Excel 2000 VBA: Programmers Reference

What is this book about?

Excel 2000 is an important part of the Office 2000 program suite, and will be available in the Premium, Professional, Standard and Small Business editions of Office 2000. Excel has traditionally been the Office suite spreadsheet program par excellence. It still remains that way, but with Office 2000 there is a strong emphasis on between-application automation, ease of use, and the smart new bells and whistles that 2000 brings.

Using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the user can program his or her own programs in what is essentially a subset of the Visual Basic programming languages. This is tremendously powerful, as it allows you to create great User Interfaces (forms etc), as a front end to actual spreadsheet and database storage and manipulation. This continues to be one of the great strengths of programming Excel VBA.

What does this book cover?

This book presents a full reference to the Excel object model - which is essentially the object-oriented system of organizing the functional capacities that make up the Excel program. There is a short introduction to VBA itself, and the rest of the book documents aspects of programming Excel through that object model.

This book is in three broad sections:

• The first part introduces Excel and VBA.
• The second offers interesting, thematic discussions of some of the capacities available to Excel VBA.
• The third and final part offers a full reference to the object model of Excel.

Who is this book for?

This book is for the Excel developer or user who already has a knowledge of spreadsheets, and the basic objects of an Excel spreadsheet, and now wants a solid and detailed reference to the main object models present in the Excel structure with examples of how to use these models.

VBA allows you to take complete control of Excel and to automate all your Excel worksheet activities. With VBA you can customize everything you do in Excel 2000, so you can work faster and more efficiently. Learn how to take your worksheets and charts to the next level, employing Userforms, custom controls and filtered lists. This book provides you with the complete reference to the Excel VBA language, plus countless hints, tips and workarounds from Excel experts.

Who is this book for?

This book is for anyone who wants to take full advantage of the VBA programming language that comes with Excel 2000. If you’re new to VBA programming, this book will give you enough information to start making Excel work for you.

This book is also intended for power users who want to take advantage of the advanced features of Excel VBA and who needed a fast reference to the full Excel object model.

What does this book cover?

• The complete Excel 2000 object model
• The Excel VBE object model
• An introduction to VBA programming
• Automating your Excel tasks
• Creating custom command bars
• How to integrate Excel Add-Ins
• Using API call from within Excel

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John Green lives in Australia and runs his own company, Execuplan Consulting. He has written for various computing publications and was a contributing editor on Australian PC World Magazine. He also has a history of running seminars and creating Excel training ideos.