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Naming Standards


Most Classics Inc. applications are written in Microsoft Visual Basic. At Classics Inc., we have adopted a set of naming conventions in our VB source code.

Naming standards improve development and maintenance effectiveness by:

Directory of Classics Inc. VB Naming Standards
    Class and Object Names
    Database Interface Names
    Function and Subroutine Names
    Function/Subroutine Argument Names
    Variable Names

Class and Object Names

Object Prefix Example
Form frm frmAbout
CheckBox chk chkItalic
ComboBox cbo cboLanguage
CommandButton cmd cmdOK
Grid grd grdOrderItems
Horizontal ScrollBar hsb hsbPercent
Label lbl lblLastName
Line lin linDivider
ListBox lst lstProductType
Menu mnu mnuHelpAbout
OptionButton opt optFemale
PictureBox pic picLogo
TextBox txt txtQuantityOrdered
Vertical ScrollBar vsb vsbLoudness




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