Visual Basic for Application

Basic Excel Macro (VBA) Orientation Course

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Course Objectives:

To have a basic knowledge on VBA

To be able to learn the VBA Programming Fundamentals
To be able to make VBA programs
Getting Started with VBA Part 2:
Basic Programming Fundamentals
Conditionals & Branching Recap

Loops
Arrays
Simple Debug & Error Handling
Second Program Assignment
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Conditionals & Branching
-uses conditional statements to change the flow or direction of program execution
-implement decisions in VBA

If Statements Select/Case Statements

If/Then Statement
-one way selection

If (condition) Then
‘Block of Code Statements
End if

Example
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Conditionals & Branching
If Statements

If/Then/Else Statement
-two way selection

If (condition) Then
‘Block of Code Statements
Else
‘Block of Code Statements
End if

Example
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Conditionals & Branching
If Statements

If/Then/ElseIf…Else Statement
-multi way selection

If (condition) Then
‘Block of Code Statements
Elseif
‘Block of Code Statements
Else
‘Block of Code Statements
End if

Example
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Conditionals & Branching

Note:
-more if statements; difficult to follow the logic of the program

Select/Case Statements
-multichoice conditions are easier to understand
Select Case Expression
Case condition1
‘Block of Code Statements
Case condition2
‘Block of Code Statements
Case Else
‘Block of Code Statements
End Select
Example
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Assignment# 5

-Make a program the will ask the user to input the Sex of the Person
-Male = output message
-Female=output message
-Other=output message/ask user to input again
1. If Statement
2. Select/Case Statement
3. Loops

Assignment# 6
-Make a program the will ask the user to input Time IN
-determine the shiftcodes
-If or Select/Case and Loops
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Loops
-repetition of a block of code for a specified number of times

For Loops Do Loops

-number of iteration for the loop is known

-definite iterations

For variable = start To end Step value

‘Block of Codes
Next variable

Example
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Loops
Do Loops

-number of iteration for the loop is unknown

-indefinite iterations
-loop will execute as many times as needed until the condition is meet

Do Loop Until

Do
‘ Block of codes
Loop Until (Condition)

-execute codes at least one and continues to loop if condition is false

Example
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Loops>>Do Loops

Do Until Loop

Do Until (Condition)
‘ Block of codes
Loop

-execute codes only is the condition is false

Do Loop While

Do
‘ Block of codes
Loop While (Condition)

-execute codes at least one and continues to loop if condition is True

Example
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Loops>>Do Loops

Do While Loop

Do While (Condition)
‘ Block of codes
Loop

-execute codes only if condition is True

Exiting Loop

Exit For

-provides a way to exit a For loop

Exit Do
-provides a way to exit a Do loop

Example
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Arrays
-variable that can hold multiple values
-related sets of values to be stored in a variable
-single variable with many individual compartments

One-Dimensional Arrays
-analogous to a single column in the spreadsheet

Dim myArray (number of elements) as Type

Dim myArray (10) as Integer

Multi-Dimensional Arrays
-analogous to a multiple column in the spreadsheet
Dim myArray (number of elements) as Type
Dim myArray (10,2) as Integer
Example
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Arrays

One-Dimensional Arrays

Dim Student (9) as String Dim Student (1 TO 10) as Integer

0 1
1 2
2 3
3 4
4 5
5 6
6 7
7 8
8
9
9 10
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Arrays

Multi-Dimensional Arrays
Dim Student (1,6) as Integer

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
0
1
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Arrays

Fixed Length Arrays

-size is specified in the declaration

-cannot be changed while the program is running
-static array
Dim myArray (10) as Integer

Dynamic Arrays

-length of an array is unknown

-cannot be changed while the programmin is running
Dim myArray ( ) as Integer
ReDim myArray ( variable)
ReDim Preserve myArray ( variable)
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Errors & Debugging
-Errors (bugs)
-fixing errors

Types of Programming Errors

Syntax Errors
-result of grammatical, punctuation or spelling mistakes
Run-time Errors
-errors occur during program execution
Logical Errors
-program doing something different to that of its intended meaning
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Errors & Debugging

Debugging Tools
-Watch Window
-Immediate Window
-Local Window
-Step Out
-Step Over
-Step Into
-Toggle Breakpoint
-Reset
-Pause
-Play
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Errors & Debugging

Error Handling
On Error Statement

-must be followed with instructions to VBA for deciding a course of action

when a runtime error is encountered

Resume Next
-sends the program execution to the next line of code
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Program Exercises

- Make a program that will ask the User to input 10 Scores, determine the highest
and the lowest
- Make a program that will ask the user to any Input from the user, determine if
the input starts with a letter, number or a special character
- Make a program that will ask for the users badge no., to output the users
complete name
- Make a program that that will ask for the users info, like name, age, address,
occupation, etc… then output the results.
- Make a program that that will ask for the user’s password. The user is only
allowed 3 tries to enter the password, or the program terminate the
application/or end the program.
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