I don't think there's any one set that dominates. Outlook has so many
objects that many of us tend to just lump them into obj and col prefixes --
at least that's what I do, mainly to remind myself that these are objects
that need to be released at the end of the procedure.
--
Sue Mosher
Author of
"Teach Yourself Microsoft Outlook 2000 Programming in 24 Hours"
"Microsoft Outlook 2000 E-mail and Fax Guide"
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Quote:
> Yes, but WHICH variation? In Excel, for example, I use prefixes like rng,
> wks, wbk, and nme to indicate range, worksheet, workbook, and name. But is
> there a generally used set of abbreviations for Outlook NameSpace,
MailItem,
> MAPIFolder, ContactItem, and so on?
> Granted, I could use any abbreviations I want. But since I haven't
committed
> to any set of abbreviations yet, I thought I'd adapt whatever set is
already
> being used.
> Charley Kyd
> > Generally some variation of the Hungarian notation system is used:
> > objWhatever
> > strString
> > intNumber
> > and so on.
> > --
> > Ken Slovak
> > [MVP - Outlook]
> > Lead Author, Professional Outlook 2000 Programming, Wrox Press
> > Co-author of "Programming Microsoft Outlook 2000", Chapters 8-13,
> > Appendices, Sams
> > > Does anyone know a set of widely used naming conventions for Outlook
> > > variables? I could obviously use any naming convention I want, but
> > it would
> > > be nice to encourage standardized names.
> > > Charley Kyd
Naming Conventions?