Getting Started with Microsoft Access Visual Basic for

Applications (VBA)

For Access 2000/2002 Code here should also be applicable to Access 2003.

Version 5.1 July 2005

All code used from this Trainer in assignment work, projects, etc must be acknowledged as such. See University regulations on plagiarism.

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Version History

Getting Started with VBA Further VBA

Version Date Comment Version Date Comment

1 April 2000 Originally issued for COMP1003, then more widely to help Project students. There did not seem to be any textbooks that I could find that took a ‘problem-solving’ approach.

Deliberately kept brief to save paper.

Used Access 97.

2 Nov/Dec 2000?

Some extra items added to version 1.

1 January 2001?

Issued to follow on from Getting Started v2.

3 December 2001

Adding to content. 2 May 2002 Adding to content.

Incomplete version; issued following requests from Project students.

4 October 2002

Adding to content and improving some code.

3 November 2002

Completing additions to content.

5.0 October 2004

Complete revision of v4, now uses Access 2000/2002.

Reorganised, fuller explanations, new content, exercises.

There is no v4.

5.1 July 2005 To correct some errors and omissions in v5.0.

Plus additions to content: • Test plans for some

examples. • How to use list and

combo boxes. • The With statement. • Worked examples for

booking procedures.

5.0 July 2005 Complete revision of v3, to match Getting Started v5.1. Now uses Access 2000/2002.

Reorganised, fuller explanations, new content, exercises.