◄Contents► ◄Index► ◄Back► ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Designing Forms ■ With Visual Basic, you can easily create form-based applications: • Forms are created in the Form Designer (FD.EXE), a separate utility used to build the user interface (forms and controls) for your application. • Forms contain controls that allow users to provide information to and interact with an application in a variety of ways. See: ◄Form► ◄Controls Summary► ■ To create a form: • From the File menu, choose New Form ■ You can also start the Form Designer from the MS-DOS command line. See: ◄FD Command-Line Options► ■ Dialog boxes are an integral part of form-based applications. Use the BorderStyle property settings to identify a form as either a window or a dialog box. See: ◄Creating a Dialog Box► ■ Menus are also commonly used in form-based applications. To emulate a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) application, for example, you create an MDI form that contains a menu bar. See: ◄Creating a Menu► ◄MDI Applications► See: ◄Form Design Keys► ◄Tutorial: Designing Forms► ◄Tutorial: Adding Menus To Your Forms►