PowerBuilder Naming Standards - Objects , Datatypes , Events, Varialbles

Objects

Prefix	Object Type
a	application
w	window
d or dw	datawindow
m	menu
m	menuitem
f	global function
lf	local function
mf	menu function
s	structure
ls	local structure
uo	user object
uof	user object function
wf	window function
ws	window structure

Controls and Events

Prefix	Control/Event Type
cbx	check box
cb	command button
dw	data window
ddlb	drop down list box
gbx	group box
hsb	horizontal scroll bar
ln	line
lbx	list box
m	menu item
mle	multi line edit field
oval	oval
p	picture
pb	picture button
rb	radio button
rect	rectangle
rrect	round rectangle
sle	single line edit field
st	static text
sd	SDE defined event
ue	user defined event
uo	user object
vsb	vertical scroll bar

 DataTypes

Prefix	DataType
t	datetime
b	boolean
c	decimal
u	double
d	date
g	Graphicobject
i	integer
l	long
r	real
s	string
t	structure
a	application defined object
x	transaction object
o	BLOB
m	time
w	Window

 Variables at Different Scopes

Preix	Scope
g	global
s	shared
i	instance
l	local
p	parameter (for datawindows, functions or subroutines)
r	reference parameter to a function
a	structure or object attribute (optional)

These are all the PB Naming Standards .

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