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| static variable | local variable that retains its value when a procedure ends |
| Dim | can be used to declare a form-level varable, which will maintain the variable declared and its value until the application ends |
| intUserAnswer | a variable probably declared as an integer |
| intCorrectAnswer | a variable probably declared an and integer and meant to contain correct answers to a math problem |
| Verify Answer button | its click event procedure is probably used to initialize the intUserAnswer and intCorrectAnswer variables |
| Load Picture funciton | used to display a graphic in a form, pictue box control, or image control and/or used to clear a graphic |
| MsgBox function | displays one of Visual Basic's predefined dialog boxes |
| stringexpression | represents the graphics file location, which should be enclosed in quotation marks |
| prompt | in MsgBox is used to display a message in the dialog box |
| buttons | in MsgBox is the sum of values specifying the numbe and type of buttons to display |
| title | in MsgBox it is a string expression displayed in the tilte bar of the dialog box |
| helpfile | in MsgBox it is a string expression that identifies the Help file to use to provide context-sensitive Help for the dialog box |
| context | in MsgBox it is a numeric expression that is the Help context number assigned to the appropriate Help topic by the Help author |
| MsgBox Group One | contains the number and types of buttons displayed in the dialog box |
| MsgBox Group Two | contains the style of the icon displayed in the dialog box |
| MsgBox Group Three | contains the settings for the buttons argument identifying the default button, which is th botton that is chosen automatically when the user presses the Enter key |
| MsgBox Group Four | controls the dialog box's modality, which can be either application modal or system modal |
| buttons argument | the sum of one of hte number srom each of the four MsgBox groups |
| dialog box message | uses sentence capitalization |
| title bar text | uses book title capitalization |
| Critical Message icon | used when you want to alert the user of a serious problem that must be corrected before the application can continue |
| Warning Query icon | used in a Windows 3.1 application, not in a Windows 95 application |
| Warning Message icon | used in a dialog box when you want to alert the user that he /she must first make a decision and then enter a response befoer the application can contiue |
| Information Message icon | used in a dialog box that display an information message along with an OK button only |
| default button | used in the dialog box and should be the one that represents the user's most likely action, as long as that action is not destructive |
| intRetVal | used within a MsgBox function, an integer variable that represents which button was selected by the user |
| SelStart property | tells Visual basic where in the text box to position the insertion point, that is, where to start the text selection |
| SelLength property | tells Visual Basic how many character to select |
| Len function | used to determine the number of characters in a text box |
| GotFocus Event | occurs when an objec receives the focus, either by user action, such as tabbing to or clicking the object, or by changing the focus in code using the SetFocus method |
| highlighting existing text | customarily done in Windows application to select existing text in a text box when the text box receives the focus |
| Display summary information check box | used to display/hide the fraInfo frame control |
| Members of Check Box Constants | made up of three constants associated with a check box: vbChecked, vbGrayed, and vbUnchecked |
