Tutorial 4

Designing the Inventory Application.

Naming Controls

Instead of using generic names created by VB .Net, use unique and informative names

E.g. TextBox1 vs. txtSalesAmount The txt prefix indicates it is a TextBox control “SalesAmount” tells it is something about sales

amount Sentence-style capitalization. Capitalize the

first letter of each word instead of a blank space

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Suggested Prefixes for ControlsControl Prefix Form Frm

Button btn ComboBox cbo CheckBox chk

Label lbl ListBox lst

MainMenu mnu RadioButton rdb PictureBox pic

TextBox txt

Label and Textbox Controls

Labels: Displaying information or output. Textbox: Read in input data

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What Happens After Debug

After a successful Debug run, VB .Net creates an executable (exe) file in the Bin folder of the Project.