DWUTKA at marlow.com
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Thu Jun 3 16:55:02 CDT 2004
Haven't seen your post on the list yet, but I read it through Andy's reply. I have a VBA 'tutorial' on my website. http://www.wolfwares.com It's in the Articles section, called 'VBA_Training.zip'. It's somewhere around 60 pages, and I've been told that several people have found it to be a useful tool to get introduced to VBA. (Please forgive the grammar in it, I was in somewhat of a rush writing it up! <grin>) A couple of additional items to add. I wrote that tutorial YEARS ago, and have vastly expanded my VB/VBA knowledge since then, so I have a few more suggestions. One, the MSDN comes in a 3 disc version for Office 2k developer, and 2 disc version for Visual Basic. Not sure how many CD's are in the later versions of Office/VB.NET. However, the MSDN is a VERY VERY VERY handy tool. It has a ton of information, it just takes a little time getting used to how it explains things. The very best help file, IMHO, is Access 97's help section. It usually gives good examples along with it's help pages. Very useful. Next, once you begin getting comfortable with General VBA, I would strongly suggest looking into Class Modules and Collections. If I knew what I know now, about 3 years ago, a LOT of my projects would have been built faster, more flexible, and by far easier to maintain. A large portion of that is using Class modules, and collections. (Instead of loads of normal modules and arrays). Finally, my website also hosts the archives for this list. It's in the Resources section of my site. It goes back a few years. This list is a wonderful resource, and you'll probably be able to find a lot of information just by perusing the archives. Good luck in your VBA journey. Drew > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of David Lind > Sent: 03 June 2004 19:06 > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT? Getting Started > > > Hi All. > > I'm new to these lists and am in need of some guidance. > > I've been working in Access97 for a number of years. > Everything I know I taught myself by trial and error. > Compared to some of the code and stuff I've seen sent back > and forth on here over the past 2 days, I'm nowhere near the > same level/class of programmers that y'all are. In fact, the > database that I've built for the section of the company I > work for has expanded to a level way over my head and GanCom > has been called in to help rebuild it, probably in Access03. > I know VERY little about module programming/VB. While I am > sure y'all are a great resource and I would definitely ask > questions in the future when I get stuck, I need some help > with the basics. What kind of resources should I be looking > at to get started? From what the GanCom rep said when he was > here, they'll do the rebuild, then hand it back to me. I'd > like to be on my way of being able to do some if not all of > the future work on my own instead of outsourcing it to > someone else. Due to my being on the low end of t! he totem > pole around here, finances is an issue, so a $600 seminar is > out of the question at the moment. > > TIA > David > -- > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/a> ccessd > Website: > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com