User Interface Construction Toolkit - Name Conventions

• Contents
• Concepts

• Name Conventions

• Common UI Control Properties
• Creation of UI Controls
• Generic UI Control Utility Functions
• Specific UI Control Utility Functions
• Other UI related Utility Functions

Name Conventions

Each control in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling has a unique name {STRING} as handle. If you create a new control with a name of an already existing control, you silently destroy the control with the same name.
This enforces the uniqueness of names for your dialog shells, areas and controls.

As a convention, all control names should be uppercase and have a two character suffix which indicates the type of control.
Here a list of all common two character control suffixes:

• -DS     Dialog Shell
• -AA     Area
• -GA     Grid Area
• -PB     Push Button
• -TB     Toggle Button
• -CB     Color Button
• -LB     Label
• -TX     Text
• -RA     Range
• -LI     List
• -DT     Display Table Control
• -SL     Slider
• -CX     Context Menu