Naming Conventions

When naming exposed objects, properties, and methods, choose names that users can understand easily. Visual FoxPro does not require the following naming conventions but recommends them as part of good programming habits and to help remind you of the type of data you are working with. Using the recommended naming conventions does not dictate the type or contents of the data you are working with.

In This Section

• Constant Naming Conventions
  Provides a suggested format for naming constants.

• Object Naming Conventions
  Provides a suggested format for naming objects.

• Table Field Naming Conventions
  Provides a suggested format for naming fields in tables. These conventions are recommended, not required.

• Variable Naming Conventions
  Provides a suggested format for naming variables.

• Window Naming Conventions
  Provides a suggested format for naming windows.

Related Sections

• Language Categories
  Contains a list of language functionality and descriptions.

• Language Reference (Visual FoxPro)
  Contains a list of language reference topics in alphabetical order.

• Using Visual FoxPro
  Discusses Visual FoxPro programming features that are designed to improve developer productivity, including Access and Assign methods, support for more graphic file formats, and language to simplify programming tasks.

• Developing Visual FoxPro Applications
  Provides conceptual information about how to develop Visual FoxPro applications, including instructions for creating databases and the user interface, and other programming tasks.

• Programming in Visual FoxPro
  Discusses how you can access the full power of Visual FoxPro by creating applications. Understanding object-oriented programming techniques and the event-driven model can maximize your programming productivity.