Syntax of Sub procedure Sub name įunction Rectangle ( A As Double, B As Double, _ If a Sub procedure has no arguments, the Sub statement must include an empty set of parentheses.
A Sub procedure can take arguments, such as constants, variables, or expressions that are passed by a calling procedure.
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There are two types of procedures: Sub and FunctionĪ Sub procedure is a series of Visual Basic statements enclosed by the Sub and End Sub statements that performs actions but doesn't return a value. Turn on Edit toolbar (contains comment and uncomment block option).enable Require Variable Declarations (adds Option Explicit to every new module).disable Auto Syntax Check (disables annoying notifications about syntax errors, only annoying but not all of them).If you start from the standard configuration you should:
When start working with VBE you should consider some customizations.
Alt + F11 -> Open the Visual Basic editor. Alt + F8 -> View Macros, the list of all recorded and written macros (sub procedures only). While using Record Macro as a learning tool pay attention to:īasics of programming in VBA Keyboard shortcuts It allows to make few clicks and see how those clicks should be written in code. While learning VBA and also later on during work, you might find that Record Macro is very useful. Now, in addition to recording macros you can also independently write your own procedures. Visual Basic for Application appeared in Excel (Excel version 5) in 1994, earlier (up to version 4) only allow macros to automate those tasks that you can perform using the keyboard. You can find VBA in all Microsoft Office applications, AutoCAD, WordPerfect and many others. VBA is used for automation operations in applications such as Microsoft Excel and also expands it's capabilities. Visual Basic for Applications is simplified impementation of Microsoft's programming language Visual Basic 6. 2.2 Customization of Visual Basic Editor.