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Some VBA utility functions / subs for Excel and Access.

vba_utility

Some VBA utility functions / subs for Excel and Access.

Setting up Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

VBA is a fairly old application and not up to date with modern IDE standards. There are some ways to adapt VBA by changing some setting or even adding add-ins.

Formatting & Tools

The following formatting and tools were suggested from GollyJer's Stackoverflow post

1 Deactivate Auto Syntax Check

Each time you jump to a new line with syntax errors in you existing line of code, you will get a pop-up. To deactivte the pop-up (errors will still get highlighted) in the Visual Basics Editor do the following:

Tools -> Options -> Editor Tab -> deselect Auto Syntax Check

2 Change Font

For a more readable / modern Font that is included in the standard Windows Font in the Visual Basics Editor do the following:

Tools -> Options -> Format Tab -> change the Font to Consolas (Western) and the size to 11

3 Make Edit Toolbar accessible

For easier commenting / uncommenting of code to make the Edit toolbar accessible in the taskbar in Visual Basics Editor do the following: Right Click the toolbar / menu -> Select the Edit toolbar, so it will appear as an additional toolbar which can be drag & dropped at convenience

4 Add-ins - Ruberduck

Ruberduck is an add-in that adds a wide set of feature to VBA (such as auto-indenting). According to their webpage they:

Bring the VBE into this century Or help us do it! Rubberduck is a very active open-source COM add-in project that integrates with the Visual Basic Editor to enable the features every programmer wants to have in their IDE. From unit testing to code inspections and refactorings, programming in VBA will never be the same.

Download and install the rubberduck extension

Website: http://rubberduckvba.com/

Github: https://github.com/rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck/releases

Coding Style Guideline applied in this project

Paul Kelly from excelmacromastery.com gives a great overview on variable types and their initilization.

Types and their declaration

Variable Type	Abbbreviation	Example	Description
String	str	Dim str_name as String	Basic
Long	lng	Dim lng_counter as Long	Basic
Double	dbl	Dim dbl_variance as Double	Basic
Currency	ccy	Dim ccy_cost as Currency	Basic
Boolean	bln	Dim bln_status as Boolean	Basic
Variant	var	Dim var_list as Variant	Variant / Array

There is no reason to use Integer over Long due to it's limitations, as described by RubberDuck on Stackoverflow.