Microsoft Access Programming with VBA

Planning Information

The duration of this course is 3 Days.
Classes are priced from $1,050.00. See individual sessions for details.


Description

Access Programming with VBA class teaches students how to examine and plan an application. Topics covered include automating forms, creating custom toolbars and menu bars, working with VBA code, and advanced VBA programming.


At Completion

Through participating in this course students shall:

  • Identify components of and plan an application.
  • Automate the application interface, automate dialog boxes, use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code elements, and automate navigation across forms.
  • Create Switchboard forms and create and automate Splash Screen forms.
  • Create macro groups, custom toolbars, menu bars, shortcut menus, and set the startup properties for toolbars and menus.
  • Use different VBA programming elements, work with modules, and create procedures in modules.
  • Use control and loop structures in VBA code, handle events by automating controls on forms, trap and resolve errors in code, add Web browser controls to forms, and work with MDE files. 

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, students should have completed Microsoft Access Level 1, Microsoft Access Level 2, and Microsoft Access Level 3 (2013 or later) or possess equivalent knowledge.


Materials

Courseware


Course Outline

Lesson 1: Designing an Application

  • Examining the components of an application
  • Identifying the objectives of an application
  • Resolving design issues in an application
  • Planning application objects

Lesson 2: Automating Forms

  • Examining the properties of a dialog box
  • Examining the properties of controls on a dialog box
  • Examining and creating a macro group
  • Attaching a macro group to command buttons
  • Discussing VBA
  • Examining the VBE window
  • Examining a command button code
  • Programming a button on a form to open another form
  • Disabling and enabling command buttons

Lesson 3: Working with Switchboard and Splash Screen Forms

  • Creating a Switchboard form by using the Switchboard Manager
  • Testing Switchboard objects
  • Modifying a Switchboard form
  • Observing a Splash Screen form
  • Creating a Splash Screen form
  • Setting label properties
  • Setting the properties of a Splash Screen form
  • Displaying the Splash Screen form on database startup
  • Displaying the Splash Screen form for a specified time
  • Opening a Switchboard form automatically after the Splash Screen form

Lesson 4: Creating Custom Toolbars and Menu Bars

  • Creating a macro group to show or hide a toolbar
  • Replacing the built-in toolbar with a custom toolbar
  • Adding buttons to a custom toolbar
  • Examining a custom menu bar
  • Creating a custom menu bar
  • Adding commands to a custom menu bar
  • Creating a custom shortcut menu
  • Setting startup properties for toolbars, menus, and Access Special Keys

Lesson 5: Working with VBA Code

  • Discussing data types
  • Using variables and constants
  • Examining the Code window
  • Examining a VBA code
  • Creating a Sub procedure in a standard module
  • Calling a Sub procedure
  • Creating a Function procedure in a standard module
  • Calling a Function procedure

 

Lesson 6: Working with Advanced VBA Programming

  • Using the If…Then statement
  • Using the If…Then…Else statement
  • Using the If…Then…Else If statement
  • Using the For…Next loop
  • Using the Do While…loop
  • Assigning event handling code to a text box
  • Assigning event handling code to a combo box
  • Assigning event handling code to coordinate events across two forms
  • Assigning the Undo event procedure for a form
  • Assigning the Unload event procedure to a form
  • Adding error-handling code
  • Testing an error-handling code
  • Adding a Web browser control to a form
  • Displaying a Web site on the form
  • Creating an MDE file

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Microsoft Access Part 1
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