Practical Standards for Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET, Second Edition

Other Object Prefixes

Prefixes aren’t just for variables. All standard objects (including forms and controls) have a three-character prefix, as described in Tables 3-3, 3-4, and 3-5. Learn and use these prefixes consistently—if you’re not already. Correctly applying the standard three-character prefixes to all your variables and objects makes your code more self-documenting and easier to maintain.

Table 3-3. Prefixes for Standard Controls 

Control	Prefix	Example
Check box	chk	chkPrint
Checked list box	chklst	chklstLunchItems
Combo box	cbo	cboTitle
Context menu	ctx	ctxContactsMenu
Control (generic)	ctl	ctlCurrentControl
Data grid	grd	grdOpenTasks
Domain up down	dom	domPrimaryDomain
Button	btn or cmd	btnOK; also acceptable ...