Visual Basic® Style Guide, The

Chapter 9. Declaration Standards

Often thought of as the only place where standards can be applied within a program, the use of declaration plays an important part in the style of an application's source code. This chapter discusses those standards and guidelines that are employed when using declaration within the Visual Basic source code. Chapter 2, Using Declaration, provides a general overview of the use of declaration within a Visual Basic application.

Declaration plays an essential role in any Visual Basic application, and its use must be handled with care. As you read through this chapter, do not think of it as a set of rules to master you, but the description of an environment in which you master the data and information processed by ...