Learning Visual Basic

[Matthew]

Let me start off with a confession: I don't know much about Visual Basic.
However, I do know the basics of programming.

My goal is to make a countdown timer in a cool font, a custom size, and
custom color. A movie needs to be playing behind it, so the background
needs to be transparent.

The question is, do I need to purchase software to acomplish this? If so,
what software?
I have Microsoft Visual Basic 6.3 that came with Office 2003. However, I
couldn't figure out where to start.

I found a countdown timer:
http://www.a1vbcode.com/app.asp?ID=1684

It's not what I need, but I thought I could learn a bit by looking at it.
It has an executable (not much help), and several files with extensions I
have not seen before:
..vbw
..vbp
..SCC
..frm

I am afraid I am lost.

Although it would be nice to have help with the project, that's not really
what I am after. I think I just need a push in the right direction.

Thanks in advance,

Matthew

 

[johnny nui]

Hi Mathew

If you are looking to make a program then you want VB not VBA (which this
forum is all about)

if this is aone off thing you may want to consider flash or a java
applette

 

[Howard Kaikow]

Which Office app will you be using?
If Word, take a look at the list of Word VBA books at my URL below.
I'd suggest Steve Roman's Writing Word Macros as the place to start.

The code at

http://www.a1vbcode.com/app.asp?ID=1684

is VB 6 code that requires Visual Basic 6 to run. I've not checked the
details, but the code likely could be converted to VBA,

 

[Matthew]

The code at

is VB 6 code that requires Visual Basic 6 to run. I've not checked the
details, but the code likely could be converted to VBA,

Thanks.

So, I need a software called Visual Basic 6 to modify/run that code? And,
this is different from Microsoft Visual Basic 6.3 that came with Office
2003?

Matthew

 

[Matthew]

If you are looking to make a program then you want VB not VBA (which this

forum is all about)

I appologize for that. Is there a forum for VB that I could ask this
question in?

if this is aone off thing you may want to consider flash or a java
applette

Thanks, I'll look into that.

Matthew

 

[Howard Kaikow]

Thanks.

So, I need a software called Visual Basic 6 to modify/run that code?

No, you should be able to adapt the code to run in VBA
Depends on your final goal whether you will be better off using VB or VBA.

And,
this is different from Microsoft Visual Basic 6.3 that came with Office
2003?

The VB in Office is better called VBA.
In general, VBA is sort of a subset of VB plus, for each Office app, app
specific object model.

Each Office app can also be programmed from VB 6.

Which method is better depends on what you want to do.

 

[Matthew]

The VB in Office is better called VBA.

In general, VBA is sort of a subset of VB plus, for each Office app, app
specific object model.

Thanks, I think I have a handle on what is going on now.

Thanks for your help!

Matthew