Visual Basic 2005 Prefixes for Naming Your Controls and Other Stuff...

 

Object

Prefix

Array

(datatype)

ArrayList

al

Button

btn

CheckBox

chk

Collection

col

Column

clm

ComboBox

cbo

Connection †

cn

Control

ctr

DataColumn †

dc

DataRow †

dr

DataSet †

ds

DataTable †

dt

Form

frm

GroupBox

grp

Horizontal ScrollBar

hsb

Label

lbl

ListBox

lst

MainMenu*

mnu

OleDbCommand †

cmd

OleDbDataAdapter †

adp

OpenFileDialog

ofd

PictureBox

pic

RadioButton

rdb

SaveFileDialog

sfd

String

str

TabControl

tab

TextBox

txt

Timer

tmr

Vertical Scroll Bar

vsb

† ADO object prefixes