hi,
go with vba. it's going to be around for some time. and
there is a lot already written in vba. vb.net is new and
trying to carve out a nitch for itself. it will. but
right now i know of no plans by microsoft to change
office over to vb.net. the .net framework was developed
so that it would combine all of the softfwares.
for example you might design a form with vba then run
code in c++ or any other language that is supported. .net
is pretty powerful so its here to stay. so is vba.
as for books and tutorials i might suggest:
http://class.et.byu.edu/ce270/vbaexcel_primer/intro.htm
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?
q=group:*excel*
http://www.exceltip.com/excel_links.html
http://www.exceltip.com/tutorial/garrison/
http://www.lebans.com/
http://www.rondebruin.nl/
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/
http://www.developersdex.com








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I took a BASIC course back in high school and FORTRAN in
early college.
Looking to get into programming again and want to start
with Visual
BASIC. What are the advantages of VB.Net compared to
VBA? Which would
be better to learn?

Also any recommendations on teach yourself books would
be greatly
appreciated. I've seen such mixed reviews on these books
that I'm
having a difficult time deciding.

If anyone knows of any online tutorials to learn Visual
Basic, that
would be helpful (and cheaper) too.


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