Table 10 shows the tags for suggested Visual Basic 4.0 objects.
Table 10. Visual Basic 4.0 object tags.
| Tag | Object Type |
|---|---|
| app | App |
| chk | CheckBox |
| clp | Clipboard |
| cbo | ComboBox |
| cmd | CommandButton |
| ctl | Control |
| dat | Data |
| dir | DirListBox |
| drv | DriveListBox |
| fil | FileListBox |
| frm | Form |
| fra | Frame |
| hsb | HScrollBar |
| img | Image |
| lbl | Label |
| lin | Line |
| lst | ListBox |
| mdi | MDIForm |
| mnu | Menu |
| ole | OLE |
| opt | OptionButton |
| pic | PictureBox |
| prt | Printer |
| scr | Screen |
| shp | Shape |
| txt | TextBox |
| tmr | Timer |
| vsb | VScrollBar |
Microsoft common control objects.
Windows 95 and Windows NT have a set of common controls that are accessible from VBA. Table 11 lists the tags for objects created using these controls.
Table 11. Microsoft common control object tags.
| Tag | Object Type |
|---|---|
| btn | Button (Toolbar) |
| btns | Buttons (Toolbar) |
| hdr | ColumnHeader (ListView) |
| hdrs | ColumnHeaders (ListView) |
| iml | ImageList (ImageList) |
| lit | ListItem (ListView) |
| lits | ListItems (ListView) |
| lvw | ListView (ListView) |
| nod | Node (TreeView) |
| nods | Nodes (TreeView) |
| pnl | Panel (Status Bar) |
| pnls | Panels (Status Bar) |
| prb | ProgressBar (Progress Bar) |
| sld | Slider (Slider) |
| sbr | StatusBar (Status Bar) |
| tab | Tab (Tab Strip) |
| tabs | Tabs (Tab Strip) |
| tbs | TabStrip (Tab Strip) |
| tbr | Toolbar (Toolbar) |
| tvw | TreeView (TreeView) |
Other OLE custom controls and objects
Finally, Table 12 lists the tags for other commonly used OLE custom controls and objects.
Table 12. Tags for commonly-used OLE custom controls.
| Tag | Object Type |
|---|---|
| ani | AniPushButton (Animated Push Button) |
| cdl | CommonDialog (Common Dialog) |
| dbc | DBCombo (Data Bound Combo Box) |
| dbg | DBGrid (Data Bound Grid) |
| dls | DBList (Data Bound List Box) |
| gau | Gauge (Gauge) |
| gph | Graph (Graph) |
| grd | Grid (Grid) |
| key | MhState (Key State) |
| mmc | MMControl (Multimedia Control) |
| com | MSComm (Communication Port) |
| msg | MAPIMessages (Messaging API Message Control) |
| msk | MaskEdBox (Masked Edit Textbox) |
| out | Outline (Outline Control) |
| pcl | PictureClip (Picture Clip Control) |
| rtf | RichTextBox (Rich Textbox) |
| ses | MAPISession (Messaging API Session Control) |
| spn | SpinButton (Spin Button) |
Copyright © 1995 Greg Reddick. You can freely distribute this document.