


Some coding experience will transfer between VBA and the VB code in Visual Studio, but Visual Studio is a full coding environment platform meant to code desktop applications. If you wish do do more coding than just office macros then you will probably want to invest in Visual Studio. it comes with MS Office and is a little easier to learn / use with office. > I am new to programming and only intend to learn code in order to create macros in Excel & Powerpointġ) Which programming language should I invest my time to learn if you were in my situation? This is complicated by the fact that most corporations do are not using Office 2007 and (from my experience) are utilzing Excel 2003Ģ) If I choose to learn Visual Studio or VBA 2007, will my knowledge of the language enable me to use Excel 2003?ģ) If I create a macro in (for eg.) excel 2007, will it run in excel 2003?ġ) If you're only going to code macros then it is far cheaper to go with VBA. VB net vs Visual Studios? Is there an expert that can provide me with some guidance given that: I am SOOOO confused as to what the scoop is with VBA vs.

I am using my spare time to learn how to create macros (for the first time) in Excel and Powerpoint in order to the use the programs more efficiently (since I spend way too much time on the them :) First, my apologies if this is not the right forum.
