VS.NET 2003 Control Naming Specification
Type
Prefix
EXAMPLE
Array arr arrShoppingList Boolean bln blnIsPostBack Byte byt bytPixelValue Char chr chrDelimiter DateTime dtm dtmStartDate Decimal dec decAverageHeight Double dbl dblSizeofUniverse Integer int intRowCounter Long lng lngBillGatesIncome Object obj objReturnValue Short shr shrAverage Single sng sngMaximum String str strFirstName
WebControls
Type
Prefix
EXAMPLE
AdRotator adrt adrtTopAd Button btn btnSubmit Calendar cal calMettingDates CheckBox chk chkBlue CheckBoxList chkl chklFavColors CompareValidator valc valcValidAge CustomValidator valx valxDBCheck DataGrid dgrd dgrdTitles DataList dlst dlstTitles DropDownList drop dropCountries HyperLink lnk lnkDetails Image img imgAuntBetty ImageButton ibtn ibtnSubmit Label lbl lblResults LinkButton lbtn lbtnSubmit ListBox lst lstCountries Panel pnl pnlForm2 PlaceHolder plh plhFormContents RadioButton rad radFemale RadioButtonList radl radlGender RangeValidator valg valgAge RegularExpression vale valeEmail_Validator Repeater rpt rptQueryResults RequiredFieldValidator valr valrFirstName Table tbl tblCountryCodes TableCell tblc tblcGermany TableRow tblr tblrCountry TextBox txt txtFirstName ValidationSummary vals valsFormErrors XML xmlc xmlcTransformResults
ADO.NET
Type Prefix Example Connection con conNorthwind Command cmd cmdReturnProducts Parameter parm parmProductID DataAdapter dad dadProducts DataReader dtr dtrProducts DataSet dst dstNorthWind DataTable dtbl dtblProduct DataRow drow drowRow98 DataColumn dcol dcolProductID DataRelation drel drelMasterDetail DataView dvw dvwFilteredProducts
Event-handling subs
The name of an event-handling subroutine will consist of the ID of the control that rasied the event followed by the type of event being handled. For example, a subroutine named btnSubmit_Click handles the Click event of a Button control named btnSubmit.When a control .
