Access VBA Programming For Dummies Paperback – Illustrated, 13 Aug. 2004

This book is a good resource for learning Access VBA. Well-explained and not too difficult.Although written for Access 2003, it concentrates on the basics of using VBA, which will still apply when using later versions of the software.

As an Access Amateur, I have had a few false starts trying to learn VBA. I have often been left wondering what's the point? If I needed some code I would usually cheat by converting a macro or copy and paste code from other sources. Most of the books written to explain VBA disappoint. They start off simply enough and then fly off into gobbledegook. This book has finally helped me understand the value of VBA. Unlike its rivals this book understands novices' needs. It explains the sections of codes experts take for granted taking you through them gently. Even more helpful the code contained in this book is actually useful to develop an integrated database! This is by far the best book on VBA for Access I have read.

Reasonably well read - but be warned, you cannot access the codes via the Authors' link because they do not exist!

If you are absolute beginner it is good book. However, please mind that it is based on version 2000-2003. This is not important for real beginners as VBA did not changed dramatically since. All "old" stuff should work in modern environment.I am glad that I started with this book, because it is really step by step guide.

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I've just started a Database Administrators course and I'm buying these books to help me. Yes I am a Dummy but to have some things explained in the way I want it...Thats simply brilliant. The Dummies books are ace. I will be buying more for the rest of my course and for future reference.

This has been helpful already, but I can see it will take a while and a bit of reading before I can really get my head around the subject

I'm familiar with the old DOS version of dBase programming, and also with the visual elements of Microsoft Access (forms, tables, queries, macros). But for some reason I have avoided Visual Basic. Until now.All the "dummies" books are excellent value for money, and Alan Simpson is well-respected in this field.