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doubleglazing2 · Apr 10th, 2004, 10:37 AM

Hi,
It was a while ago that i started to learned VB. Then i moved onto VBA for my own personal needs. Now, what is there that can't be done with VBA that can be done with VB?

Thanks

big_k105 · Apr 11th, 2004, 12:56 AM

well you can do pretty much anything with VB, with vba you have to stick with apps that deal with the document that you are working on, have it be excel, word, access and what ever else uses vba. so that makes VB more powerful them VBA cause you can create complete stand alone apps with VB

and there are some commands and stuff from vb that dont work in vba i cant think of them off the top of my head if i remember what they are i will let you know

Pizentios · May 14th, 2004, 1:46 PM

I have a fairly good ebook on vb & vba. if your interested drop me a pm and i'll send it to you.

Infinite Recursion · Jul 15th, 2004, 3:05 PM

VB Script is fairly restrictive. The only time that I would personally suggest using it is within MS Office applications where you don't need the VB 6 / VB .NET overhead.

IR

Pizentios · Jul 15th, 2004, 5:40 PM

agreed.

big_k105 · Jul 15th, 2004, 8:04 PM

i have used vbscript to write a install script for a excel addon writen in vba

Apr 11th, 2004, 12:56 AM	#2
big_k105 PFO Founder Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 1,623 Rep Power: 10	well you can do pretty much anything with VB, with vba you have to stick with apps that deal with the document that you are working on, have it be excel, word, access and what ever else uses vba. so that makes VB more powerful them VBA cause you can create complete stand alone apps with VB and there are some commands and stuff from vb that dont work in vba i cant think of them off the top of my head if i remember what they are i will let you know __________________ BIG K aka Kyle Programming Forums Kyle K Online Please do not PM or email me programming questions. Post them in the forums instead.

May 14th, 2004, 1:46 PM	#3
Pizentios Programming Guru Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 2,023 Rep Power: 7	I have a fairly good ebook on vb & vba. if your interested drop me a pm and i'll send it to you. __________________ Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. Check out my Blog <---updated Nov 30 2007!

Jul 15th, 2004, 3:05 PM	#4
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	VB Script is fairly restrictive. The only time that I would personally suggest using it is within MS Office applications where you don't need the VB 6 / VB .NET overhead. IR __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Jul 15th, 2004, 5:40 PM	#5
Pizentios Programming Guru Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 2,023 Rep Power: 7	agreed. __________________ Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. Check out my Blog <---updated Nov 30 2007!

Jul 15th, 2004, 8:04 PM	#6
big_k105 PFO Founder Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 1,623 Rep Power: 10	i have used vbscript to write a install script for a excel addon writen in vba __________________ BIG K aka Kyle Programming Forums Kyle K Online Please do not PM or email me programming questions. Post them in the forums instead.

Apr 10th, 2004, 10:37 AM	#1
doubleglazing2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Hi, It was a while ago that i started to learned VB. Then i moved onto VBA for my own personal needs. Now, what is there that can't be done with VBA that can be done with VB? Thanks

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VBA can do anything VB does?