Database Reference
In-Depth Information
21
Click the original
Country
text box control, and press
Delete
to delete the control
and its associated label. Then move the new combo box and label into their places,
sizing them as needed.
TIP
To ensure that new controls are aligned with existing controls, you can click an
existing control and make a note of its Width, Height, Top, and Left properties. Then
use whichever of those settings is relevant to fine-tune the new control. You can also
use the Arrow keys to nudge the controls into place.
22
Shrink the size of the
Detail
section until it is only as tall as it needs to be to hold its
controls. Also shrink the width of the form so that the contents of all the sections fit
neatly.
Let's draw a dark green line across the form, below the Phone control, and make sure
that no matter what size the program window is, the line always stretches across the
width of the form.
23
If the entire form design grid is not visible, close the
Property Sheet
pane. Then
from the
Design
tool tab, display the
Controls
gallery, click the
Line
thumbnail, and
drag a line across the width of the form design grid to separate the name and phone
number information from the address.
24
If the
Property Sheet
pane is closed, open it, and set the
Height
property to
0
and
the
Border Width
property to
2 pt
. Then close the pane.
8
TIP
Setting the height to 0 does not make the line invisible; it ensures that the line is
straight.
25
With the line still selected, on the
Format
tool tab, in the
Control Formatting
group,
click the
Shape Outline
button, and set the line color to the same dark green color as
the title in the
Form Header
section.
26
On the
Arrange
tool tab, in the
Position
group, click the
Anchoring
button to display
the
Anchoring
gallery.
