' Chocolates Example ' Change the BackColor, ForeColor and Text properties of ' a textbox at runtime. Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. Friend WithEvents txtBox As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.txtBox = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'txtBox ' Me.txtBox.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 14.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)) Me.txtBox.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(24, 16) Me.txtBox.Name = "txtBox" Me.txtBox.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(400, 29) Me.txtBox.TabIndex = 0 Me.txtBox.Text = "" ' 'Form1 ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(448, 70) Me.Controls.Add(Me.txtBox) Me.Name = "Form1" Me.Text = "Chocolates Example" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load txtBox.BackColor = Color.Gold txtBox.ForeColor = Color.Blue txtBox.Text = "Life is a bowl of chocolates." ' Unselect text in textbox. txtBox.SelectionLength = 0 End Sub End Class