Naming Convention
It is recommended to have a good notation on naming the variables and component. it would be easy for you (and/or the team) to debug or revise the program. Below is the naming convention that you may use (you may use some also on other programming language!)
| Prefix | Component | Prefix | Component | |
| ado | ADO Data | key | Key status | |
| ani | Animation | lbl | Label | |
| cal | Calendar | lin | Line | |
| cbo | Combo box | lst | List box | |
| ch | Chart | lsw | ListView | |
| ch3 | 3d check box | lwchk | Lightweight check box | |
| chk | Check box | lwcbo | Lightweight combo box | |
| clp | Picture clip | lwcmd | Lightweight command button | |
| cm3 | 3d command button | lwfra | Lightweight frame | |
| cmd | Command button | lwhsb | Lightweight horizontal scrollbar | |
| com | Comm | lwlst | Lightweight list box | |
| con | Container (DAO) | lwopt | Lightweight option button | |
| ctr | Control (specific type unknown) | lwtxt | Lightweight text box | |
| dat | Data | lwvsb | Lightweight vertical scrollbar | |
| db | Database (DAO) | mci | Multimedia MCI | |
| dbc | DataCombo | med | Masked Edit | |
| dbd | DataGrid | mnu | Menu | |
| dbe | Database engine (DAO) | mpm | MAPIMessage | |
| dbgrd | Data Bound Grid | mps | MAPISession | |
| dbl | DataList | mst | Tabbed Dialog | |
| dir | Directory list box | mvw | Month View | |
| dlg | Common dialog box | ole | OLE | |
| doc | Document (DAO) | op3 | 3d option button | |
| drv | Drive list box | opt | Option button | |
| drp | DataRepeater | out | Outline | |
| dtp | DTPicker | pic | Picture box | |
| fil | File list box | pnl | 3d panel | |
| fld | Field (DAO) | prg | ProgressBar | |
| flex | Hierarchical Flex Grid | prm | Parameter (DAO) | |
| fr3 | 3d frame | qry | QueryDef (DAO) | |
| fra | Frame | rd | RemoteData | |
| frm | Form | rec | RecordSet (DAO) | |
| fsb | FlatScrollBar | rel | Relation (DAO) | |
| gau | Gauge | rtf | RichTextBox | |
| gpb | Group push button | shp | Shape | |
| gra | Graph | sld | Slider | |
| grd | Grid | spn | Spin button | |
| grp | Group (DAO) | sta | StatusBar | |
| hdr | Header | ssys | SysInfo | |
| hsb | HscrollBar | tbd | TableDef (DAO) | |
| ils | ImageList | tbs | TabStrip | |
| img | Image | tlb | Toolbar | |
| imgcbo | ImageCombo | tmr | Timer | |
| ix | Index (DAO) | tre | TreeView | |
| Prefix | Component | Prefix | Data Type | |
| txt | Text box | bln | Boolean | |
| usr | User (DAO) | byt | Byte | |
| vsb | VScrollBar | cur | Currency | |
| wsp | Workspace (DAO) | dbl | Double | |
| Suffix | Data Type | dec | Decimal | |
| % | 2-byte signed integer | dtm | Date (Time) | |
| & | 4-byte signed integer | sng | Float / Single | |
| @ | 8-byte signed integer | h | Handle | |
| ! | 4-byte SinglePrecision FloatingPoint | i | Index | |
| # | 8-byte DoublePrecision FloatingPoint | lng | Long | |
| $ | String | int | Integer | |
| Prefix | Class Name | Sample | obj | Object |
| lon | Loan | lonBoat | str | String |
| plnt | Planet | plntEarth | u | Unsigned quantity |
| erc | EmployeeRecord | ercSales | ulng | Unsigned long |
| dspec | DailySpecial | dspecTuesd | vnt | Variant |
| wrd | Word | |||