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window, set your new label’s Text property to Enter Your Name. Notice that, once you press

enter or click off of the property, the label on the form has automatically resized itself to fit the

Text property. Now set the Name property to lblName.

Figure 1-12

5. Now, directly beneath the label, you want to add a text box, so that you can enter a name. You

are going to repeat the procedure you followed for adding the label, but this time make sure

you select the TextBox control from the toolbar. After you have dragged-and-dropped (or

double-clicked) the control into the appropriate position as shown in Figure 1-13, use the

Properties window to set its Name property to txtName.

Notice the sizing handles on the left and right side of the control. You can use these handles to resize the

text box horizontally.

Figure 1-13

6. In the bottom left corner of the form, add a Button control in exactly the same manner as you

added the label and text box. Set its Name property to btnOK and its Text property to &OK.

Your form should now look similar to the one shown in Figure 1-14.

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