Which Control Should You Use?

Which control you use depends on what task you want to perform:

Do you want...

Then use...

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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