This book is aimed squarely at Excel users who want to harness the power of the VBA language in their Excel applications. At all times, the VBA language is presented in the context of Excel, not just as a general application programming language. 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).

This book is aimed squarely at Excel users who want to harness thepower of the VBA language in their Excel applications. At alltimes, the VBA language is presented in the context of Excel, notjust as a general application programming language.The Primer has been written for those who are new to VBAprogramming and the Excel object model. It introduces the VBAlanguage and the features of the language that are common to allVBA applications. It explains the relationship between collectionsobjects, properties, methods, and events and shows how to relatethese concepts to Excel through its object model. It also shows howto use the Visual Basic Editor and its multitude of toolsincluding how to obtain help.The middle section of the book takes the key objects in Exceland shows, through many practical examples, how to go about workingwith those objects. The techniques presented have been developedthrough the exchange of ideas of many talented Excel VBAprogrammers over many years and show the best way to gain access toworkbooks, worksheets, charts, ranges, and so on. The emphasis ison efficiency--that is, how to write code that is readable andeasy to maintain and that runs at maximum speed. In addition, thechapters devoted to accessing external databases detail techniquesfor accessing data in a range of formats.The final four chapters of the book address the followingadvanced issues: linking Excel to the Internet, writing code forinternational compatibility, programming the Visual Basic Editorand how to use the functions in the Win32 API (Windows 32-bitApplication Programming Interface).

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 ModelAppendix B: VBE Object Model.Appendix C: Office 2007 Object Model.Index.