Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Second Edition

Chapter 8. VBA 101: The Basics of VBA

• VBA Explained

• Access Class Modules, Standard Modules, Form Modules, and Report Modules Explained

• Working with Variables

• Adding Comments to Your Code

• Using the Line-Continuation Character

• Using the VBA Control Structures

• Passing Parameters and Returning Values: An Introduction

• Working with Built-In Functions

• Tools for Working with the Module Window

• Practical Examples: Event Routines, User-Defined Functions, and Subroutines Needed for the Time and Billing Application

VBA Explained

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is the development language for Microsoft Access 97. It offers a consistent language for application development in the Microsoft Office suite. The core language, its constructs, and the environment are the ...