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Access VBA Basics Training Course
Access VBA Basics Training CourseMicrosoft Access Intro Intermediate (all versions)
Face to face / Online closed & onsite training. Restaurant lunch included at STL venues.
- 2 days Instructor-led
London & UK wide
Syllabus
Who is this course for?
Advanced users of Microsoft Access responsible for managing very large and variable amounts of data, or teams, who want to learn how to program features and functions to improve the accessibility and usability of their data.
Prerequisites
A high proficiency of Microsoft Access is essential, or completion of our Microsoft Access Advanced course.
Benefits
- At the end of the course the delegate will have covered the fundamentals of VBA, including working with procedures and functions, understanding objects, using expressions, variables and intrinsic functions.
- They will have mastered how to control program execution, working with forms and controls, working with the PivotTable object.
- Finally the course also includes modules on debugging code, handling errors to ensure minimal downtime while building and effecting the program.
Course Syllabus
Getting Started
Introduction to access programming
Understanding the development environment
Using VB help
Developing with Procedures and Functions
Understanding and creating modules
Defining procedures
Creating a sub-procedure
Calling procedures
Utilising the immediate window to call procedures
Making and naming a function procedure
Working using the code editor
Understanding Objects
Understanding classes and objects
Navigating the Access object hierarchy
Understanding collections
Using the object browser
Working with the application object
Understanding the form object
Working with properties
Using the with statement
Working with methods
Understanding the DoCmd object
Working with events
Understanding the order of events
Utilising Intrinsic Functions, Variables and Expressions
Defining expressions and statements
How to declare variables
Determining data types
Programming with variable scope
Harnessing intrinsic functions
Defining constants and using intrinsic constants
Adding message boxes and using input boxes
How to declare and use object variables
Controlling Program Execution
Understanding control-of-flow structures
Working with boolean expressions
Using the if...end if decision structures
Using the select case...end select structure
Using the for...next structure
Using the for each...next structure
Using the do...loop structure
Guidelines for use of branching structures
Working with Recordsets
Declaring and creating object variables
Working with the ADODB recordset object
Specifying a recordset cursor type
Locking records for updating
Specifying a recordset cursor location - optional
Using the cache size property - optional
Understanding recordset cursor properties - optional
Debugging the Code
Defining errors
Working with debugging tools
Determining breakpoints
How to step through code
Working with break mode during run mode
Identifying the value of expressions
Handling Errors
Understanding error handling
Understanding VBA's error trapping options
Trapping errors with the on error statement
Understanding the error object
Writing an error handling routine
Working with inline error handling
What you get
"What do I get on the day?"
Arguably, the most experienced and highest motivated trainers.
Face-to-face training
Training is held in our modern, comfortable, air-conditioned suites.
Modern-spec IT, fully networked with internet access
Lunch, breaks and timing
A hot lunch is provided at local restaurants near our venues:
- Bloomsbury
- Limehouse
Courses start at 9:30am.
Please aim to be with us for 9:15am.
Browse the sample menus and view joining information (how to get to our venues).
Refreshments
Available throughout the day:
- Hot beverages
- Clean, filtered water
- Biscuits
Online training
Regular breaks throughout the day.
Learning tools
In-course handbook
Contains unit objectives, exercises and space to write notes
Reference material
Available online. 100+ pages with step-by-step instructions
24 months access to Microsoft trainers
Your questions answered on our support forum.
Training formats & Services
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Testimonials
Summary
Villa Maryland
Graham Slocombe BSc(Hons), MHort(RHS), MIHort(Landscape Manager),
Senior Landscape Manager
I have undertaken 2 different one-on-one advanced training courses with STL. I can confirm that they are fully professional and extremely knowledgeable in their fields of expertise. My first training course with them was in Access VBA and my second in advanced Excel and Project.
Working as a Senior Landscape Manager in my own field of specialism I am a power user of MS Office, especially: Access, Word, Excel, Project and also AutoCAD. I push the limits of any software that I use. When I reached my thresholds I turned to STL to expand my knowledge and on both occasions I have not been disappointed.
I would happily recommend STL for one-on-one training in any Office software. Though I have not done a conventional class with them, where other students are present, I am sure this would be equally beneficial. I left both my training sessions feeling that I had advanced my skills considerably. I thus have recommended STL to my interior work associates and with confidence can do the same here publicly.
Access VBA
PwC
Anna Decourcy,
Senior Associate/Executive
The trainer is a very clear and concise trainer. He was very patient with the varying levels of skill in the room and worked through the content with enthusiasm and related examples back to the delegates work places.
Would definitely recommend and will be using what I've learnt tomorrow!
Access VBA
UBS Global Asset Management
Good course. Very helpful trainer. Pace was a little bit slower today for me but understandable with different levels in the group. Having somewhere to go for lunch is also a very welcome addition to courses!
Access VBA
Learn all about Procedures, Functions, and Objects in our VBA Basics Training Courses for MS Access. Three levels are available: Introduction, Intermediate and Advanced.
This basics course teaches control program execution, forms and working with the PivotTable object - a popular unit among most of our course attendees.
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Below are some extracts from our Access training manuals.
Visual Basic for Applications or VBA is a development
environment built into the Microsoft Officeã
Suite of products.
VBA is an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language. It
works by manipulating objects. In
Microsoftä
Officeâ
the programs are objects.
In Access worksheets, tables, forms, reports and queries are
also objects.
In VBA the object is written first
I’m fixing house number 42 =
.House.42.Fix
House 42 Fix
English .noun .noun .verb
VBA .object .child object .meth
When working in VBA tell Access exactly what to do. Don’t assume anything.
Title bar, Menu bar and Standard
toolbar |
The centre of the Visual basic environment. The menu bar and toolbar can be hidden of
customized. Closing this window closes
the program.
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Project Explorer |
Provides an organized view of the files and components
belonging to the project. If hidden the Project Explorer can be displayed by
pressing Ctrl + R
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Properties Window |
Provides a way to change attributes of forms
and controls (e.g. name, colour, etc). If hidden press F4 to
display.
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Code Window |
Used to edit the Visual basic code. Press F7
and it will open an object selected in Project Explorer. Close the window with the Close
button that appears on the menu bar.
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If the Visual Basic
Help files are installed, by pressing F1,
a help screen displays explaining the feature that is currently active:
Alternatively use the Ask a Question
box on the menu bar to as a quick way to find help on a topic.
To close the Visual
Basic Editor use one of the following:
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Open
the File menu; select Close and Return to Microsoft Access
OR
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Press
Alt + Q
OR
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Click
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Procedure is a term that refers to a unit of code created to perform a specific task. In Access, procedures are stored in objects called Modules.
Standard modules can be used to store procedures that are
available to all objects in your application
Within a project you can create as many standard modules as
required. You should store related
procedures together within the same module.
Standard modules are also used to declare global variables
and constants.
To create a standard module in the VB Editor:
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Display
the Properties window if necessary
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In
the Properties window change the
name of the module
A procedure is a named set of instructions that does
something within the application.
To execute the code in a procedure you refer to it by name
from within another procedure. This is
known as Calling a procedure. When a
procedure has finished executing it returns control to the procedure from which
it was called.
There are two genera types of procedures:
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Sub procedures |
perform a task and return control to the calling procedure
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Function procedures |
perform a task and return a value, as well as control, to
the calling procedure
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If you require 10 stages to solve a problem write 10 sub
procedures. It is easier to find errors
in smaller procedures than in a large one.
The procedures can then be called, in order, from another
procedure.
There are rules and conventions that must be followed when
naming procedures in Visual Basic.
While rules must be followed or an error will result,
conventions are there as a guideline to make your code easier to follow and
understand.
The following rules must be adhered to when naming
procedures:
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Maximum
length of the name is 255 characters
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The
first character must be a letter
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Must
be unique within a given module
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Cannot
contain spaces or any of the following characters: . , @ & $ # (
) !
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You should consider these naming conventions
when naming procedures:
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As procedures carry out actions, begin names with a
verb
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Use the proper case for the word within the procedure
name
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If procedures are related try and place the words that
vary at the end of the name
Following these conventions, here is an example of
procedure names:
PrintClientList
GetDateStart
GetDateFinish
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Most Access tasks can be automated by creating
procedures. This can be done by either recording
a macro or entering the code directly into the VB Editor’s Code window.
Sub procedures have the following syntax:
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[Public/Private] Sub ProcedureName ([argument list])
Statement block
End Sub |
Public indicates
procedure can be called from within other modules. It is the default setting
Private indicates
the procedure is only available to other procedures in the same module.
The Sub…End Sub
structure can be typed directly into the code window or inserted using the Add Procedure dialog box.
To create a sub procedure:
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Create
or display the module to contain the new sub procedure
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Click
in the Code window
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Type
in the Sub procedure using the relevant syntax
Type in the word Sub, followed by a
space and the Procedure name
Press Enter and VB inserts the parenthesis after the name and the End Sub
line.
Below is an example of a basic sub procedure:
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