Chapter 22. Understanding Visual Basic Fundamentals

The Visual Basic Development Environment

Variables and Constants

Declaring Constants and Variables

Collections, Objects, Properties, and Methods

Functions and Subroutines

Understanding Class Modules

Controlling the Flow of Statements

Running Macro Actions and Menu Commands

Trapping Errors

Some Complex Visual Basic Examples

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to create, edit, and test Visual Basic code in your Access applications. The chapter covers the following major topics:

  • The Microsoft Visual Basic Editor (VBE) and its debugging tools

  • Variables and constants and how to declare them

  • The primary object models defined in access—the Access model, the Data Access Objects (DAO) model, and the ActiveX Data Objects ...

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