Gameshark codes on VisualBoyAdvance

[richie]

how do i put in my vba cheats for my pokemon sapphire

[jubbity]

does ny1 have cheat codes for golden sun the 1s i find wont work

[Alexander_13]

go to www.gscentral.org

[Hazmat]

Okay. I figured I'd post here instead of making an entirely new thread. >_> I am having some issues.

I'd like to start by letting you know, before trying to help me, that I'm a complete idiot. Not only am I a complete idiot, but I am a complete idiot who never used a Game Shark or Codebreaker on a real Gameboy, much less an emulator. I HAVE read the Readme, though.

I've found codes, and my VBA accepts them as valid codes, but I'm not sure how to actually make them apply to my game save. Here's what I'm actually doing.

1. Close rom.
2. Enter the (M) codes and then the codes I want to use.
3. Open rom.
4. Open up my game save (F3).

Where am I going wrong? Thank ya much.