BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  how do you name the controls? Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Next          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Non-Technical View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message roozbeh Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: how do you name the controls? Well i made some rules for myself but was wondering how do you name the controls you use very often also in code. for example think of thousand of checkboxes,everyone related to specific task. do you preserver checkbox1,checkbox2 names or changed them. my rule was "chk" at first of name and then their functionality afterwards for example "chkShowTips". i was wondering if any rules exist or something make them easier to use? regards -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ Back to top Bryce K. Nielsen Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? I never leave the default names of a component, even the never-seen stuff like "hidden" container controls. I always name them something different, something that makes more sense. There's a debate between naming something "chkIsActive" or "IsActiveCheckBox". When DotNet came out, it looked like the latter was chosen as a defacto way of programming visually. I personally prefer then former, since I like how it groups my controls together alphabetically. Makes it a lot easier to search for in the Object Inspector drop down list. If I've renamed everything properly, and I'm looking for some odd checkbox, then I just need to dropdown to "chk..." If I follow the latter naming convention, then I'll probably never find it... -BKN Back to top Arthur Hoornweg Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? Bryce K. Nielsen wrote: Quote: then I just need to dropdown to "chk..." If I follow the latter naming convention, then I'll probably never find it... Very good point. Maybe it would be a nice feature if the dropdown would order the components by TYPE? But the "structure treeview" (aka object treeview in D7) is very helpful too to find components and also has the advantage that it shows you which component has which parent. -- Arthur Hoornweg (In order to reply per e-mail, please just remove the ".net" from my e-mail address. Leave the rest of the address intact including the "antispam" part. I had to take this measure to counteract unsollicited mail.) Back to top K. Sallee Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? Quote: my rule was "chk" Always rename, never use Hungarian notation. Kevin Back to top K. Sallee Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:42:19 +0430, roozbeh <roozbehid (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: Well i made some rules for myself but was wondering how do you name the controls you use very often also in code. for example think of thousand of checkboxes,everyone related to specific task. do you preserver checkbox1,checkbox2 names or changed them. my rule was "chk" at first of name and then their functionality afterwards for example "chkShowTips". i was wondering if any rules exist or something make them easier to use? regards -- Software for resource managers and researchers www.ecostats.com Back to top Ramona van Riet Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? Om 10:38:26 uur, 19.03.2006, schreef Ben Hochstrasser: Quote: roozbeh wrote: my rule was "chk" at first of name and then their functionality afterwards for example "chkShowTips". I always rename them, name prepended with the type of control, like cbLocation or chkActive or lstCountry. (Same with other variables such as sFullName or iCount). I like the opposite. I like names like LocationCheck, ActiveCheck or CountryListBox. This allows me to group items together by name, and not by type: CountryLabel, CountryCaption, CountryListBox, CountryButton; LocationCheck, LocationEdit, LocationLabel. -- Ramona Back to top Ottar Holstad Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? Quote: do you preserver checkbox1,checkbox2 names or changed them. I only change the name if I refer to the control in my code. So, by default I don't change the name, but the first time i refer to it I change the it. I put a suffix on the name, and it's usally either - FRM (for forms - when put as a suffix the name of the unit and the form will start the same, which is often convinient) - EDT (for any kind of edit control, both memo's and db-aware) - LBL - CHK - CBO - QRY (any kind of database query) - SRC (for TDataSource) - ??? Back to top Ben Hochstrasser Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? roozbeh wrote: Quote: my rule was "chk" at first of name and then their functionality afterwards for example "chkShowTips". I always rename them, name prepended with the type of control, like cbLocation or chkActive or lstCountry. (Same with other variables such as sFullName or iCount). There's one exception, though: when I post a code snippet here, the procedure nearly always is "TForm1.Button1Click". :) -- Ben Back to top Larry Killen Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:03 pm    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? Not to get too far off topic but VB does have one thing that I wish Delphi had. Namely indexed controls. If you add twenty Check Boxes to a form, upon adding the 2nd, VB will offer to index the remaining. I have been porting multiple VB 6 apps into Delphi and have not been able to even imatate this functionality, especially when I want to reference 2 or 3 different controls across forms, lock step. But it also mitigates the naming issue, somewhat. "K. Sallee" <nonomail (AT) nonono (DOT) net> wrote in message news:ops6nnbc0by914ox (AT) ecologsoft (DOT) ecologicalsoftwaresolutions.office... Quote: my rule was "chk" Always rename, never use Hungarian notation. Kevin Back to top Robert Giesecke Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? Ben Hochstrasser wrote: Quote: Do your variables fit into that scheme too? Like "CountInteger" etc? Why should it be necessary to encrypt the type into a variable name? When reading code, in 99% it should made no difference what type a variable is. Of course one should use plural for containers. For understanding the code in a method it is even uninteresting if Count was a local var or a property. But it is most likely of a numeric type. Your IDE will give you the exact type and declaration as a tool tip if you really need it. Back to top Jim Cooper Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? Quote: my rule was "chk" at first of name and then their functionality afterwards for example "chkShowTips". I always do it the other way around and use a proper word (eg ShowTipsCheckBox), because Hungarian Notation is evil. In the .NET world, compliance tools like FxCop will actually find such names and complain about them. Cheers, Jim Cooper _____________________________________________ Jim Cooper jcooper (AT) tabdee (DOT) ltd.uk Skype : jim.cooper Tabdee Ltd http://www.tabdee.ltd.uk TurboSync - Connecting Delphi to your Palm _____________________________________________ Back to top Robert Giesecke Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? Jim Cooper wrote: Quote: my rule was "chk" at first of name and then their functionality afterwards for example "chkShowTips". I always do it the other way around and use a proper word (eg ShowTipsCheckBox), because Hungarian Notation is evil. Hmpf? There are really people here to share my preference for the .Net API guidelines? :-) Quote: In the .NET world, compliance tools like FxCop will actually find such names and complain about them. The other (more important) reason might be, that a real word is faster to read than an encrypted one. Back to top Peter Morris [Droopy eyes Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? I used to use chk (CheckBox) cb (ComboBox) btn (Button) etc. I find though that the purpose is much easier to find when looking through the list in the object inspector. NameLabel, NameEdit, NameButton - that way I can easily find components linked to the "Name" part of my GUI. Back to top Ben Hochstrasser Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? Ramona van Riet wrote: Quote: I like the opposite. I like names like LocationCheck, ActiveCheck or CountryListBox. This allows me to group items together by name, and not by type: CountryLabel, CountryCaption, CountryListBox, CountryButton; LocationCheck, LocationEdit, LocationLabel. Do your variables fit into that scheme too? Like "CountInteger" etc? -- Ben Back to top Jim Cooper Guest Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: how do you name the controls? Quote: I have been porting multiple VB 6 apps into Delphi and have not been able to even imatate this functionality You might be able to make use of the Controls and/or Components properties of forms and certain other controls. 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