F. Scott Barker's Microsoft® Access 2000 Power Programming

GETTING STARTED WITH VBA

VBA adds support for object-oriented features, a browser for viewing an object's functionality, and the capability to define custom public and private properties and methods. The rest of this chapter introduces you to these powerful new features.

Introducing Objects

VBA adds some basic object-oriented features. Your application consists of many objects. An object can be thought of as a single unit that contains code and data that serve a common purpose. Table 2.1 lists object examples.

Table 2.1. Example and Descriptions of Objects

Object	Description
Text box	All controls are objects.
Form	Every form in your application is a separate object.
Table	Each table in your application contains other objects, such as fields and ...