Code in Visual Basic is stored in the form of modules. The three kind of modules are Form
Modules, Standard Modules and Class Modules. A simple application may contain
a single Form, and the code resides in that Form module itself. As the application
grows, additional Forms are added and there may be a common code to be executed
in several Forms. To avoid the duplication of code, a separate module containing
a procedure is created that implements the common code. This is a standard Module.
Class module (.CLS filename extension) are the foundation of the object
oriented programming in Visual Basic. New objects can be created by writing code in class modules. Each module
can contain:
Declarations : May include constant, type, variable and DLL
procedure declarations.
Procedures : A sub function, or property procedure that contain
pieces of code that can be executed as a unit.
These are the rules to follow when naming elements in VB
- variables, constants, controls, procedures, and so on:
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A name must begin with a letter.
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May be as much as 255 characters long (but don't forget that somebody has to
type the stuff!).
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Must not contain a space or an embedded period or type-declaration characters
used to specify a data type; these are ! # % $ & @
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Must not be a reserved word (that is part of the code, like Option, for example)
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The dash, although legal, should be avoided because it may be confused with
the minus sign. Instead of First-name use First_name or FirstName.
