Programming Excel with VBA: A Practical Real-World Guide

by Flavio Morgado

Overview

Learn to harness the power of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Microsoft Excel to develop interesting, useful, and interactive Excel applications. This book will show you how to manipulate Excel with code, allowing you to unlock extra features, accuracy, and efficiency in working with your data. Programming Excel 2016 with VBA is a complete guide to Excel application development, using step-by-step guidance, example applications, and screenshots in Excel 2016.

In this book, you will learn:

• How to interact with key Excel objects, such as the application object, workbook object, and range object

• Methods for working with ranges in detail using code

• Usage of Excel as a database repository

• How to exchange data between Excel applications

• How to use the Windows API to expand the capabilities of Excel

• A step-by-step method for producing your own custom Excel ribbon

Who This Book Is For:
Developers and intermediate-to-advanced Excel users who want to dive deeper into the capabilities of Excel 2016 using code.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484222041
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	11/11/2016
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	789
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Flavio Morgado is a Food Engineer with a MSc. degree in Food Science and Technology. He is also a VBA Professional developer, a technical writer, an English to Brazilian Portuguese technical translator, and a professor at UNIFESO, a health sciences university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Flavio has written more than 30 books (and translated an equal number). When he is not teaching, writing, or developing, he can be found running or riding his mountain bike through the Teresopolis Mountains, followed by his 11 dogs.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Understanding Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).- Chapter 2: Programming the Excel Application Object.- Chapter 3: Programming the Excel Workbook Object.- Chapter 4: Programming the Excel Worksheet Object.- Chapter 5: Programming the Excel Range Object.- Chapter 6: Special Range Object Properties and Methods.- Chapter 7: Using Excel as a Database Repository.- Chapter 8: Creating and Setting a Worksheet Database Class.- Chapter 9: Exchanging Data Between Excel Applications.- Chapter 10: Using the Windows API.- Chapter 11: Producing a Personal Ribbon using the RibbonEx Add-In.