Alison Balter’s Mastering Microsoft Access 2002 Desktop Development

Chapter 7. VBA: An Introduction

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• What Are Access Class, Standard, Form, and Report Modules? 252

• Working with Variables 263

• Adding Comments to Your Code 268

• Using the Line Continuation Character 269

• Using the VBA Control Structures 269

• Passing Parameters and Returning Values 278

• Executing Procedures from the Module Window 279

• The DoCmd Object: Performing Macro Actions 280

• Working with Built-In Functions 281

• Working with Constants 286

• Tools for Working in the Visual Basic Editor 289

• Customizing the VBE 300

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Why This Chapter Is Important

The Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) language is at the heart of every application that you write. It is your key to taking Access beyond the world of wizards into a world where ...