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I have done advanced training in the use of MS Excel and MS Access. My work have asked me to choose a course to develop my IT skills futher. I know VBA is a useful skill to have but as I have no knowledge of actual computer programming do I need to do another course first (e.g. principals of programming, which offer an intro to different programming languages).

Thanks for any advice.

You can dive right in and learn VBA without a prerequisite. If you can find a dedicated VBA course you should not find it too difficult if you are an absolute beginner to programming.
However you can reduce the learning curve a little bit by reading about some fundamentals:

Variables
Data Types
Loops ( FOR/NEXT & DO/WHILE)
Branches (Unconditional vs Conditional (IF, Select Case)
Events

Microsoft VBA is based on the early VB6 version and not the DotNet. So if you find a thin book (see link) and glance over it you will give yourself an edge. I would also recommend that you take a look in the public library for a book to look over as well.

Another book that I recommend is "Master Visually Excel 2003 VBA Programming". This book gives short how to’s with lots of screen shots, you can liken it to a cook book with lots of "How to" recipes for VBA.

One final thought:
VBA programming vs Visual Basic (VB) programming does differ enough that you will find a VB programming book of limited use beyond some fundamentals. This is because VB programming concentrates on building a stand alone application with its own user interface. In VBA you already have the Excel worksheet as an interface.

I want to import a custon made flash button into dreamweaver. I made it using flash and I have it in a .swf format and the .fla format.
Thanks

P.S I dont want to make a roll over image in dreamweaver OR use to defult button supplied by dreamweaver

In the upper side of dreamweaver screen, there’s a drop-down media button, next to images button.

Click it and choose the flash option and look for your already created flash button.

There are MULTIPLE versions of this story. The story im refering to is from this website

http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/authors/Twain/Mysterious-Stranger.htm

i just need a brief summary just to make sure i got the facts straight.
i just need a brief summary?
websites that match this version of the story would be appreciated!
Put down what you think the facts are — we’ll let you know if they’re right.

I am attending college to receive an associates of applied science in computer programming. I am wondering how hard it is to get a job with this degree.

I got aas and i still dont have a job

I’m planning to work on a Dreamweaver website with multiple computers. If I travel with a laptop and am not connected to the same network, will it still work?

As long as you have FTP access to the server, you can download, edit then upload/overwrite the file from anywhere. I recommend an easier FTP program though…

FileZilla FTP Tutorial - How to Upload Your Site with FileZilla

In this tutorial you learn how to upload your website using FileZilla, the popular free FTP application. FileZilla is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Read the full article here:

http://www.elated.com/articles/filezilla-tutorial/

Homepage of FileZilla: http://filezilla-project.org/

Ron

Moyea Web Player on http://www.playerdiy.com/ is a Flash video player creator. With it, you can easily make customized FLV player with playlist and full screen features for website.
Tutorial is here:
http://www.playerdiy.com/support/tutorial/customize-flash-video-player.html
Customize the skin and playback options of web FLV player:
http://www.playerdiy.com/configuration/

I have dreamweaver version 8 and was wondering whether it works with piczo and how. Thanks in advance!

I have no idea how Piczo and Dreamweaver can work together.
On Piczo you can just put html codes, which you can generate in Dreamweaver anyway.

Im trying to install silverlight but the installation fails right away and says: "unable to install silverlight because another program is being installed. finish the installation before proceeding" the problem is Im not installing anything! I even tried closing all my programs that are running and installed the windows updates i didnt have installed and it still doesnt work. whats going on?

May be u should check ur PC for malicious stuff and clear them & then try installing it.

Video Tutorials For wpf ?

For Complete Video Tutorials Of Windows Presentation Foundation :

http://www.letmedownload.com/study-zone/10/62.aspx

And Lots More at : http://ww.letmedownload.com

I made a website using Photoshop and dreamweaver but I’m required to make a flash website for a class. Is it possible to transfer the files from photoshop or dreamweaver into Flash?

You cannot put anything from Dreamweaver into Flash…but you can put a SWF (the final flash product) file into Dreamweaver.

Same goes for Photoshop. You can place a JPG/PNG created in Photoshop into Flash.

Ultimately your flash site will have to be contained with an HTML page.

Hope that helps