Lesson 8 Working with Checkbox

- In this lesson, we shall learn how to write code for the checkbox.
- The Checkbox allows the user to select one or more items by checking the checkbox or
checkboxes concerned.
- For example, in the Font dialog box of any Microsoft Text editor like FrontPage, there are
many checkboxes under the Effects section.
- The user can choose to underline, subscript, small caps, superscript, blink and etc.
- In Visual Basic 2019, you can create a shopping cart where the user can click
on checkboxes that correspond to the items they intend to buy, and the total payment can
be computed at the same time.

Example 8.1: Shopping Cart

- In this example, we add a few labels, two buttons, and six checkboxes.
- We declare the price of each item using the Const keyword.
- If a checkbox is being ticked, its state is True else its state is False.
- To calculate the total amount of purchase, we use the mathematical operator +=. For
example, sum+=BN is actually sum=sum+BN.
- Finally, we use the ToString is a Visual Basic 2019 method to display the amount in
currency.

The Code
Public Class Form1

Private Sub BtnCal_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnCal.Click

Const LX As Integer = 100
Const BN As Integer = 500
Const SD As Integer = 200
Const HD As Integer = 80
Const HM As Integer = 300
Const AM As Integer = 150
Dim sum As Integer
If CheckBox1.Checked = True Then
sum += LX
End If

If CheckBox2.Checked = True Then

sum += BN
End If

If CheckBox3.Checked = True Then

sum += SD
End If

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 If CheckBox4.Checked = True Then
sum += HD
End If

If CheckBox5.Checked = True Then

sum += HM
End If

If CheckBox6.Checked = True Then

sum += AM
End If
LblTotal.Text = sum.ToString("c")
End Sub

Private Sub BtnReset_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnReset.Click

CheckBox1.Checked = False
CheckBox2.Checked = False
CheckBox3.Checked = False
CheckBox4.Checked = False
CheckBox5.Checked = False
CheckBox6.Checked = False

End Sub
End Class

The Runtime Interface

Figure 8.1: Shopping Cart

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Example 8.2
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles Button1.Click
Const large As Integer = 10.0
Const medium As Integer = 8
Const small As Integer = 5
Dim sum As Integer

If CheckBox1.Checked = True Then

sum += large
End If

If CheckBox2.Checked = True Then

sum += medium
End If

If CheckBox3.Checked = True Then

sum += small
End If
Label5.Text = sum.ToString(“c”)
End Sub

Example 8.3

In this example, the text on the label can be formated using the three checkboxes that represent
bold, italic and underline.

The Code
Public Class Form1

Private Sub ChkBold_CheckedChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles

ChkBold.CheckedChanged
If ChkBold.Checked Then
LblDisplay.Font = New Font(LblDisplay.Font, LblDisplay.Font.Style Or FontStyle.Bold)
Else
LblDisplay.Font = New Font(LblDisplay.Font, LblDisplay.Font.Style And Not FontStyle.Bold)

End If
End Sub

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Private Sub ChkItalic_CheckedChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles
ChkItalic.CheckedChanged
If ChkItalic.Checked Then
LblDisplay.Font = New Font(LblDisplay.Font, LblDisplay.Font.Style Or FontStyle.Italic)
Else
LblDisplay.Font = New Font(LblDisplay.Font, LblDisplay.Font.Style And Not FontStyle.Italic)
End If
End Sub

Private Sub ChkUnder_CheckedChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ChkUnder.CheckedChanged

If ChkUnder.Checked Then
LblDisplay.Font = New Font(LblDisplay.Font, LblDisplay.Font.Style Or FontStyle.Underline)
Else
LblDisplay.Font = New Font(LblDisplay.Font, LblDisplay.Font.Style And Not FontStyle.Underline)
End If
End Sub
End Class

* The above visual basic 2019 program uses the CheckedChanged event to respond to the user
selection by checking a particular checkbox, it is similar to the click event. The statement

LblDisplay.Font = New Font(LblDisplay.Font, LblDisplay.Font.Style Or FontStyle.Italic)

will retain the original font type but change it to italic font style.
LblDisplay.Font = New Font(LblDisplay.Font, LblDisplay.Font.Style And Not FontStyle.Italic)

will also retain the original font type but change it to regular font style. (The other statements
employ the same logic)

The Output

Figure 8.2