To display these options, select Options from the Tools menu and select the Variables tab. The Variables tab is used to define variable type and the name prefix associated with the type. See Variable Naming Conventions for more information. (v9.0)

Enable Type Definition Using Variable Name Prefix

Check this to enable variable type automatic variable definition when renaming or setting the variable name prefix. For example dw is the default prefix to DWord data type, entering dwData as a variable name will cause the type to be set to DWord. Other predefined name prefix rules are p used for Var parameters and a used to designate an array, for example padwData is Var DWord []. Default: checked.

Enable Variable Name Prefix Using Type Definition

Check this to enable variable name prefix settings based on the variable type. For example if the variable name is defined as sData of a String type and you change its name to dwData, it type will be set to DWord. Default: Unchecked.

Type - Name Prefix List

List all the current types that have a variable name prefix.

Type

Enter the variable type.

Name Prefix

Enter the variable name prefix. Prefix must be all lower case characters (a-z).

Delete

Deletes the current Type-Prefix selected at the type-prefix list.

Reset

Rests all type -prefix list to the default.

Add/Replace

Add or Replace the Type as entered in the Type edit box. If the Type does not exist in the list a new type-prefix will be inserted to the list.