Changing Form Properties

When you click the background of a form (thus deselecting all of the controls in your form), you will see a list of form properties in the property sheet. Changing these properties changes how your form appears and how it behaves at run time.

If you want to change the title of the form that is displayed to the end user, use the Title Property.

If you want to change the color of the form, use the BackColor Property or use a style sheet. For more information on style sheets, see Using Cascading Style Sheets.

If you want to add an image to the background of the form, use the BackgroundImage Property or use a style sheet. For more information on style sheets, see Using Cascading Style Sheets.

If you want to change the font of all controls in the form, use the Font Property to change the typeface, style, and size of the text, the ForeColor Property to change the color of the text, or use a style sheet.

If you want to change what the cursor looks like when it is on top of the form, use the CursorPointer Property.

If you want to display a tooltip when the cursor is on the top of the form, use the ToolTipText Property.

If you want to assign a Help topic to the form, use the Help Property. For more information, see Assigning Help to Your Forms and Controls.


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