Advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) (3 days)

Advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Training Course Overview

In this advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) training course, you will learn more advanced features of VBA. Specifically, you will learn to use flow control, work with the Office Assistant, create custom dialogs, automate processes and handle errors. Each lesson begins with a general overview of a feature and then shows how that feature works in each of the Office applications.

Advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Training Course Goals

• Learn to use the Select Case statement and the MsgBox function
• Learn to work with the repetition structure.
• Learn to work with built-in dialog boxes and the Office Assistant.
• Learn to create custom dialog boxes.
• Learn to work with option button, check box, and list box controls.
• Learn to use Automation.
• Learn to trap errors.

Advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Training Course Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• Expertise in Microsoft Word, Excel and Access
• Basic VBA Skills as taught in our introductory course

Advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Training Course Outline

1. Using the Select Case statement and the MsgBox function
   1. Understanding Select Case statement and MsgBox function
   2. Using the Select Case statement and the MsgBox function in Excel
   3. Using the Select Case statement and the MsgBox function in Word
   4. Using the Select Case statement and the Msgbox function in Access
2. Working with the repetition structure and the With statement
   1. Understanding the repetition structure and the With statement
   2. Using the repetition structure and the With statement in Excel
   3. Using the repetition structure and the With statement in Word
   4. Using the repetition structure and the With statement in Access
3. Advanced repetition structure and string functions
   1. Using the string repetition structure and string functions
   2. Using the string repetition structure and string functions in Excel
   3. Using the string repetition structure and string functions in Word
   4. Using the string repetition structure and string functions in Access
4. Working with built-in dialog boxes and the Office Assistant
   1. Communicating with the user
   2. Using built-in dialog boxes and the Office Assistant in Excel
   3. Using built-in dialog boxes and the Office Assistant in Word
   4. Using the built-in dialog boxes and the Office Assistant in Access
5. Working with custom dialog boxes
   1. Creating custom dialog boxes
   2. Using custom dialog boxes in Excel
   3. Using the custom dialog boxes in Word
   4. Using the custom dialog boxes in Access
6. Working with option button, check box, and list box controls
   1. Discussing the dialog box controls
   2. Using the option button, check box, and list box controls in Excel
   3. Using the option button, check box, and list box controls in Word
   4. Using the option button, check box, and list box controls in Access
7. Automation
   1. Understanding the Automation process
   2. Using Automation in Excel
   3. Using Automation in Word
   4. Using Automation in Access
8. Advanced Automation and error trapping
   1. Discussing Automation and error trapping
   2. Using Automation and error trapping in Excel
   3. Using Automation and error trapping in Word
   4. Using Automation and error trapping in Access

Advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Training Course Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples.

Advanced Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Training Course Technical Requirements and Setup Instructions

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