Excel VBA Training Course Advanced

Advanced Excel VBA Course Overview

From VBA zero to VBA hero. This 3 day Excel VBA course will start you off slowly so that you can get to grips with the basics of programming. Very quickly you will be not only be able to understand but to use such programming concepts as:

• Control Flow with IF and SELECT
• Loops
• Events

You will finally use Forms so in conjunction with PivotTables so that you can create a pretty decent dashboard.

Course Duration: 3 Day

Course Prerequisites

Prerequisite

Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Knowledge of PivotTables helpful but not required.

Complete Course Outline

Getting Started

• Introducing Visual basic for Applications
• Displaying the Developer Tab in the Ribbon
• Recording a Macro
• Save a Macro-Enabled Workbook
• Running a Macro
• Editing a Macro in the Visual Basic Editor
• Understanding the evelopment Environment
• Using the Vvisual Basic Help
• Closing the Visual Basic Editor
• Understanding Macro Security

Working with Procedures and Functions

• Understanding Modules
• Creating a Standard Module
• Understanding Procedures
• Create a Sub Procedure
• Calling Procedures
• Using the Immediate Window to Call Procedures
• Creating a Function Procedure
• Naming Procedures

Understanding Objects

• Understanding Objects
• Navigating the Excel Object Hierarchy
• Understanding Collections
• Using the Object Browser
• Working with Properties
• Using the With Statement
• Working with Methods
• Creating an Event Procedure

Using Expressions, Variables, and Instrinsic Functions

• Understanding Expressions and Statements
• Declaring Varialbes
• Understanding Data Types
• Working with Variable Scope
• Using Intrinsic Functions
• Understanding Constants
• Using Intrinsic Constants
• Using Message Boxes
• Using Input Boxes
• Declaring and Using Object Variables

Controlling Program Execution

• Understanding Control of Flow Structures
• Working with Boolean Expressions
• Using the If - End If Decision Structions
• Using the Select Case...End Select Structures
• Using the Do...Loop Structure
• Using the For - To - Next Structure
• Using the For Each - Next Structure
• Guidelines for use of Control of Flow Structures

Working with Forms and Controls

• Understanding UserForms
• Using the Toolbox
• Working with UserForm Properties, Events, and Methods
• Understanding Controls
• Setting Control Properties in the Properties Window
• Working with the Label Control
• Working with the Text Box Control
• Working with the Command Button Control
• Working with the Combo Box Control
• Working with the Frame Control
• Working with Option Button Controls
• Working with Control Appearance
• Setting the Tab Order
• Populating a Control
• Adding Code to Controls
• Launching a Form in Code

Working with the PivotTable Object

• Understanding PivotTables
• Creating a PivotTable Using Worksheet Data
• Working with the PivotTable Objects
• Working with the PivotFields Collection
• Assigning a Macro to the Quick Access Toolbar

Debugging Code

• Understanding Errors
• Using Debugging Tools
• Setting Breakpoints
• Stepping through Code
• Using Break Mode during Run mode
• Determining the Value of Expressions

Handling Errors

• Understanding Error Handling
• Understanding VBA''s Error Trapping Options
• Trapping Errors with the On Error Statement
• Understanding the Err Object
• Writing an Error Handling Routine
• Working with Inline Error Handling

Other Courses

This course a little too meaty for you? Then why not try our standard one day Excel VBA course?

Alternatively, it could be a training course on Pivot Tables that you are looking for?

Or maybe an Intermediate Excel Training Course tickles your fancy?

One last little thing. If you want to tailor this course? Maybe you feel you don't need every piece of it. Please give us a call. We'll see what we can do for you.