Excel: VBA Programming Training

Excel: VBA Programming Training (EXC302)

Course Length: 1 day
Delivery Methods: Available as private class only
Course Overview

This VBA Programming for Excel 2019 training course is designed to give experienced Excel users proficiency in creating procedures that run in response to specific events, working with control structures, developing user forms to accept or display data, validating the data entry in user forms, and debugging and handling errors in code.

Our public classes use the most current version of the software, but if you’re on an earlier version, our instructor will point out any differences. For private classes, we will use the version of the software you use in your office.

Course Benefits
  • Master the use of the Visual Basic Editor to develop customized Excel applications and automate repetitive tasks.
  • Learn object-oriented programming principles specific to Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), enhancing your ability to manage and manipulate Excel objects.
  • Gain proficiency in creating and using macros and event procedures to handle user interactions and automate Excel processes.
  • Understand how to effectively use help resources within VBA to improve coding efficiency and troubleshoot issues.
  • Become skilled at programming fundamentals in VBA, including variable scope, naming, and using variables to capture user input.
  • Develop robust control structures such as decision and selection structures to implement logical operations within Excel spreadsheets.
  • Create and customize dialog boxes and user forms to enhance user interaction and data entry accuracy in Excel applications.
  • Acquire advanced techniques in debugging and error handling to build reliable, error-free VBA applications.
  • Learn how to implement error trapping and automation to handle run-time errors and improve application stability.
  • Enhance your ability to develop complex Excel VBA applications that can interact with other applications and prevent common operational errors.
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Webucator is a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS). Our curriculum has been tested and approved by ProCert Labs, the official tester of Microsoft courseware, and has been found to meet the highest industry standards of instructional quality.

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Course Outline
  1. Visual Basic Editor
    1. Visual Basic for Applications
    2. Object Programming
    3. Event Procedures and Macros
      1. Event Procedures
      2. Macros
    4. Using Help
      1. Getting Help in the Object Browser
    5. Using the Visual Basic Editor in Excel
    6. Saving and Running a Procedure
  2. Programming Basics
    1. Data Basics
    2. Scope of Variables
      1. Reserving a Procedure-level Variable
    3. Naming Variables
      1. Selecting the Appropriate Data Type and Name for a Variable
    4. Using Variables to Accept User Input
      1. Reserving a Procedure-level String Variable
      2. The InputBox Function
      3. Concatenating Strings
  3. Control Structures
    1. Decision Structures
      1. Using the If Then Else Statement
      2. Nesting If Then Else Statements
    2. Using the Selection Structure in Excel
    3. Coding the Calculator Procedure
    4. The Select Case statement
      1. The Select Case Statement
  4. Custom Dialog Boxes
    1. User Forms
    2. Adding a Form
      1. The Toolbox
      2. Sizing, Moving, Deleting, and Restoring a Control
    3. Using the Custom Dialog Boxes in Excel
      1. Adding a Form
      2. Control Properties
    4. The Update Inventory Dialog Box
  5. Debugging and Error Handling
    1. Errors
    2. Automation and Error Trapping
      1. Using the GetObject Function
      2. Intercepting and Handling Run-time Errors
      3. Preventing Multiple Instances of an Application
    3. Using Automation and Error Trapping in Excel
      1. Modifying the OpenMemo Procedure
Class Materials

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

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this VBA class:

  • Expertise in Microsoft Excel
Live Private Class
  • Private Class for your Team
  • Live training
  • Online or On-location
  • Customizable
  • Expert Instructors
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