VBA Application libraries

[MikeBurrell]

I am very much a beginner in learning VBA and doing a Udemy course simultaneously with reading some books.
I would like to read up, or learn, on what the VBA library (ies) options contain. The tutor or author regularly comes up with a new VBA application "out of the blue" when explaining things. How can I learn what the various options are (which I understand how to access), but more importantly what each of options do in a concise manner?
You guys are really outstanding FWIW.

 

[ranman256]

It's usually done as you need it. Nobody's gonna memorize all libraries.

So say in yr code, you assign a tabledef variable and it errors out because you need the library. But which/where?
Then you google it to see the tabledef object is in Microsoft Office x.x Access Database Engine Object Library
then you add the library and it works.

 

[Micron]

Agreed. Each library is a type of file - could be .tlb, .olb, .ocx, .dll, and the list goes on. For a particular purpose, one might contain compiled code that provides a multitude of properties, properties of properties, methods, events and who knows what. Some of the libraries are specific to other programs such as Adobe. In short, they are not about options and they are not 'readable' by us mere mortals who are only concerned with knowing which ones we need for any project. I suppose one might be able to learn some things about them by googling their file or reference names but if you're a beginner at coding I'd recommend that you focus on the VBA side of things and just consider references as a resource that you don't need to understand anything about. My 2 cents.