Ross Sheppard High School
Computer Programming 20
Student Learning Guide
The Show Font Program

	When you have finished this project, you will be able to:
	use font properties
	apply font properties to a TextBox

1. Create a new folder called Show Font on your personal drive.

2. The illustration below shows the visual implementation for the Show Font program.

   
   
   
   

   The Show Font Program The user can select a font from a menu and from checkboxes and the font will be displayed in txtTest TextBox.

3. Start a new Standard.exe project in Visual Basic. Save this project as prjShowFontProgram and the form as frmShowFontProgram in the ShowFont Program folder.

4. Use the table below to create the Visual Implementation of the Show Font Program:
   
   Objects Table

   Object	Property	Setting
   Form	Name	frmShowFont
   	Caption	The ShowFont Program
   	Icon	Font02.ico Copy this icon from the Handout folder to your project folder
   TextBox	Name	txtTest
   	MultiLine	True
   	ScrollBars	Both
   	Text	Make it blank
   CheckBox	Name	chkBold
   	Caption	Bold
   	Font	Make it a bold font
   CheckBox	Name	chkItalic
   	Caption	Italic
   	Font	Make it an italic font
   CheckBox	Name	chkStrike
   	Caption	Strike
   	Font	Make it a strikeout font

   
   Note: for the purpose of enhancing the Visual Implementation of the ShowFont Program, you may change other properties such as StartUp Position, background color, etc.
   
   
5. Use the table below to create the menu items for the ShowFont Program:

   
   Menu Table

   Caption	Name	Property
   &Fonts	mnuFonts	Menu Bar
   &Courier	mnuCourier	Sub-menu
   &MS Sans Serif	mnuMSSansSerif	Sub-menu
   &Size	mnuSize	Menu Bar
   1&0 Points	mnu10Points	Sub-menu
   1&2 Points	mnu12Points	Sub-menu

6. Now that you have completed the Visual Implementation of the ShowFont Program, you can begin to create the code.

7. Add the programmer information and Option Explicit code to your ShowFont Program.

8. Create the code for the CommandButton btnExit.

9. Save your project and run it - you should be able to create code for the Exit Button without a mistake at this point.

10. Write the code for the btnBold_Click procedure as shown below:
    
    
    
    
11. Write the code for each of the CommandButtons: btnItalic, btnStrike, and btn Underline.

12. Save your project and run it.

13. Type any text into the TextBox txtTest.

14. Click on the CommandButtons and see if your program works. When you press the CommandButtons for bold, italic, underline, or strike through, the test you typed should change to that selection. If not, check your code very carefully.

15. Next, create the code for the MenuItem mnu:
    
    
    
    
16. In a similar manner, write the code for the other menu items: mnuMSSansSerif, mnu10Point, and mnu12Point.

17. Save your project and run it. Does everything work?
    
    
18. Click here to see the marking guide for this project.

19. When you have finished, send an email to your teacher asking that this project be marked.