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Modifying a "sample" Excel "Movie List" spreadsheet
Hello Sergei,
My coding skills are greatly depleted. However, VB 6.0 and VB.NET are two of the languages I learned about 15 years ago, along with C++, C++.NET, Java, Sequel (I'm not sure if either of the above VB languages will translate to VBA or not). But, as I say that was 15 years ago and I haven't had the opportunity to stay current with the languages because I was unable to find employment as a programmer after graduating from my community college with my Associates in Computer Information Systems. I will definitely take a look and see if anything looks familiar though. I would love to get back into programming in the sence that I need to re-read my old text books from college but, since there are no job opportunities in my area for me I would need a "supply" of tasks/challenges/assignments---whatever you call it these days to refresh and hone my skills. As well as a platform for writing code. I used to have a Microsoft Package for VB and C++ but those packages won't run with today's OS and have long since been lost or destroyed (recently moved)... Would like any info you can pass along about "free" coding platforms though?
Thank you for your time,
Gary
Hi Gary,
If you are not going to use VBA on day-to-day basis, quite basic skills could be enough to solve particular task. Of course, deeper knowledge the better.
You may start with short introduction of what VBA is, like Getting Started with VBA in Office, find on Web the sample which is close to task you are going to solve, and modify it using help and google for understanding what is what. Closer the sample less efforts required, if any if you are lucky with it.
Sure, you may ask someone to write the code, but without at least some understanding of it you won't be able to do even minor modifications.