Excel 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference
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Excel 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference
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The Primer has been written for those who are new to VBA programming and the Excel object model. It introduces the VBA language and the features of the language that are common to all VBA applications. It explains the relationship between collections, objects, properties, methods, and events and shows how to relate these concepts to Excel through its object model. It also shows how to use the Visual Basic Editor and its multitude of tools, including how to obtain help.
The middle section of the book takes the key objects in Excel and shows, through many practical examples, how to go about working with those objects. The techniques presented have been developed through the exchange of ideas of many talented Excel VBA programmers over many years and show the best way to gain access to workbooks, worksheets, charts, ranges, and so on. The emphasis is on efficiency—that is, how to write code that is readable and easy to maintain and that runs at maximum speed. In addition, the chapters devoted to accessing external databases detail techniques for accessing data in a range of formats.
The final four chapters of the book address the following advanced issues: linking Excel to the Internet, writing code for international compatibility, programming the Visual Basic Editor, and how to use the functions in the Win32 API (Windows 32-bit Application Programming Interface).
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781118169360 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication date: | 08/10/2011 |
| Sold by: | JOHN WILEY & SONS |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 1176 |
| File size: | 47 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
Stephen Bullen lives in Woodford Green, London, England, with his partner Clare, daughter Becky, and their dogs, Fluffy and Charlie. He has two other daughters, Jane and Katie, from his first marriage. A graduate of Oxford University, Stephen has an MA in Engineering, Economics, and Management, providing a unique blend of both business and technical skills. He has been providing Excel consulting and application development services since 1994, originally as an employee of Price Waterhouse Management Consultants and later as an independent consultant trading under the names of Business Modelling Solutions Limited and Office Automation Limited. Stephen now works for Barclays Capital in London, developing trading systems for complex exotic derivative products. The Office Automation web site, www.oaltd.co.uk, provides a number of helpful and interesting utilities, examples, tips and techniques to help in your use of Excel and development of Excel applications. As well as co-authoring previous editions of the Excel VBA Programmer’s Reference, Stephen co-authored Professional Excel Development. In addition to his consulting and writing assignments, Stephen actively supports the Excel user community in Microsoft’s peer-to-peer support newsgroups and the Daily Dose of Excel blog. In recognition of his knowledge, skills and contributions, Microsoft has awarded him the title of Most Valuable Professional each year since 1996. Stephen Bullen contributed Chapters 14, 18, 24–27, and Appendix B to this book.
Rob Bovey is president of Application Professionals, a software development company specializing in Microsoft Office, Visual Basic, and SQL Server applications. He brings many years’ experience creating financial, accounting, and executive information systems for corporate users to Application Professionals. You can visit the Application Professionals web site at www.appspro.com. Rob developed several add-ins shipped by Microsoft for Microsoft Excel and co-authored the Microsoft Excel 97 Developers Kit and Professional Excel Development. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from The Rochester Institute of Technology and his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD). Microsoft has awarded him the title of Most Valuable Professional each year since 1995. Rob Bovey contributed Chapters 20–22 to this book.
Michael Alexander is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) with more than 14 years’ experience consulting and developing office solutions. He parlayed his experience with VBA and VB into a successful consulting practice in the private sector, developing middleware and reporting solutions for a wide variety of industries. He currently lives in Frisco, Texas, where he serves as a Senior Program Manager for a top technology firm. Michael is the author of several books on Microsoft Access and Excel, and is the principle behind DataPig Technologies, where he shares Access and Excel knowledge with the Office community. Michael Alexander contributed Chapters 12 and 23 and Appendices A and C to this book.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.Introduction.
Chapter 1: Primer in Excel VBA.
Chapter 2: The Application Object.
Chapter 3: Workbooks and Worksheets.
Chapter 4: Using Ranges.
Chapter 5: Using Names.
Chapter 6: Filtered Lists.
Chapter 7: PivotTables.
Chapter 8: Charts.
Chapter 9: Event Procedures.
Chapter 10: Adding Controls.
Chapter 11: Text Files and File Dialog.
Chapter 12: Working with XML and the Open XML File Formats.
Chapter 13: UserForms.
Chapter 14: RibbonX.
Chapter 15: Command Bars.
Chapter 16: Class Modules.
Chapter 17: Add-ins.
Chapter 18: Automation Add-ins and COM Add-ins.
Chapter 19: Interacting with Other Office Applications.
Chapter 20: Data Access with ADO.
Chapter 21: Managing External Data.
Chapter 22: The Trust Center and Document Security.
Chapter 23: Browsing OLAP Data Sources with Excel.
Chapter 24: Excel and the Internet.
Chapter 25: International Issues.
Chapter 26: Programming the VBE.
Chapter 27: Programming with the Windows API.
Appendix A: Excel 2002 Object Model
Appendix B: VBE Object Model.
Appendix C: Office 2007 Object Model.
Index.