Advice on Training

12 May 2006 10:29 PM

lucidxile

I currently know very little about VB code and want to learn for use in
MS office applications such as Access and Excel, while also learning
how to write some login scripts using VBS. The only option as far as
company paid training that I have locally is an introduction class to
VB .Net programming.

Trying to do some research, I'm conflicted if this class would benefit
me or not. I know that the office apps use VBA which is a little
different, but I wouldn't mind learning VB .Net for application
development, but that isn't my main concern at this time, and not being
able to apply what I've learned to help with Access would not make my
employer very happy. I was just hoping for something that would help me
get out of this novice stage of VB code.

Would the VB .NET class help me in programming Access and Excel and
allow me to write scripts in VBS? Or would I be causing myself
unnecessary confusion when trying to apply VB .Net knowledge to those
programs. At this time it's this class or nothing. Any advice you can
give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

13 May 2006 2:16 AM

Chris

lucidx***@gmail.com wrote:
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> I currently know very little about VB code and want to learn for use in
> MS office applications such as Access and Excel, while also learning
> how to write some login scripts using VBS. The only option as far as
> company paid training that I have locally is an introduction class to
> VB .Net programming.
>
> Trying to do some research, I'm conflicted if this class would benefit
> me or not. I know that the office apps use VBA which is a little
> different, but I wouldn't mind learning VB .Net for application
> development, but that isn't my main concern at this time, and not being
> able to apply what I've learned to help with Access would not make my
> employer very happy. I was just hoping for something that would help me
> get out of this novice stage of VB code.
>
> Would the VB .NET class help me in programming Access and Excel and
> allow me to write scripts in VBS? Or would I be causing myself
> unnecessary confusion when trying to apply VB .Net knowledge to those
> programs. At this time it's this class or nothing. Any advice you can
> give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>

If will help you understand how to read vb code, but probably would not
leave you in a position to start coding in Access because they do the
coding in pretty different ways.

Chris

13 May 2006 8:23 AM

Michael Bosch

Hi there lucid....
Trust me, I've been in your shoes before. As have many younger, novice
programmers. You certainly have a comittment to your employer to provide
the best solutions to their specific business domains problem. But don't
forget that often times, you need to sort of set you own paths with what you
want to do. dot Net is an amazing advancement from VB 6. But I'm sure
your' "concern at the time" is alot about keeping your job!

I'm not sure about the specifcs of the class you plan to take, but more than
liklely, I think that learning .NET will certainly EASE your time
programming against Access, Excel, XML, SQL Server, Oracle... (see where I'm
going with this).

My serious suggestion would depend on what stage in your
program/job/contract/agreement you are in.... if it's a situation where
"they" are pressuring to finish a project, THEN FINISH THE PROJECT, in
Fortran if you need to. Otherwise, take your time and assure them that if
they don't want to be two steps behind, they need for you to take two steps
ahead

<lucidx***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I currently know very little about VB code and want to learn for use in
> MS office applications such as Access and Excel, while also learning
> how to write some login scripts using VBS. The only option as far as
> company paid training that I have locally is an introduction class to
> VB .Net programming.
>
> Trying to do some research, I'm conflicted if this class would benefit
> me or not. I know that the office apps use VBA which is a little
> different, but I wouldn't mind learning VB .Net for application
> development, but that isn't my main concern at this time, and not being
> able to apply what I've learned to help with Access would not make my
> employer very happy. I was just hoping for something that would help me
> get out of this novice stage of VB code.
>
> Would the VB .NET class help me in programming Access and Excel and
> allow me to write scripts in VBS? Or would I be causing myself
> unnecessary confusion when trying to apply VB .Net knowledge to those
> programs. At this time it's this class or nothing. Any advice you can
> give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>

13 May 2006 7:52 PM

Homer J Simpson

<lucidx***@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:1147472985.792510.19620@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I currently know very little about VB code and want to learn for use in
> MS office applications such as Access and Excel, while also learning
> how to write some login scripts using VBS. The only option as far as
> company paid training that I have locally is an introduction class to
> VB .Net programming.

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> Trying to do some research, I'm conflicted if this class would benefit
> me or not. I know that the office apps use VBA which is a little
> different, but I wouldn't mind learning VB .Net for application
> development, but that isn't my main concern at this time, and not being
> able to apply what I've learned to help with Access would not make my
> employer very happy. I was just hoping for something that would help me
> get out of this novice stage of VB code.

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or

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> Would the VB .NET class help me in programming Access and Excel and
> allow me to write scripts in VBS? Or would I be causing myself
> unnecessary confusion when trying to apply VB .Net knowledge to those
> programs. At this time it's this class or nothing. Any advice you can
> give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Never turn down 'free'.