Visual Basic for Application

Basic Excel Macro (VBA) Orientation Course

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Course Objectives:

To have a basic knowledge on VBA

To be able to learn the VBA Programming Fundamentals
To be able to make VBA programs
Course Outline:

Introduction to VBA
Getting Started with VBA part 1
Getting Started with VBA part 2
VBA Object Oriented Programming
VBA Userforms & Additional Controls
Introduction to VBA:
What is VBA
Visual Basic
-4GL, Visual Program Development, GUI
-created in Integrated Development Environment, IDE
-Rapid Application Development (RAD) languages

Visual Basic for Application

-programming language created by Microsoft that can built into
applications
-Purpose: to enhance and automate operations
1970 1983 1982 1985 1994
-VisiCalc Lotus 1-2-3 MultiPlan Excel XLM VBA(Excel 5)
-part of an Office applications
-compatible for Excel 97 onward
Introduction to VBA:
Why use VBA?

-Automate tedious processes

-Enhance the User Experience
-Hide the Underlying Complexity of a spreadsheet
-Integrate with another application or database
-Prevent the modification of certain aspects of a spreadsheet

Why use Excel?

-You can build on the functionality of Excel rather than starting from scratch
-Excel is already installed on nearly every corporate PC
-Excel applications are easy to distribute
-Excel applications can be developed very rapidly
-VBA is relatively easy to learn
Introduction to VBA:

RELATIONSHIP

Data & Information

Workbook VBE
Worksheets Modules
Charts VBA Codes
Userforms
Introduction to VBA:
Getting To Know Your Environment

VBE
-Visual Basic Editor
-VBA IDE
-VBA Development Environment
-provides with a number of tools for the development of the program

Getting to the VBA Environment

Tools
Menu
Shortcut
Introduction to VBA:
Getting To Know Your Environment

VBA Development Environment

Menu bar
Standard Toolbar
Project Explorer Window
Properties Window
Code Window
Watch Window
Local Window
Immediate Window
Introduction to VBA:
Getting To Know Your Environment

Microsoft Excel Objects

-Specific/Common functions that are available for the repeated use
-Excel Worksheets/Workbooks/Charts/Cells
Forms
Userforms that can be added to the project

Modules
Container of the procedures or codes

Class Modules
Special kind of Module that allows custom objects
Introduction to VBA:

Excel Macro

-Procedure (VBA)
-Record actions and translate it into VBA
*Record any task you can do in Excel
*Every stroke is recorded, Errors as well
Chapter 1

Chapter 2