[AccessD] On Coding Standards

Heenan, Lambert Lambert.Heenan at AIG.com
Tue Jul 8 15:13:26 CDT 2003


Well then another right-click and "Last Position" puts me back where I came
from.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim DeMarco [SMTP:Jdemarco at hshhp.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:58 PM
> To:	Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject:	RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> 
> If you don't mind moving off the current line of code that is.
> 
> Jim DeMarco
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heenan, Lambert [mailto:Lambert.Heenan at AIG.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:11 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> 
> 
> I can just as easily right-click the variable name and select "Definition"
> to go see how it was declared.
> 
> Lambert
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Jim DeMarco [SMTP:Jdemarco at hshhp.org]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:05 PM
> > To:	Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject:	RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> > 
> > But on the other hand if you're using .NET and want to see what (or if)
> > you've initialized a variable at declaration time this is a handy thing
> to
> > have.
> > 
> > Jim DeMarco
> > Director of Product Development
> > HealthSource/Hudson Health Plan
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wortz, Charles [mailto:CWortz at tea.state.tx.us]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:55 PM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> > 
> > 
> > Also it is rather hard to "hover" over the variable in somebody's e-mail
> > to find out what they typed it as. <grin>
> > 
> > Charles Wortz
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> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] 
> > Sent: Tuesday 2003 Jul 08 12:49
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> > 
> > Personally I don't subscribe to that theory, though MS is trying to
> > convince us.  Having the int, str, lng etc in a variable name makes the
> > program readable without HAVING to hover to see what the heck it is.
> > 
> > John W. Colby
> > www.colbyconsulting.com
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:37 PM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> > 
> > 
> > I failed to communicate my intended perspective, Charles. What I
> > intended was, Access doesn't have smart intellisense as has .NET, so
> > that merely creating a variable won't give me its declaration. That's
> > what .NET does so well, and that's what I meant by "prefixes may be
> > obsolete". If merely hovering over a variable declaration will give me
> > "Dim ParentLoop as Integer", then who needs prefixes?
> > 
> > Arthur
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Wortz,
> > Charles
> > Sent: July 8, 2003 12:31 PM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] On Coding Standards
> > 
> > 
> > Arthur,
> > 
> > I have to disagree with you about naming standards not applying to
> > Access. Check the archives to see how much bandwidth is wasted on this
> > list due to people having poorly names variables/controls/fields that
> > are either the cause of their problems or have to be clarified before
> > their problems can be answered.
> > 
> > Charles Wortz
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