroupBox Demo
<source lang="vbnet"> Imports System.Windows.Forms
Module Module1
Sub Main() Application.Run(New Form1) End Sub
End Module
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
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Public Sub New() MyBase.New() "This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() "Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub "Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub "Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer "NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer "It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. "Do not modify it using the code editor. Friend WithEvents GroupBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox Friend WithEvents GroupBox2 As System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox Friend WithEvents RadioButton1 As System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton Friend WithEvents RadioButton2 As System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton Friend WithEvents RadioButton3 As System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton Friend WithEvents RadioButton4 As System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton Friend WithEvents RadioButton5 As System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton Friend WithEvents RadioButton6 As System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.GroupBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox() Me.GroupBox2 = New System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox() Me.RadioButton1 = New System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton() Me.RadioButton2 = New System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton() Me.RadioButton3 = New System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton() Me.RadioButton4 = New System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton() Me.RadioButton5 = New System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton() Me.RadioButton6 = New System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton() Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.GroupBox1.SuspendLayout() Me.GroupBox2.SuspendLayout() Me.SuspendLayout() " "GroupBox1 " Me.GroupBox1.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.RadioButton3, Me.RadioButton2, Me.RadioButton1}) Me.GroupBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(24, 24) Me.GroupBox1.Name = "GroupBox1" Me.GroupBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(200, 128) Me.GroupBox1.TabIndex = 0 Me.GroupBox1.TabStop = False Me.GroupBox1.Text = "Lunch" " "GroupBox2 " Me.GroupBox2.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.RadioButton6, Me.RadioButton5, Me.RadioButton4}) Me.GroupBox2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(24, 184) Me.GroupBox2.Name = "GroupBox2" Me.GroupBox2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(200, 128) Me.GroupBox2.TabIndex = 1 Me.GroupBox2.TabStop = False Me.GroupBox2.Text = "Dinner" " "RadioButton1 " Me.RadioButton1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 24) Me.RadioButton1.Name = "RadioButton1" Me.RadioButton1.TabIndex = 0 Me.RadioButton1.Text = "Salad" " "RadioButton2 " Me.RadioButton2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 56) Me.RadioButton2.Name = "RadioButton2" Me.RadioButton2.TabIndex = 1 Me.RadioButton2.Text = "Soup" " "RadioButton3 " Me.RadioButton3.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 88) Me.RadioButton3.Name = "RadioButton3" Me.RadioButton3.TabIndex = 2 Me.RadioButton3.Text = "Fruit" " "RadioButton4 " Me.RadioButton4.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 24) Me.RadioButton4.Name = "RadioButton4" Me.RadioButton4.TabIndex = 0 Me.RadioButton4.Text = "Appetizer" " "RadioButton5 " Me.RadioButton5.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 56) Me.RadioButton5.Name = "RadioButton5" Me.RadioButton5.TabIndex = 1 Me.RadioButton5.Text = "Salad" " "RadioButton6 " Me.RadioButton6.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 88) Me.RadioButton6.Name = "RadioButton6" Me.RadioButton6.TabIndex = 2 Me.RadioButton6.Text = "Soup" " "Button1 " Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(80, 344) Me.Button1.Name = "Button1" Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(96, 23) Me.Button1.TabIndex = 2 Me.Button1.Text = "Show Choices" " "Form1 " Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(248, 405) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.Button1, Me.GroupBox2, Me.GroupBox1}) Me.Name = "Form1" Me.Text = "GroupBoxDemo" Me.GroupBox1.ResumeLayout(False) Me.GroupBox2.ResumeLayout(False) Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub
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Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click If (RadioButton1.Checked) Then MessageBox.Show("Soup for lunch") ElseIf (RadioButton2.Checked) Then MessageBox.Show("Salad for lunch") ElseIf (RadioButton3.Checked) Then MessageBox.Show("Fruit for lunch") End If If (RadioButton4.Checked) Then MessageBox.Show("Appetizer for dinner") ElseIf (RadioButton5.Checked) Then MessageBox.Show("Salad for dinner") ElseIf (RadioButton6.Checked) Then MessageBox.Show("Soup for dinner") End If End Sub
End Class
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Using GroupBoxes and Panels to hold buttons
<source lang="vbnet"> Imports System Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class MainClass
Shared Sub Main() Dim myform As Form = New FrmGroupBox() Application.Run(myform) End Sub " Main
End Class Public Class FrmGroupBox
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
- Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Public Sub New() MyBase.New() "This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() "Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub "Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub Friend WithEvents mainGroupBox As System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox Private WithEvents mainPanel As System.Windows.Forms.Panel Friend WithEvents cmdRight As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents cmdHi As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents cmdLeft As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents cmdBye As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents lblMessage As System.Windows.Forms.Label "Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ruponentModel.Container "NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer "It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. "Do not modify it using the code editor. <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.cmdRight = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.cmdBye = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.mainPanel = New System.Windows.Forms.Panel() Me.cmdLeft = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.cmdHi = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.lblMessage = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.mainGroupBox = New System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox() Me.mainPanel.SuspendLayout() Me.mainGroupBox.SuspendLayout() Me.SuspendLayout() " "cmdRight " Me.cmdRight.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(352, 32) Me.cmdRight.Name = "cmdRight" Me.cmdRight.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 40) Me.cmdRight.TabIndex = 0 Me.cmdRight.Text = "Far Right" " "cmdBye " Me.cmdBye.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(112, 40) Me.cmdBye.Name = "cmdBye" Me.cmdBye.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 40) Me.cmdBye.TabIndex = 1 Me.cmdBye.Text = "Bye" " "mainPanel " Me.mainPanel.AutoScroll = True Me.mainPanel.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle Me.mainPanel.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.cmdLeft, Me.cmdRight}) Me.mainPanel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(40, 192) Me.mainPanel.Name = "mainPanel" Me.mainPanel.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(184, 112) Me.mainPanel.TabIndex = 1 " "cmdLeft " Me.cmdLeft.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 32) Me.cmdLeft.Name = "cmdLeft" Me.cmdLeft.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 40) Me.cmdLeft.TabIndex = 1 Me.cmdLeft.Text = "Scroll" " "cmdHi " Me.cmdHi.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 40) Me.cmdHi.Name = "cmdHi" Me.cmdHi.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 40) Me.cmdHi.TabIndex = 0 Me.cmdHi.Text = "Hi" " "lblMessage " Me.lblMessage.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 11.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)) Me.lblMessage.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 136) Me.lblMessage.Name = "lblMessage" Me.lblMessage.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(200, 40) Me.lblMessage.TabIndex = 2 Me.lblMessage.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter " "mainGroupBox " Me.mainGroupBox.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.cmdBye, Me.cmdHi}) Me.mainGroupBox.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 16) Me.mainGroupBox.Name = "mainGroupBox" Me.mainGroupBox.TabIndex = 0 Me.mainGroupBox.TabStop = False Me.mainGroupBox.Text = "Main GroupBox" " "FrmGroupBox " Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(264, 333) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.lblMessage, Me.mainPanel, Me.mainGroupBox}) Me.Name = "FrmGroupBox" Me.Text = "GroupBoxPanelExample" Me.mainPanel.ResumeLayout(False) Me.mainGroupBox.ResumeLayout(False) Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub
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" event handlers to change lblMessage Private Sub cmdHi_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdHi.Click lblMessage.Text = "A" End Sub " cmdHi_Click " bye button handler Private Sub cmdBye_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdBye.Click lblMessage.Text = "B" End Sub " cmdBye_Click " far left button handler Private Sub cmdLeft_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdLeft.Click lblMessage.Text = "C" End Sub " cmdLeft_Click " far right button handler Private Sub cmdRight_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdRight.Click lblMessage.Text = "D" End Sub " cmdRight_Click
End Class
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