Visual Basics Programming

Visual Basic is a widely used programming language developed by Microsoft to create programs for their Windows operating systems. Visual Basic's core language is BASIC, which makes it easy to...

With Visual Basic, you can create applications for the Web, the desktop and handheld computers. Visual Basic's IDE (integrated development environment) provides context-sensitive, pop-up help as...

Programmer's will often find themselves loading large sets of data from files, databases, and other sources within their Visual Basic programs. One of the challenges we run into is ensuring the...

The MsgBox function exists in both Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic.NET. In both versions, it provides a simple way for the programmer to display a text message and include specific options for...

When writing a program in the Visual Basic editor of Microsoft Excel you may find that you need to show dialog boxes that either tell the user something or prompt him to choose an option. You can...

If you are trying to get more out of your MS Access projects, or you are beginning to program in Visual Basic, having an error handler in your Subs and Functions can save your end user a lot of...

Most programming languages have some way to communicate with users. In Excel VBA, that way is the message box. The message box is a dialog box you can customize to give warnings, information and...

Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is pretty easy to learn. And with a little practice, you can master this powerful programming language and add time-saving automation to all of...

A timer in Visual Basic will permit the developer to have a predetermined activity happen on his operating system after a certain period in time. The developer determines what the activity is and...