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| Caption | Property of a label, determines what will be displayed on the form. |
| Code | Programming statements in the Basic language. |
| Access Key | Key to press to activate a control rather than using the mouse. |
| Argument | A value being passed to or from a procedure. |
| Array | A series of items such as a control array or a variable array. |
| ASCII code | Code used to represent characters on a microcomputer. |
| Assignment Statement | Assigns a value to a variable or property of an object. |
| Boolean | A data type that evaluates to True or False. |
| Break Time | Temporary break in execution of a program used for debugging. |
| Breakpoint | Indicated point in project code where execution should break. |
| ByVal | Declares that an argument passed to a procedure should be passed as a copy of the data. |
| Check Box | A control used to indicate a value that may be True or False. |
| Cell | Intersection of a row and a column. |
| Checked | Selected |
| Code Window | the VB window in which code is displayed and written. |
| Color Constant | Predefined constants for specifying colors, such as vbRed and vbBlue. |
| Combo Box Control | Control that is a combination of a list box and a text box. |
| Command button | A control used to activate a procedure. |
| Common Dialog Boxes | A set of Windows dialog boxes available to VB programmers for Open, Save, Fonts, Print, and Color |
| Compile Error | A syntax error usually spelling or punctiation. |
| Concatenation | Joining string (text) fields. |
| Constant | A value that cannot be changed during program execution. |
| Control | An object used on a graphical interface, such as an option button, text box, command button, or label. |
| Data Tip | A small label that displays the current value of a variable, property, or expression during break time. |
| Data Type | Specifies the type of value to be stored in a variable or constant. |
| Debugging | Finding a eliminating computer program errors. |
| Delcaration | Nonexecutable code that sets up variables and constants, declares data types, and allocates memory. |
| Enabled | A command button or menu command that is available to the user. |
| Encapsulation | The combination of an object's properties, methods, and events, which operate independently. |
| Event | An action that may be taken by the user, such as a click, drag, key press, or scroll. |
| Event-driven Programming | Applications designed to respond to actions taken by the user. |
| Flag | Also called a switch. |
| Focus | The currently selected control, |
| Form | An object that acts as a container for the controls in a graphical interface. |
| Form Module | The code related to a single form. |
| Frame | A control used as a container to group other controls. |
| Function | A procedure that returns a value when it is called. |
| Global | The scope of a variable, constant, or procedure that makes it available in all modules of a project. |
| Graphical User Interface (GUI) | Program application containing icons, buttons, and menu bars. |
| Handle | Used to resize a control. |
| Identifier | A programmer-supplied name for a variable, constant, procedure, or control. |
| Instant Watch | A debugging feature that allows you to quickly see the current value of a variable or expression. |
| Intrinsic Constants | Constants supplied with a language or application such as VBBlue. |
| Intrinsic Controls | Basic controls provided in the toolbox. |
| Iteration | A single pass through the body of a loop. |
| Label | A control that displays text as a Caption. |
| Line-continuation Character | A space and underscore. |
| Literal | A string expression enclosed in quotation marks. |
| Local | The scope of a variable or constant that limits its visibility to the current procedure. |
| Logic Error | An error in a project that does not halt execution but causes erroneous results in the output. |
| Logical Operator | The operators And, Or, and Not. |
| Loop | A control structure providing for the repetition of statements. |
| Menu | A list of choices. |
| Message Box | A dialog box displaying a message to the user. |
| Navigation | Stepping through the records of a database file. |
| Nested | A statement completely contained within another statement. |
| Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) | An approach to programming that uses objects and their properties. |
| Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) | A process used to share objects among application. |
| Option Button | A Control used to indicate a value that may be True or False. |
| Order of Precedence | Hierarchy of mathematical operations. |
| Pixel | Picture element, a single dot on the screen. |
| Point | A printer's measure used to define the size of a font; 1/72 of an inch. |
| Project File | A file with a .vbp extension ussed to store the information displayed in the Project window. |
| Property | Characteristic or attribute of an object. |
| Record | A group of related fields. |
| Relational Opertor | Comparison Operators, including <, >, and =. |
| Remark | A Basic statement used for documentation. |
| Run Time | While a project is executing. |
| Run-Time Error | An error that occurs as a program executes. |
| Scope | The extent of visibility of a variable or constant. |
| Search Argument | The value to be matched in a lookup operation. |
| Shortcut Menu | The menue that pops up when the right mouse button is clicked. |
| Sub Procedure | A procedure that takes actions but does not return a value. |
| Toolbox | A window that holds button s used to create controls on a form. |
| ToolTip | A small label that appears when the mouse pointer pauses over a control. |
| Twip | A unit of measure for the display screen, 1/20 of a point or 1/1440 of an inch. |
| User Interface | The display and commands seen by a user. (controls and menus) |
| Validation | Verification of the values entered by the user. |
| Variable | A memory location referred to by a name. |
| Watch | A debugging tool that allows the programmer to view the value of a variable or expression as the project executes. |
