Which control you use depends on what task you want to perform:
Do you want... |
Then use... |
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your end user to trigger an action at their convenience? |
the Using Buttons or Using Images control. |
your end user to turn an option on and off? |
the Using Check Boxes control. |
your end user to select one item from a list? |
the Using Radio Buttons or Using Combo Boxes and List Boxes control. |
your end user to select more than one item from a list? |
the Using Combo Boxes and List Boxes control or a series of Using Check Boxes controls. |
to display static data to an end user? |
the Using Text control. |
to display data one data field at a time? |
the Using Edit Boxes and Multi-Edit Boxes control. |
to show multiple rows of data from a data source? |
the Using Grids and HTML Tables or Using Grids and HTML Tablescontrol. |
to show something formatted as HTML? |
the Using HTML Objects control. |
to display a Web link in a frame? |
the Using Frames control. |
to display a graphic? |
the Using Images control or a BackgroundImage Property on a form. |
your end user to edit or enter data? |
the Using Edit Boxes and Multi-Edit Boxes or Using Edit Boxes and Multi-Edit Boxes (if the data is longer than one line) control. |
menus? |
the Using Menus control. |
to associate a set of options together and visually separate them from other things on a form? |
the Using Group Boxes control. |
to draw a line? |
the Using Lines control. |
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