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# SMO Syntax Conventions
  [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Management Objects (SMO) typographical conventions are based on those used in [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] Visual Studio .NET reference materials.  
  
|Convention|Used for|  
|----------------|--------------|  
|UPPERCASE|[!INCLUDE[tsql](../../includes/tsql-md.md)] statements, macro names, and terms used at the operating system level; file names in text.|  
|monospace|Sample command lines and program code.|  
|*italic*|Variables in text, formulas in text, or terms defined in text. In syntax, italic letters indicate placeholders for information you supply.|  
|**bold**|SMO objects, events, methods, or properties; programming terms in text.|