Posts Tagged "Controls"

Stash Data Away in Controls With the Tag Property Using VB.NET

One of the most underutilized properties of any control is a property called "tag". What does it do? Does it cure world hunger? Does it save the planet from annihilation? I would probably say no on both counts, but it does have a bit of a mystique that beginners may not be fully aware of. In design mode of Visual Studio if you select a control, a button or text ...

Inheriting From A Control in Java

I am sure we all love Java Swing. It is not quite as thrilling as the swings we use to play on at the park, but it sure makes our Java applications come alive with a nice rich GUI. We are familiar with the JButton to make buttons, JTextFields to make textboxes and perhaps you have even ventured into using JTables. But maybe some of these controls have not gone ...