Access Developer Courses

After you've finished the Beginner, Expert, and Advanced series, move up to the Developer Lessons to learn how to super-charge your databases with programming in Visual Basic for Applications. Most of these courses work with every version from Access 2007 thru 2019.


Developer 1 1 hour 5 minutes	Introduction to Access VBA Statements, Procedures, Parameters DoCmd.OpenForm Multiple Command Arguments SetWarnings, OpenQuery If / Then / Else Statements GoToControl, GoToRecord Add New Customer Button AfterUpdate Events in VBA

Developer 2 1 hour 22 minutes	Building a Calculator Form Basic Debug, On Error Resume Next Creating Subs with Parameters Select Case Statements Creating Functions Returning Values from Functions Comments, Line Continuation More MsgBox Options RunSQL, Insert Into

Developer 3 1 hour 23 minutes	Variables, Dim, Initializing MsgBox as a Function Random Numbers, Rnd, Randomize Constants, Const Keyword InputBox Function Math Quiz Form For Next Loops Data Types in VBA Quick Add Sales Rep

Developer 4 1 hour 35 minutes	Notes on Order Details DLOOKUP from Product Table Change Size of Field in OnGotFocus Constants, Const Keyword OnDblClick Event Sales Commissions by Order Amt Commission Range Brackets DMAX and DLOOKUP together Use SQL to Load Order List

Developer 5 1 hour 40 minutes	Pay Employee Commissions Commission Check Form Move Between Two List Boxes Drag and Drop Alternative Printing Checks Convert Currency to English Text Find Largest Check Number Format Laser Printable Checks Processing Commission Checks

Developer 6 1 hour 38 minutes	Converting Macros to VBA Code Quote or Invoice Button & Report Enhanced Timer Form One Second Timer with Countdown OnTimer and TimerInterval Cascading Combo Boxes Select Category, Limit Product Automated Backups Backup Specific Tables, Database

Developer 7 1 hour 12 minutes	Partial Payments on Invoices Refreshing Subforms in VBA Form ! Subform Notation vbExclamation, vbCritical Don't Allow Payments if PAID NZ Function to Handle Null Payments Hide Fields on Invoice by Criteria Can Shrink Issue for Hidden Fields Adding Missing Fields to Subforms

Developer 8 1 hour 20 minutes	More Partial Payments Invoices Combo DropDown Method On Unload Event Locking Invoices if Paid Creating a Public Global Function Globally Search VBA Code Allow Additions, Edits, Deletions VBA Search As You Type On Key Press, On Change Events

Developer 9 2 hours 32 minutes	Add Search Form to Main Menu Fixing Delete a Payment Problem Lock or Unlock if Invoice Paid Test Taker Database, Part 1 Table Setup, Relationships, Ref Integrity Dept, Class, Test, Question, Answer Multiple Choice v. Fill in the Blank Continuous Form with Subform Begin Taking Test, Save All Results

Developer 10 1 hour 30 minutes	Test Taker Database, Part 2 Determine Which Question to Ask Display List Box for Multiple Choice Display Text Box for Fill-in-the-Blank Check Answer for Correctness Store Results in Session Answer Table Calculate Student's Grade Store Results in Answer Table NZ, StrComp, Round Functions

Developer 11 1 hour 44 minutes	Test Taker Database, Part 3 Display Question 1 of X Close Child Forms if Parent Closed Tracking Start and End Times Display Timer on Form, Timeout RGB Function and Colors Calculate Elapsed Time Universal Dialog Box, Part 1 Customized uDialog Box with Options

Developer 12 1 hour 50 minutes	Universal Dialog Box, Parts 2 & 3 Add OK, Cancel Buttons DoEvents in Timer Loops Global Variables, While Loops Custom Form Positioning Move, Resize Form Windows VBA Twips, InsideHeight, InsideWidth External String Manager Dynamic Labels on Forms and Reports

Developer 13 1 hour 52 minutes	Search Between Dates Before, After, Between Date Search Select Case Control Structure Tuition With Multiple Options Billing on Grade Level Variable Discounts Applicable Same as Products w Different Features Multi Field Index / Composite Keys Pricing Wizard Form

Developer 14 2 hours 40 minutes	Easy Access POS Part 1 Planning the Point of Sale System Advanced Design Preparation Detailed List of Features Building the Tables, Relationships Barcode Scanner Considerations Main Order Entry Form Category, Product List Boxes Group, Person Forms

Developer 15 1 hour 45 minutes	Move Between Two List Boxes Passing a Control as a Parameter Advanced Debugging Custom Error Handler Immediate, Watches, Breakpoints Multi-Select List Boxes ListCount, ItemData, ItemsSelected For Each Loops db.Execute vs. DoCmd.RunSQL

Developer 16 1 hour 58 minutes	More Multi-Select List Boxes Visual Glitch in List Box Selection Formatting, Colors in a List Box On Mouse Move Event Recordsets, Part 1 Looping Thru Records in a Recordset Adding Records to Unbound List Box RemoveItem from Single List Box Dealing with No Records: EOF, BOF

Developer 17 1 hour 24 minutes	Remove from Multi-Select Listbox Single-column, Multiple-column boxes Export Single Customer PDF Files DoCmd.OutputTo, acFormatPDF DLookupPlus Function Example: Sales Reps and States Covered Joe: NY, TX, FL Sue: PA, CA

Developer 18 2 hours 46 minutes	Progress Bars What's Faster: SQL or Recordset Calculate Elapsed Time Show Time Remaining Navigating Recordsets: Move First Previous, Next, Last Edit, AddNew, Update, Delete, Sort

Developer 19 2 hours 24 minutes	Bound Multi-Select List Boxes Nested Recordset Loops Chef's Kitchen Helper What Dishes Can I Make w Ingredients Remove Ingredients from Pantry Inventory

Developer 20 2 hours 26 minutes	OpenDatabase Command Recordsets to External Database Multiple Nested Loops TreeView Control Self Joins

Developer 21 1 hours 57 minutes	Scrubbing Data Nested Continuous Subforms Side-by-Side Subforms Arrays Parent Breadcrumbs

Developer 22 2 hours 51 minutes	Tag Property For Each Loops Apply Payments to Multiple Orders Numbering Rows with Counter Manual Order, Auto Renumber Me.SelHeight Property

Developer 23 4 hours 38 minutes	Rental History Tracking Scan Items Out by Customer Batch Scan Items Back In Order Entry, Printable Invoicing Inventory Tracking, Ship Products Lock Order, Remove on Hand

Developer 24 1 hour 54 minutes	Reservation System Rules For Reserving (dates, length, etc.) Conflict Resolution Copy Record with Children Recordset Copy Loop through Fields Collection

Developer 25 2 hours 14 minutes	ByRef v ByVal Return Multiple Values from Function ActiveForm, ActiveControl Product Groups Add Packages / Bundles to Orders Hide $0.00 on Invoice

Developer 26 2 hours 20 minutes	Two Search Forms Dynamic SQL Statements Filter Boxes, Sort by Column Header Criteria Table: Unlimited Conditions TableDefs, Fields Collection Field Properties, Data Type

Developer 27 4 hours 57 minutes	Scanning & Printing Barcodes QR Codes Download Images from Web Scanning Items In/Out of Inventory Tracking Individual Serial Numbers Printing Full Sheets of Labels

Developer 28 3 hours 28 minutes	Time & Billing Report Criteria from Open Form Customer-Specific Pricing Send Email using CDO Batch Print or Email Invoices Round Up to 15 Minute Increments

Developer 29 1 hour 37 minutes	Product Components Assemble a Product from Parts Calculate Margin from Markup FIFO Stock Rotation Remove from Invoice Back to Inventory

Developer 30 2 hours 30 minutes	Classic VB File Input/Output Read & Write Text Files Import Files Over 2 GB in Size Open, Close, Print, Line Input Customer Data Changes by Text Load Responses from Surveys to Table

Developer 31 2 hours 24 minutes	Classic VB File Handling Navigate Files & Folders Dir, GetAttr, FileLen, MkDir, Kill, Name ShellExecute to Open Files FileCopy, FileExists, FolderExists File, FolderNameFromPath Compact Multiple Backend Files

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