Visual Basic Dictionary or Glossary

[alan morgan via AccessMonster.com]

Hi all,

This may seem basic to most people but does anyone know if there is a visual
basic dictionary of glossary of the terms? I am just learning about visual
basic and code and I would appreciate any and all help on figuring out how to
read this stuff. Like for instance what does "Dim" or "DoCmd" mean?

Thanks alot,

Alan

 

[Guest]

A good place to start is Access Help. Beyond that, there are a number of
good books on Access. I use Access 2002 Desktop Developer's Handbook and
Access 2002 Desktop Enterprise Handbook by Paul Litwin, Ken Getz, and Mike
gunderloy, published by Sybex. I find it very helpful at all levels and
comes with CDs that have a lot of good stuff. I'm sure there is a 2003
version by now.

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

Unfortunately, no, there isn't a 2003 edition. I believe the authors have
stated their intention not to write one.

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

The Access 2003 VBA language reference is on-line at ...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbaac11/html/Welcome_HV01132058.asp?frame=true

 

[Guest]

That is too bad. They are really good books.
I see your later post regarding the Microsoft Access VBA reference online.
That is a good to know, but in my experience and (IMHO), the very worst
Microsoft product references are published by Microsoft.

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

The original poster asked for a 'dictionary or glossary', and I can't
imagine anyone but Microsoft going to the trouble of listing every VBA
object, collection, function and keyword. But I would certainly hate to try
to learn VBA given only the reference - good 'how to' articles and tutorials
are equally important. The ADH is an invaluable resource, and most if not
all of the 2002 edition is still relevant today. I would certainly recommend
it to an intermediate developer. But I would not recommend it as a first
book for a complete beginner.

Unfortunately, I'm not really in a position to say what I *would* recommend
to a complete beginner, as I just don't read that kind of material any more.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Or you can download a compiled help file from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a0-5e58-4e69-b90e-c42ec7dbf887&displaylang=en

 

[Guest]

I'm not sure how this posting works but it's been 2 months since this thread
started so I don't know if a reply will be noticed. Could one of you MVPs
tell me if it's alright to post a reply like this?? Anyway, I was looking
for some kind of glossary of terms or list of acronyms myself and that's how
I came to this posting. I did some surfing and found a good list when I
searched the MSDN library for Abbreviations; I then chose the 'Common
Acronyms & Abbreviations' and it was quite extensive. I have the address
MSDN.microsoft.com/library/default.asp in my favorites so that I can go there
quickly. Well anyway, if you start at that address and open up Servers and
Enterprise Development, then click Host Integration Server, then Host
Integration Server 2004, then Product Documentation, then Technical Reference
you'll find quite an extensive Glossary. Then if you click Administrative
Reference you'll see the list of common Acronyms and Abbreviations. It's not
exhaustive but very good for reference. I don't know why they buried such a
great help reference so deep; maybe one of you MVPs can suggest that
Microsoft make a direct reference to it somewhere.?. I hope I have helped
someone out there if alan doesn't notice this reply. Thanx