1. MGMI 311 Computer Programming

2. Course Assessment Class Attendance5% Class Participation5% Group Discussion5% Quiz5% Weekly Assignments20% Presentation10% Mid-Term Assignment20% Final-Assignment30%

3. Program Structure Declaration – Variables and Constants Initiation and Scopes Reserved Words Comments Instructions

4. VBA VBA = Visual Basic for Applications Is it the same as VB ( Visual Basics) ?? – VB = programming language developed by Microsoft –VBA = tool that is used to develop programs that control Microsoft Office Application i.e. Excel, Access or Word

5. Why VBA ? VBA is becoming the programming language of choice for an increasing wide range of application developers In many companies, programmers provide applications called ‘Decision Support Systems (DSSs)’ – These are applications based on Excel or some other packages

6. Why VBA ? VBA is a relatively easy programming language to master This makes it accessible to a large number of nonprofessional programmers in the business world

7. VBA Concepts Object  Properties  Value  Methods  Arguments

8. Object Vs Parts of Speech Object = Noun Properties = Adjective Methods = Verb Argument = Adverb

9. VBE – Visual Basic Editor Alt – F11 : to access Visual Basic Editor Toolbar –Standard Toolbar –Edit Toolbar –Debug Toolbar

10. Week01 Assignment Form a group of 3-4 persons Think of a Business of Interest Define the Business Processes  Discussion board on http://mgmi.wikispaces.com/MGMI311