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 Object Manipulations
 
 ■ The following keywords are used in Visual Basic to manipulate forms,
   controls, and other special objects:
 
   ◄ADDITEM►      Adds list item to list box or combo box control
   ◄DOEVENTS►     Enables processing of form events
   ◄CLS►          Clears text output from a form or picture box
   ◄DRAG►         Begins, ends, or cancels the dragging of a control
   ◄ENDDOC►       Terminates document sent to the printer
   ◄FORM►         Visual container for controls
   ◄GETTEXT►      Returns text string found in CLIPBOARD
   ◄$FORM►        Enables access of an external form's properties
   ◄HIDE►         Removes form(s) from view
   ◄INPUTBOX$►    Displays a prompt in dialog box and gets user input
   ◄LOAD►         Loads a form into memory or adds control to control array
   ◄MOVE►         Moves and sizes a form or control
   ◄MSGBOX►       Displays message in dialog box and gets user input
   ◄NEWPAGE►      Terminates printing of current page and advances to next
   ◄PRINT►        Prints expression to form, picture box, or printer
   ◄PRINTFORM►    Sends ASCII dump of form to printer or file
   ◄REFRESH►      Redraws form or control, updates contents
   ◄REMOVEITEM►   Removes list item from list box or combo box control
   ◄SETFOCUS►     Moves the focus to specified form or control
   ◄SHOW►         Loads a form, displays it, and gives it the focus
   ◄TEXTHEIGHT►   Returns the height of a text string
   ◄TEXTWIDTH►    Returns the length of a text string
   ◄UNLOAD►       Removes a form or control array element from memory
 
 See: ◄Keywords by Task►