Dot Net Coding Standard: UI Control Naming Conventions

UI controls would use the following prefixes.  The primary purpose was to make code more readable.

Control Type Prefix
Button btn
CheckBox chk
CheckedListBox lst
ComboBox cmb
ContextMenu mnu
DataGrid dg
DateTimePicker dtp
Form suffix: XXXForm
GroupBox grp
ImageList iml
Label lb
ListBox lst
ListView lvw
Menu mnu
MenuItem mnu
NotificationIcon nfy
Panel pnl
PictureBox pct
ProgressBar prg
RadioButton rad
Splitter spl
StatusBar sts
TabControl tab
TabPage tab
TextBox tb
Timer tmr
TreeView tvw
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