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A good book for beginners wanting to learn VB
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dmcgimpsey
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I get the feeling you are wanting to learn VB specifically for Excel -
here's a good book:
Using Excel Visual Basic for applications (Special Edition)
it's a reference book but you can read sequentially through the first couple of chapters, and go to any chapter and read the summary for the 'jist' of the topic. For specifics, like I said, it's a reference so you can go to the index and reference a topic like ListBox Properties for instance.
it's written by Jeff Webb - who used to work for Microsoft and was a major part of the VB development suite.
good luck.
here's a good book:
Using Excel Visual Basic for applications (Special Edition)
it's a reference book but you can read sequentially through the first couple of chapters, and go to any chapter and read the summary for the 'jist' of the topic. For specifics, like I said, it's a reference so you can go to the index and reference a topic like ListBox Properties for instance.
it's written by Jeff Webb - who used to work for Microsoft and was a major part of the VB development suite.
good luck.
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Joe4
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I'll take you at your word and assume you want to know about Access VBA. I personally like "Beginning Access 2000 VBA" by Robert Smith and David Sussman, published by Wrox, ISBN 1-861001-76-2.
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PerkinsSlave
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I'll second that vote. As is probably fairly obvious, I am also relatively new to Access VBA programming. I have "Access 2000 Programming Weekend Crash Course," "Access 2002 Bible,' and the book mentioned above. Smith & Sussman's book is very user-friendly. I found several inconsistencies between code mentinoed in the "Crash Course" and what was actually found on their CD!
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Hi TTR9000
The other posts here are all for Visual Basic fro Applications (VBA).
If you are looking for books that cover Visual Basic 6.0 or VB.Net, the programming languages, do a search in Amazon.Com and sort the results by the stars the users give each book. Those user reviews are pretty accurate as to usefulness and value for money.
Wrox publishers mentioned in other posts here is an excellent source so check their website. I began learning VB 6.0 with a Wrox Piublishers book and it helped me greatly, but I can't remember it's name off-hand. I started to learn Visual basic a number of years ago so all the books I used are old and, while the information is not out of date, have been superceeded by more modern works. That's where Amazon comes in.
anvil19
The other posts here are all for Visual Basic fro Applications (VBA).
If you are looking for books that cover Visual Basic 6.0 or VB.Net, the programming languages, do a search in Amazon.Com and sort the results by the stars the users give each book. Those user reviews are pretty accurate as to usefulness and value for money.
Wrox publishers mentioned in other posts here is an excellent source so check their website. I began learning VB 6.0 with a Wrox Piublishers book and it helped me greatly, but I can't remember it's name off-hand. I started to learn Visual basic a number of years ago so all the books I used are old and, while the information is not out of date, have been superceeded by more modern works. That's where Amazon comes in.
anvil19
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