Microsoft Office training - Access VBA macros

Access Training

Access VBA Training Course

£695 + VAT for most venues (£850 + VAT for London)

2 days

Access supports two different programming languages:

The painting-by-numbers macros, which you can use to perform basic functions;
The far more powerful VBA (Visual Basic for Applicatons) programming language.

If you're going to be using Access, we think you should be learning VBA - it's far more powerful, and is compatible with the programming languages used by other MS Office applications such as Excel and Word. On this two-day course you'll learn about the DoCmd object, variables, handling form events, linking to recordsets and much more!

We don't have any dates scheduled for this course, but we may well consider adding them - it's always worth asking (or consider an onsite Access training course).

Course Contents - PDF

Course Contents

The VBA code editor

Two ways to create modules
Using Project Explorer
Basic subroutines and comments

Messages and variables

The all-powerful DoCmd object
Displaying messages
Getting input from users
Using variables

Creating functions

Passing arguments
Returning values

Visual Basic explained

Objects and collections
Methods and properties
The Access object model
Getting help in VBA

Attaching code to forms

Attaching code to buttons
Attaching code to events
Manipulating form/control properties
Making code not form-specific

Looping

The four types of loop
Looping over all open forms
Looping over controls
Looping over Access Objects

Recordsets

Choosing ADO or DAO
Adding data
Editing data
Deleting data

Debugging and error handling

Stepping through macros
Setting breakpoints
Trapping for errors

Case studies

Navigation buttons
Creating a simple menu
Validating forms
Criteria forms

Covered if time allows If time

Linking to Excel and Word

Referencing other applications
Manipulating Excel from Access

Covered if time allows If time

Modifying queries

Basic SQL statements
Amending queries' SQL

Why Choose Us?

No more than 6 people per class
Proper restaurant lunch included
495 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

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Sample customer feedback

"Enjoyed the "hands-on" nature of the course. Trainer was knowledgeable - always felt at ease. Manuals informative. Equipment excellent. Offsite lunch was a lovely bonus. Why booked - reviewed content online and looked like just what we were looking for. Small candidate sizes were also a factor."

Jeff Sears (Penguin Random House Group Ltd)

"Very useful well delivered course. The recommendation came from colleagues."

Danielle Ryan (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)

"The trainer was very knowledgeable and confident teaching the course and made it very friendly and relaxed. The course was exactly what I required and I'm now confident I can create my own SSIS project whereas I couldn't before attending the course. I had already attended the SSRS course previously so I was keen to use Wise Owl again and I also recommended it to two other colleagues."

Neil Dibsdall (Cybertill Limited)

"The manual is very clear and will be useful to refer back to. I wasn't bored at any point and feel I have learnt a lot."

Alison Goulder (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)

"Great course! Everything is explained really well, makes you know why you are doing what you are doing."

Mitalee Pisavadia (Public Health England)

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Delegates should only attend this course if they have a good working knowledge of Access basics, and if they are proficient computer users. Experience of programming, while useful, is not essential.