VBA: Learning By Doing

[Ray]

Hi! I'd like to learn to program VBA on a very simple basis. I want
to write a flash card program: it shows me the question, I think
about the answer, I am ready to see what the answer is, I press a key,
it shows me the answer. Then I decide if I got it right or wrong, and
I press a + or - key accordingly, to drop that question or recycle it
back into the stack, to recur randomly. I want to do this using an
Access database, so that I can use this program with whatever
questions and answers I might care to ask myself.

My question: without getting into the whole Visual Basic language,
and without even undertaking to learn all of VBA (because I just do
not have time and it will not happen), how do I proceed to write this
program?

Thanks in advance to all helpers.

 

[Jonathan West]

Hi! I'd like to learn to program VBA on a very simple basis. I want
to write a flash card program: it shows me the question, I think
about the answer, I am ready to see what the answer is, I press a key,
it shows me the answer. Then I decide if I got it right or wrong, and
I press a + or - key accordingly, to drop that question or recycle it
back into the stack, to recur randomly. I want to do this using an
Access database, so that I can use this program with whatever
questions and answers I might care to ask myself.

My question: without getting into the whole Visual Basic language,
and without even undertaking to learn all of VBA (because I just do
not have time and it will not happen), how do I proceed to write this
program?

Thanks in advance to all helpers.

Hi Ray,

You need to have *some* understanding of VBA before you embark on what is a
feairly complex task.

Start out by taking a look at these articles

Getting To Grips With VBA Basics In 15 Minutes
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/VBABasicsIn15Mins.htm

How to create a Userform
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm

 

[Howard Kaikow]

You WILL save MUCH time if you first read a book.
See the list of Word VBA books at my URL below.

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day (e-mail address removed) (Ray),

Start with http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/index.htm

Click the VBA tab, do the first tutorials, then hunt around the FAQs
for other useful bit that apply to your case.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com

steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)


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