Visual Basic® .NET by Example

Web Form Properties and Methods

You have seen briefly that a Web Form consists of two elements: the actual page (the .aspx file) and the code behind it (the .aspx.vb file, also known as the code-behind-the-page class).

The actual page properties can be seen in the visual property editor, after clicking anywhere on the page. Some of the most used ones are summarized here:

• aLink— The color of all active links (to other URLs) in the document

• vLink— The color of visited links on the page

• link— The color of unvisited links on the page

• background— A picture tiled as a background for the page (if provided)

• bgProperties— The properties of the picture (if any)

• bgColor— Page background color

• text— Page foreground (text) color

• pageLayout— The model of the page ...