Access 2003: VBA Programming (2 day)

Appropriate introductory and advanced courses plus several weeks of practice. No programming experience is required.

Course Outline

Getting Started

• Introduction to Programming in Access
• Why Program in Access?
• Understanding the Development Environment
• Using Visual Basic Help

Working with Procedures and Functions

• Understanding Modules
• Creating a Standard Module
• Understanding Procedures
• Creating a Sub Procedure
• Calling Procedures
• Using the Immediate Window to Call Procedures
• Creating a Function Procedure
• Naming Procedures
• Organizing Code and Procedures
• Working with the Code Editor
• Navigating the Access Object Hierarchy
• Understanding Collections
• Using the Object Browser
• Working with the Application Object
• Understanding the Form Object
• Working with Properties
• Using the With Statement
• Working with Methods
• Understanding the DoCmd Object
• Working with Events
• Understanding the Order of Events

Using Expressions, Variables, and Intrinsic Functions

• Understanding Expressions and Statements
• Declaring Variables
• Understanding Data Types
• Working with Variable Scope
• Working with Variable Lifetime
• Considering Variable Scope and Lifetime Together
• Using Intrinsic Functions
• Understanding Constants
• Using Intrinsic Constants
• Using Message Boxes
• Using Input Boxes

Controlling Program Execution

• Understanding Control-of-Flow Structures
• Working with Boolean Expressions
• Using the If...End If Decision Structures
• Using the Select Case...End Select Structure
• Using the For...Next Structure
• Using the For Each...Next Structure
• Using the Do...Loop Structure
• Guidelines for use of Branching Structures

Working with Recordsets

• Declaring and Creating Object Variables
• Working with the ADODB Recordset Object
• Specifying a Recordset Cursor Type
• Locking Records for Updating
• Specifying a Recordset Cursor Location - Optional
• Using the CacheSize Property - Optional
• Understanding Recordset Cursor Properties - Optional

Debugging Code

• Understanding Errors
• Using Debugging Tools
• Setting Breakpoints
• Setting Break Expressions
• Using Break Mode during Run Mode
• Stepping through Code
• Determining the Value of Expressions

Handling Errors

• Understanding Error Handling
• Understanding VBA's Error Trapping Options
• Trapping Errors with the On Error Statement
• Understanding the Err Object
• Writing an Error-Handling Routine
• Working with Inline Error Handling