Prinsip penamaan Variabel dalam Powerbuilder

Saat memberi penamaan variable dalam Powerbuilder, Perlu diperhatikan agar tidak terjadi kesalahan dan arti dalam memberi nama pada variabel yang kita deklarasikan
Hal hal yang perlu diperhatikan adalah Lingkup, Awalan atau Prefix dan Arti dari variabel tersebut.

Syntax:

   [scope][prefix]_[name]  

Scope Qualifiers

Scope	Prefix	Example
Argument	a	al_NameId
Global	g	gs_Name
Instance	i	ii_Count
Local	l	ls_Foo
Shared	s	si_Number

Standard DataType Prefixes

Data Type	Prefix	Example
Any	a	la_Raw
Blob	blb	ablb_Image
Boolean	b	lb_Exit
Character	c	lc_Name
Date	d	ld_BirthDate
DateTime	dt	ldt_Wreck
Decimal	dec	ldec_Salary
Double	db	gdb_OverTime
Integer	i	li_Count
Long	l	ll_RowCount
Real	r	sr_Illusion
String	s	ls_Bean
Time	tm	itm_MrWolf
Unsigned Integer	ui	lui_Handle
Unsigned Long	ul	gul_Ken

Standard Object DataType Prefixes

Object Type	Prefix	Example
Application	app	gapp_PBDelta
ArrayBounds	ab	lab_Bound
CheckBox	cbx	icbx_Male
ClassDefinition	cldef	lcldef_Object
ClassDefinitionObject	cldefo	lcdefo_ThatObject
CommandButton	cb	lcb_Cancel
Connection	cn	lcn_Known
ConnectionInfo	cni	lcni_ServerInfo
ConnectObject	cno	scno_ConObj
ContextInformation	cxinfo	lcxinfo_ObjContext
ContextKeyword	cxk	lcxk_TheKey
CPlusPlus	cpp	lcpp_CModule
Datastore	ds	lds_StockData
Datawindow	dw	ldw_Employee
DatawindowChild	dwc	ldwc_States
DragObject	drg	ldrg_ByTheHair
DrawObject	drw	ldrw_PaintBrush
DropDownListBox	ddlb	lddlb_States
DropDownPictureListBox	ddplb	lddplb_StatesWithFlags
dwObject	dwo	ldwo_Column
DynamicDescriptionArea	dda	ldda_Execute
DynamicStagingArea	dsa	ldsa_MyQuery
EditMask	em	lem_PhoneNo
EnumerationDefinition	enum	lenum_Cycle
EnumerationItemDefinition	enumi	ienumi_Item
Environment	env	lenv_System
Error	err	gerr_Snarl
ExtObject	exto	gexto_Outside
Function_Object	fo	lfo_Function
Graph	gr	lgr_Sales
GraphObject	gro	lgro_Line
GrAxis	grx	lgrx_Profit
GrDispAttr	grda	igrda_Value
GroupBox	gb	igb_Employee
HScrollBar	hsb	ihsb_Percent
iNet	inet	linet_Web
InternetResult	ir	lir_Page
Line	li	lli_Arrow
ListBox	lb	llb_States
ListView	lv	llv_Filenames
ListViewItem	lvi	llvi_Item
MailFileDescription	mfd	lmfd_Mail
MailMessage	mm	lmm_Mail
MailRecipient	mr	lmr_Mail
MailSession	ms	lms_Session
MDIClient	mdi	lmdi_Frame
Menu	m	lm_Menu
MenuCascade	mc	lmc_WaterFall
Message	msg	lmsg_Whisper
MultiLineEdit	mle	lmle_Text
NonVisualObject	nvo	lnvo_Invisible
OLEControl	oc	loc_Bulls
OLECustomControl	occ	locc_Dial
OLEObject	oo	loo_Ghost
OLEStorage	ostg	gostg_WordFile
OLEStream	ostm	lostm_River
OMControl	omc	iomc_Temp
OMCustomControl	omcc	lomcc_Dial
OMEmbeddedControl	omec	lomec_Micro
OMObject	omo	iomo_Bob
OMStorage	omstg	somstg_Drive
OMStream	omstm	lomstm_Mersey
Oval	ov	lov_Circle
PBtoCPPObject	pb2cpp	lpb2cpp_Quad
Picture	p	lp_Smile
PictureButton	pb	lpb_Click
PictureListBox	plb	lplb_Drives
Pipeline	pl	lpl_OilandGas
Powerobject	po	lpo_Source
ProfileCall	prc	lprc_Face
ProfileClass	prcl	lprcl_Room
ProfileLine	prl	iprl_Bob
ProfileRoutine	prr	lprr_Cat
Profiling	pr	lpr_Outline
RadioButton	rb	lrb_Male
Rectangle	rec	irec_Tum
RemoteObject	ro	iro_Employee
RichTextEdit	rte	lrte_Script
RoundRectange	rr	lrr_Lion
ScriptDefinition	sdef	lsdef_Mycode
Service	srv	lsrv_Charge
SimpleTypeDefinition	std	istd_MyType
SingleLineEdit	sle	lsle_Name
StaticText	st	lst_Prompt
Structure	str	lstr_Data
SystemFunctions	sf	lsf_Bay
Tab	tab	ltab_Strip
Timing	tmg	ltmg_Clock
TraceActivityNode	tran	ltran_Node
TraceBeginEnd	trbe	ltrbe_Start
TraceError	tre	ltre_Error
TraceFile	trf	itrf_TraceFile
TraceGarbageCollect	trgc	itrgc_Call
TraceLine	trln	strln_Rope
TraceObject	tro	ltro_Bob
TraceRoutine	trr	ltrr_Tiger
TraceSQL	trsql	ltrsql_MySQL
TraceTree	trt	ltrt_Birch
TraceTreeError	trte	ltrte_Err
TraceTreeGarbageCollect	trtgc	ltrtgc_Trash
TraceTreeLine	trtl	ltrtl_String
TraceTreeNode	trtn	ltrtn_Kilt
TraceTreeObject	trto	ltrto_Trace
TraceTreeRoutine	trtr	ltrtr_BobGrimmer
TraceTreeUser	trtu	ltrtu_User
TraceUser	tru	ltru_Blue
Transaction	tr	ltr_Trans
Transport	tp	ltp_Server
Treeview	tv	ltv_Directory
TreeviewItem	tvi	ltvi_Node
TypeDefinition	typdef	ltypdef_Details
UserObject	uo	luo_Control
VariableCardinalityDefinition	vcd	lvcd_Type
VariableDefinition	vd	lvd_Sore
VerticalScrollBar	vsb	lvsb_Amount
Window	w	w_PleaseWait
WindowObject	wo	lwo_WomanElement