You can add enhancements to your forms to make them more interesting visually and easier to use. For example, you might want to group similar controls together visually by drawing a box around them, or use images to give the forms a more professional appearance.

Using the Form Designer, you can customize your forms by:

Changing text fonts and sizes.
Adding shapes and lines to a form.
Adding graphics to a form.
Setting the foreground and background colors of a form.

In This Section

How to: Change Text Properties: Describes how to change the text in a forms.

How to: Add Shapes and Lines to Forms: Describes how to place lines and shapes objects on a form.

How to: Add Graphics to Forms: Explains how to use the Image control to add graphics to a form.

How to: Set Form Colors: Describes how to control a forms color by using the forms ColorSource property.

How to: Assign an Icon to a Form: Describes how to assign an icon to a form.

Related Sections

Working with Forms: Provides links to topics that explain how to work with forms, such as how to run a form or how to doc forms.

Creating Forms: Describes how to design and build forms, how to use form sets and form types, how to use objects on forms, how to customize forms using properties and methods, and how to set the data environment.