I've finally started doing some real work in VB2008 and am using the Express edition at this point. I've started just by doing some basic form layout stuff mimicing some things I have done in VB6. BTW, I only picked up VB6 by reading and modifying some samples found on the internet (including here). I have never been really trained in all the basics (taking a VB2008 course now though).

I have set up a menu by adding a MenuStrip. I left the default name alone and then added some menus like File|Exit and Help|About.

I was then doing some adding of code for File|Exit and started looking at the names. In VB6 I had named my File menu mnuFile and File|Exit was mnuFileExit. In VB 2008 it seems the defaults are very long eg. FileToolStripMenuItem and ExitToolStripMenuItem. As long as I remember one is file and the other is exit, the intellisense brings them up fairly quickly.

However, I am used to typing the short names and was thinking it might be worthwhile to use the shorter names if I decide to later make changes to text based on language. The intellisense will group the mnu objects together so I see all at once when doing data entry.

So the main question is should I change the default names to something shorter to ease access down the road or does it really matter? Of course as I reread this, I have a feeling the answer is, "if you want to, do it, if you think it will make life easier".

TIA rasinc