This example allows you to see the various tick styles available in a drop-down list. To try the example, place a Slider control and a ComboBox control on a form. Paste the code into the Declarations section of the form, and run the example. Click on the ComboBox to change the TickStyle property value.
Private Sub Form_Load()
With combo1
.AddItem "Bottom/Right"
.AddItem "Top/Left"
.AddItem "Both"
.AddItem "None"
.ListIndex = 0
End With
End Sub
Private Sub combo1_Click()
Slider1.TickStyle = combo1.ListIndex
End Sub