STANDARDIZED HUNGARIAN NOTATION
FOR VISUAL BASIC
OBJECTS
Control Type
Prefix
ActiveX Data Objects
ado
Basic Form
frm
Calendar
cal
Chart Control
cht
Check Box
chk
Combo Box
cbo
or
cmb
Command Button
cmd
or
btn
Data Control
dat
Date Time Picker
dtp
Drive List Box
drv
File Common Control
fil
File List Box
fil
FlexGrid Control
flx
Font Common Control
fnt
Frame
fra
Horizontal Scroll Bar
hsb
Image
img
Label
lbl
Line
lin
Link Label for Web
web
[Windows] Media Player
mp or mdp
Picture Box
pic
Printer Common Control
prn
Radio Button
rdo
Rich Textbox
rtb
Shape
shp
Tab Control
tab
Text Box
txt
Timer
tim
Vertical Scroll Bar
vsb
More VB Object Hungarian Notation Standards (from Microsoft)
VARIABLES
Data Type
Prefix
Integer
i
Short
n
Long
l
Single Precision Floating Point
f
Double Precision Floating Point
d
Decimal
dec
Byte
by
Char
c
String
s
Boolean
b
Date
dat
Object
[often 1st 3 letters of object]