VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language: The Language (In a Nutshell (OReilly))
by By Lomax, Paul
Category: Computers , Programming Languages , Visual BASIC

The online documentation of VB/VBA language components seems to follow the 80/20 rule: the basic facts that you need to use a language statement are  provided in the documentation. But the additional 20 percent that you need  to use it effectively or to apply it to special cases is conspicuously absent.  To a professional VB/VBA programmer, though, this missing 20 percent of the  language's documentation isn't a luxury, it's a necessity. And inVB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language, it finally is available.The bulk of the book consists of an alphabetical reference to the  statements, procedures, and functions of the VB/VBA language. Each entry has a standardized listing containing the following information:Its syntax, using standard code conventionsDifferences in the operation of the keyword in a macro environment  (e.g., in Office) and in Visual Basic, if there are anyA list of arguments accepted by the function or procedure, if anyA description of the data type returned by a functionThe finer points of a keyword's usage that are often omitted from  or blurred over by the documentationTips and gotchas that include undocumented behaviors and practical applications for particular language elements -- a section particularly  invaluable for diagnosing or avoiding potential programming problemsA brief, nonobvious example that illustrates the use of the keywordAlso included in VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language is a brief  overview of the VB/VBA language, including:Basic VBA programming concepts, such as its data types and its support for variables, constants, and arraysError handling in VBA applicationsObject programming with VBAUsing VBA with particular applications. Excel and Project are utilized to show how to work with an application's integrated development environment  and to take advantage of its object model   Regardless of how much experience you have programming with VBA, this is the book you'll pick up time and time again both as your standard reference  guide and as a tool for troubleshooting and identifying programming problems. VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language is the definitive reference for  Visual Basic and VBA developers.