Excel Forms – Visual Basic for Application (VBA)

VBA or Visual Basic can be defined as the programming language which is used in the Excel 2007 for developing the programs and macros. Excel forms using VBA improves the quality and speed of working while developing the programs and entering any kind information. With the help of visual basic the user can handle the large size of data in a very simple and easy way. VBA also helps in developing the programs in a simpler way which is developed in complicated databases such as Sybase, SQL Server etc. and it is very useful in developing the accounting and financial programs developed in Oracle and SAP.

VBA is referred as the core macro language which is derived from the original Visual Basic language developed by Microsoft and it is commonly used in every Microsoft applications. Users can write the coding for creating the excel forms using VBA easily and efficiently. To serve this purpose Microsoft has formulated a particular course as VBA Excel 2007 which enables the users to learn the VBA language from the certified and qualified instructors. With holding the certification in this course a user can develop the excel forms containing labels, text boxes, option buttons, check boxes etc. and they can also include the images using the image control boxes which helps in providing more information to the users.

VBA presents the facility of command buttons to the users where they can write the coding to develop the excel forms. The users can also create the macros in the excel forms using VBA which helps in extracting the data automatically from any other program or system e.g. from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Macro creation in the excel spreadsheets helps the user to extract the information easily and quickly in an accurate manner.

Developing excel forms using VBA can also be protected by the users. This protection facility of the VBA helps the user to save his programming content to be amended or destructed from the unauthorized people. The users can create their own password for the excel sheets by using the “Tools/VBA Project Properties/Protection” option available in the VBE editor of the VBA. The levels of protection can also be set e.g. setting the file as “read only” which means people can read it but cannot amend it and controlling the access authority also.
The users can also hide the worksheet of the workbook developed in the excel forms using VBA which helps in maintaining the confidentiality of the worksheet containing the important information where as it is not possible in the standard form of excel.