Course Objectives
This one day course gives an overview of Excel’s programming language (VBA). The course will introduce the Visual Basic Editor screen (VBE), discuss the major programming concepts, cover error checking tools and enable users, through a workshop, to try out practical examples.
Who Should Attend?
Those who have advanced knowledge of Excel 2007 and who would like a broad overview of Excel's macro language. The course does not assume previous experience of macros although it would help if delegates have recorded some macros in the past. Delegates who do not have this level of knowledge of Excel should first attend our "Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Advanced" course.
Course Contents
Using the Visual Basic Editor
- Object Properties
- Methods
- Events
- The Object Browser
Data Types
- Declaring Variables
- The scope of variables
Procedures
Modules
Functions
- Creating a user defined function
Branches
- Using If and Else
- Using Select Case
Loops
- For/Next
- Do While/Loop
User Interaction
- Message Boxes
- InputBox function
- Creating a User Form
- Attaching events to User Form buttons
Error Handling
- Understanding different types of errors
- VBA debugging tools
- Breakpoints and Watch windows
- Stepping through code
- Handling errors
Workshop
- Using examples to practice VBA techniques
- Option for users to create macros of their own choice
