I think the expression for what you're trying to do is the proverbial "trying to run before you learn to walk" situation. I recommend sitting down for an hour or two a day with an introductory book to Visual Basic, and from there learn the fundamentals. After that, you will have a much broader view of what the language
can do, as well as how it can generally be accomplished (whether it is a language feature, API call, or algorithm altogether).