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Visual Basic Quickstart Guide

By : Aspen Olmsted
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Visual Basic Quickstart Guide

By: Aspen Olmsted

Overview of this book

Whether you’re an absolute beginner or an experienced developer looking to learn the Visual Basic language, this book takes a hands-on approach to guide you through the process. From the very first chapters, you'll delve into writing programs, exploring core concepts such as data types, decision branching, and iteration. Additionally, you’ll get to grips with working with data structures, file I/O, and essential object-oriented principles like inheritance and polymorphism. This book goes beyond the basics to equip you with the skills to read and write code across the entire VB family, spanning VB Script, VBA, VB Classic, and VB.NET, enabling you to handle legacy code maintenance with ease. With clear explanations, practical examples, and hands-on exercises, this book empowers you to tackle real-world software development tasks, whether you're enhancing existing projects or embarking on new ones. It addresses common challenges like distinguishing between the variations of the VB programming language to help you choose the right one for your projects. Don't let VB's extensive legacy daunt you; embrace it with this comprehensive guide that equips you with practical, up-to-date coding skills to overcome the challenges presented by Visual Basic's rich history of over two decades.
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Part 1:Visual Basic Programming and Scripting
9
Part 2:Visual Basic Files and Data Structures
14
Part 3:Object-Oriented Visual Basic
20
Part 4:Server-Side Development

Programming with VBA

VBA is a programming language that automates tasks in Microsoft Office applications, such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access. VBA is primarily used to automate repetitive tasks and interact with external applications.

VBA is a powerful language that can import and translate data, automate sequences of calculations, and create custom forms and specialized reports. These powers lead VBA to be used by finance professionals and data analysts who work with large amounts of data and perform complex analyses. VBA is a powerful language that allows users to create functions, perform error handling, and use advanced programming techniques such as loops and conditional statements. VBA is also licensed from Microsoft or reproduced by third-party companies. A small sample of applications that host VBA includes WordPerfect, LibreOffice, and CorelDRAW.

Hello, World! in VBA

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