The BaseName is constructed following the Guidelines for Constructing BaseNames. Basic Controls Visual Basic control names consist of a tag followed by a BaseName. The BaseName is constructed following the Guidelines for Constructing BaseNames. Timer tmr tmrActivity Vertical scrollbar vsb vsbScale 7.3.1.8 Variable Names Variable names consist of a BaseName preceded by a tag and in some instances a scope prefix. The BaseName is constructed following the Guidelines for Constructing BaseNames.
Tags indicate a variable's data type and are defined in the table below.
Scope prefixes are given following the table. Variables declared locally with a Dim statement have no prefix. The scope prefix and the tag are the same as those used for variables as described in Variable Names above. The BaseName follows the Guidelines for Constructing BaseNames. No scope prefix is used when naming procedures or functions and a data type tag is not used in function names.