How to Load Bars in Visual Basic

Knowing how to enable and load scroll bars in your Microsoft Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET) application can make your application more user-friendly. VB.NET is a computer programming language used to develop Windows applications. Different screen resolutions can limit the user on viewing all the controls on a Graphical User Interface (GUI). You can enable vertical and horizontal bars to your application GUI.

• 1

  Open Microsoft Visual Basic Express and select "New Project..." from the left pane of your screen. Click "Windows Forms Application" under "Installed Templates." Select "OK."

• 2

  Double-click "Button" on the "Toolbox" menu to add a button to your form. Double-click "Button1" to open the "Form1.vb" module. Press "Ctrl" and "A" to select all code and press "Delete" to remove all existing code.

• 3

  Copy and paste the following code to enable the vertical scroll bar and horizontal scroll bars on your Form:

  Public Class Form1

  Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

  Me.VerticalScroll.Visible = True

  Me.VerticalScroll.Enabled = True

  Me.HorizontalScroll.Enabled = True

  Me.HorizontalScroll.Visible = True

  Me.AutoScroll = True

  End Sub

  End Class

• 4

  Run your program by pressing "F5," then click "Button1" to load and show scroll bars.