That's what I would want: a way to specify a naming convention. I too use
prefix plus field name, and would like to automate the control names.

BTW, as I understand "prepend" is used sometimes in computer jargon, but its
invention seems to have been based on a misunderstanding of "append", which
by definition is an addition, but not necessarily at the end.

Dennis Snelgrove wrote:
This actually brings up a pretty contentious issue. Not everyone uses that
naming convention (or any naming convention at all). Some people I respect a
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I'd be very interested in a wider discussion of the topic!

I know that some people use different conventions. I use qry for a
Select query, aqry, uqry, dqry, etc. as is appropriate. frm and sfrm,
chk for checkbox, cbo for combobox. And on it goes. My point is that
if Microsoft made it a checkbox option in the Options menu, they could
adopt any given naming convention that makes sense. If it's an option,
the user can leave it unchosen and get the current set-up. Speaking
for myself, I don't mind adopting to a slightly different convention
if it's a logical one. Or if they wanted to get technical, set up a
table in the Options menu where the user can enter the desired
prefixes for any/all controls (by type) and as the wizard makes the
form, it can prepend (is that a word?) the prefix, if there is one.

I also would be interested in a discussion...

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