Reverse Engineering!!!

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Hi

Im working on an Access Database at work. It records the training undertaken by NHS clinical, managerial and admin staff in Brighton. It is used also to generate invoices etc.

I have a better knowledge of access than anyone else here (outside of IT department obviously) so I have been asked to get rid of some glitches and add some functions.

A big hurdle I have found is this:

I can very easily for example, add a command button to open a form, run a query etc, using the wizard.

However I am trying to ascertain what some particular command buttons actually DO. Am I right in thinking there is no way of "reverse engineering" using the Wizard or similar? Because the only thing I can find is Properties > Event > Onclick [eventprocedure] and if you click on build you just get visual basic which I sadly dont understand.

Im not sure if ive made any sense at all. In essence, im saying that making stuff seems easy, but working backwards and dissecting it seems to only result in VB code.

Is there a way around this?

Gazz

 

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Gazz,

A lot of people use reverse engineering all the time to work out what is going on...
Unfortunately the important part of this is that they look at the VB and try to take it from there...

You are not going to beable to get anywhere reverse engineering unless you make a stab at understanding the VB code..

First off you sounds like you understand the principle of event procedures which is a start. This is where a particular procedure (written in VB code) is executed every time an event is triggered eg clicking a button.

The next thing to understand are the variables and how they work.. You try and do a beginner level course... There's free tutorials all over the net.

Have a go at one and stick with it basic VB code is logical just stick with it...