Table 10 shows the tags for suggested Visual Basic 4.0 objects.
Table 10. Visual Basic 4.0 object tags.
Tag |
Object Type |
|---|---|
app |
App |
chk |
CheckBox |
clp |
Clipboard |
cbo |
ComboBox |
cmd |
CommandButton |
ctl |
Control |
dat |
Data |
dir |
DirListBox |
drv |
DriveListBox |
fil |
FileListBox |
frm |
Form |
fra |
Frame |
hsb |
HScrollBar |
img |
Image |
lbl |
Label |
lin |
Line |
lst |
ListBox |
mdi |
MDIForm |
mnu |
Menu |
ole |
OLE |
opt |
OptionButton |
pic |
PictureBox |
prt |
Printer |
scr |
Screen |
shp |
Shape |
txt |
TextBox |
tmr |
Timer |
vsb |
VScrollBar |
Microsoft common control objects
Windows 95 and Windows NT have a set of common controls that are accessible from VBA. Table 11 lists the tags for objects created using these controls.
Table 11. Microsoft common control object tags.
Tag |
Object Type |
|---|---|
btn |
Button (Toolbar) |
btns |
Buttons (Toolbar) |
hdr |
ColumnHeader (ListView) |
hdrs |
ColumnHeaders (ListView) |
iml |
ImageList (ImageList) |
lit |
ListItem (ListView) |
lits |
ListItems (ListView) |
lvw |
ListView (ListView) |
nod |
Node (TreeView) |
nods |
Nodes (TreeView) |
pnl |
Panel (Status Bar) |
pnls |
Panels (Status Bar) |
prb |
ProgressBar (Progress Bar) |
sld |
Slider (Slider) |
sbr |
StatusBar (Status Bar) |
tab |
Tab (Tab Strip) |
tabs |
Tabs (Tab Strip) |
tbs |
TabStrip (Tab Strip) |
tbr |
Toolbar (Toolbar) |
tvw |
TreeView (TreeView) |
Other OLE custom controls and objects
Finally, Table 12 lists the tags for other commonly used OLE custom controls and objects.
Table 12. Tags for commonly-used OLE custom controls.
Tag |
Object Type |
|---|---|
ani |
AniPushButton (Animated Push Button) |
cdl |
CommonDialog (Common Dialog) |
dbc |
DBCombo (Data Bound Combo Box) |
dbg |
DBGrid (Data Bound Grid) |
dls |
DBList (Data Bound List Box) |
gau |
Gauge (Gauge) |
gph |
Graph (Graph) |
grd |
Grid (Grid) |
key |
MhState (Key State) |
mmc |
MMControl (Multimedia Control) |
com |
MSComm (Communication Port) |
msg |
MAPIMessages (Messaging API Message Control) |
msk |
MaskEdBox (Masked Edit Textbox) |
out |
Outline (Outline Control) |
pcl |
PictureClip (Picture Clip Control) |
rtf |
RichTextBox (Rich Textbox) |
ses |
MAPISession (Messaging API Session Control) |
spn |
SpinButton (Spin Button) |
Copyright © 1995 Greg Reddick. You can freely distribute this document.
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