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Book VIII
Chapter 1
What the Heck
Is VBA?
Using the Visual Basic Editor
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✦ Project/Library list: This allows you to choose a single library or proj-
ect to work with, or
<All Libraries>.
✦ Search tools: Use these tools to help you find information in the libraries.
✦ Classes list: This shows the names of all classes in the currently selected
library or project name (or all libraries).
✦ Members list: When you click a name in the Classes list, this pane shows
the members (properties, methods, events, functions, objects) that
belong to that class.
✦ Details pane: When you click a member name in the Members list, the
Details pane shows the syntax for using the name as well as the name
of the library to which the member belongs. You can copy text from
the Details pane to the Code window.
✦ Split bar: Drag the Split bar left or right to adjust the size of the panes.
(Drag any edge or corner of the Object Browser window to size the
window as a whole.)
Searching the Object Library
For a beginning programmer, the sheer quantity of items in the Object
Browser is daunting. However, learning about the pre-written code you pick
up elsewhere is useful. Suppose you find and use a procedure that has a
DoCmd object in it. You’re wondering what this DoCmd thingy is.
Project/Library list
Search tools Members list
Classes list Split bars Details pane
Figure 1-12:
The Object
Browser.
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