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Access Tutorial 11 Using and Writing Visual Basic for Applications Code

Access Tutorial 11 Using and Writing Visual Basic for Applications Code. Objectives. Learn about Function procedures (functions), Sub procedures (subroutines), and modules Review and modify an existing subroutine in an event procedure Create a function in a standard module

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Access Tutorial 11 Using and Writing Visual Basic for Applications Code

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  1. Access Tutorial 11Using and Writing Visual Basic for Applications Code

  2. Objectives • Learn about Function procedures (functions), Sub procedures (subroutines), and modules • Review and modify an existing subroutine in an event procedure • Create a function in a standard module • Create event procedures • Compile and test functions, subroutines, and event procedures • Hide text and change display colors • Create event procedures for a dialog box New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  3. Introduction to Visual Basic for Applications • Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is the programming language provided with Access and other Office programs • VBA has a common syntax and a set of common features for all Microsoft Office programs • Event-driven language • Object-oriented language New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  4. Events New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  5. Procedures • A Function procedure,or function, performs operations, returns a value, accepts input values, and can be used in expressions (recall that an expression is a calculation resulting in a single value) • A Sub procedure, or subroutine, performs operations and accepts input values, but does not return a value and cannot be used in expressions New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  6. Modules New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  7. Modules • Declarations section • Standard module • Public procedure • Class module • Local procedure • Private procedure New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  8. Using an Existing Procedure New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  9. Creating a New Standard Module • Click the Create tab on the Ribbon • In the Other group on the Create tab, click the arrow on the New Object button (with the ScreenTip “New Object: Macro,” “New Object: Module,” or “New Object: Class Module,” depending on which option was last chosen), and then click Module New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  10. Creating a New Standard Module New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  11. Creating a Function • Each function begins with a Function statement and ends with an End Function statement • Parameter • Argument New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  12. Testing a Procedure in the Immediate Window • In the Code window, click View on the menu bar, and then click Immediate Window to open the Immediate window • Type a question mark (?), the procedure name, and the procedure’s arguments in parentheses. If the argument contains a string of characters, enclose the value in quotation marks • Press the Enter key and verify the displayed answer New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  13. Testing a Procedure in the Immediate Window New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  14. Creating an Event Procedure New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  15. Designing the Event Procedure New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  16. Adding an Event Procedure to a Form or Report • Open the form or report in Design view, select the control whose event property you want to set, open the property sheet for the control, and then click the Event tab in the property sheet • Click the desired event property box, click its Build button, click Code Builder in the Choose Builder dialog box, and then click the OK button • Enter the subroutine statements in the Code window • Compile the procedure, fix any statement errors, and then save the event procedure New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  17. Adding an Event Procedure to a Form or Report New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  18. Compiling Modules • The process of translating modules from VBA to a form your computer understands is called compilation; you say that you compile the module when you translate it • When you run a procedure for the first time, Access compiles it for you automatically and opens a dialog box only when it finds syntax errors in the procedure New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  19. Adding a Second Procedure to a Class Module New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  20. Adding a Second Procedure to a Class Module New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  21. Changing the Case of a Field Value • StrConv function • wvProperCase constant New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  22. Hiding Controls and Changing a Control’s Color New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

  23. Hiding Controls and Changing a Control’s Color New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007

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