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Programming Excel with VBA and NET By Steve Saunders, Jeff Webb Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: April 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-596-00766-3 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-600766-9 Pages: 1114 Table of Contents | Index Why program Excel? For solving complex calculations and presenting results, Excel is amazingly complete with every imaginable feature already in place But programming Excel isn't about adding new features as much as it's about combining existing features to solve particular problems With a few modifications, you can transform Excel into a taskspecific piece of software that will quickly and precisely serve your needs In other words, Excel is an ideal platform for probably millions of small spreadsheet-based software solutions The best part is, you can program Excel with no additional tools A variant of the Visual Basic programming language, VB for Applications (VBA) is built into Excel to facilitate its use as a platform With VBA, you can create macros and templates, manipulate user interface features such as menus and toolbars, and work with custom user forms or dialog boxes VBA is relatively easy to use, but if you've never programmed before, Programming Excel with VBA and NET is a great way to learn a lot very quickly If you're an experienced Excel user or a Visual Basic programmer, you'll pick up a lot of valuable new tricks Developers looking forward to NET development will also find discussion of how the Excel object model works with NET tools, including Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) This book teaches you how to use Excel VBA by explaining concepts clearly and concisely in plain English, and provides plenty of downloadable samples so you can learn by doing You'll be exposed to a wide range of tasks most commonly performed with Excel, arranged into chapters according to subject, with those subjects corresponding to one or more Excel objects With both the samples and important reference information for each object included right in the chapters, instead of tucked away in separate sections, Programming Excel with VBA and NET covers the entire Excel object library For those just starting out, it also lays down the basic rules common to all programming languages With this single-source reference and how-to guide, you'll learn to use the complete range of Excel programming tasks to solve problems, no matter what you're experience level Programming Excel with VBA and NET By Steve Saunders, Jeff Webb Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: April 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-596-00766-3 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-600766-9 Pages: 1114 Table of Contents | Index Programming Excel with VBA and NET Preface Part I: Learning VBA Chapter 1 Becoming an Excel Programmer Section 1.1 Why Program? Section 1.2 Record and Read Code Section 1.3 Change Recorded Code Section 1.4 Fix Misteakes Section 1.5 Start and Stop Section 1.6 View Results Section 1.7 Where's My Code? Section 1.8 Macros and Security Section 1.9 Write Bug-Free Code Section 1.10 Navigate Samples and Help Section 1.11 What You've Learned Chapter 2 Knowing the Basics Section 2.1 Parts of a Program Section 2.2 Classes and Modules Section 2.3 Procedures Section 2.4 Variables Section 2.5 Conditional Statements Section 2.6 Loops Section 2.7 Expressions Section 2.8 Exceptions Section 2.9 What You've Learned Chapter 3 Tasks in Visual Basic Section 3.1 Types of Tasks Section 3.2 Interact with Users Section 3.3 Do Math Section 3.4 Work with Text Section 3.5 Get Dates and Times Section 3.6 Read and Write Files Section 3.7 Check Results Section 3.8 Find Truth Section 3.9 Compare Bits Section 3.10 Run Other Applications Section 3.11 Control the Compiler Section 3.12 Not Covered Here Section 3.13 What You've Learned Chapter 4 Using Excel Objects Section 4.1 Objects and Their Members Section 4.2 Get Excel Objects Section 4.3 Get Objects from Collections Section 4.4 About Me and the Active Object Section 4.5 Find the Right Object Section 4.6 Common Members Section 4.7 Respond to Events in Excel Section 4.8 The Global Object Section 4.9 The WorksheetFunction Object Section 4.10 What You've Learned Chapter 5 Creating Your Own Objects Section 5.1 Modules Versus Classes Section 5.2 Add Methods Section 5.3 Create Properties Section 5.4 Define Enumerations Section 5.5 Raise Events Section 5.6 Collect Objects Section 5.7 Expose Objects Section 5.8 Destroy Objects Section 5.9 Things You Can't Do Section 5.10 What You've Learned Chapter 6 Writing Code for Use by Others Section 6.1 Types of Applications Section 6.2 The Development Process Section 6.3 Determine Requirements Section 6.4 Design Section 6.5 Implement and Test Section 6.6 Integrate Section 6.7 Test Platforms Section 6.8 Document Section 6.9 Deploy Section 6.10 What You've Learned Section 6.11 Resources Part II: Excel Objects Chapter 7 Controlling Excel Section 7.1 Perform Tasks Section 7.2 Control Excel Options Section 7.3 Get References Section 7.4 Application Members Section 7.5 AutoCorrect Members Section 7.6 AutoRecover Members Section 7.7 ErrorChecking Members Section 7.8 SpellingOptions Members Section 7.9 Window and Windows Members Section 7.10 Pane and Panes Members Chapter 8 Opening, Saving, and Sharing Workbooks Section 8.1 Add, Open, Save, and Close Section 8.2 Share Workbooks Section 8.3 Program with Shared Workbooks Section 8.4 Program with Shared Workspaces Section 8.5 Respond to Actions Section 8.6 Workbook and Workbooks Members Section 8.7 RecentFile and RecentFiles Members Chapter 9 Working with Worksheets and Ranges Section 9.1 Work with Worksheet Objects Section 9.2 Worksheets and Worksheet Members Section 9.3 Sheets Members Section 9.4 Work with Outlines Section 9.5 Outline Members Section 9.6 Work with Ranges Section 9.7 Range Members Section 9.8 Work with Scenario Objects Section 9.9 Scenario and Scenarios Members Section 9.10 Resources Chapter 10 Linking and Embedding Section 10.1 Add Comments Section 10.2 Use Hyperlinks Section 10.3 Link and Embed Objects Section 10.4 Speak Section 10.5 Comment and Comments Members Section 10.6 Hyperlink and Hyperlinks Members Section 10.7 OleObject and OleObjects Members Section 10.8 OLEFormat Members Section 10.9 Speech Members Section 10.10 UsedObjects Members Chapter 11 Printing and Publishing Section 11.1 Print and Preview Section 11.2 Control Paging Section 11.3 Change Printer Settings Section 11.4 Filter Ranges Section 11.5 Save and Display Views Section 11.6 Publish to the Web Section 11.7 AutoFilter Members Section 11.8 Filter and Filters Members Section 11.9 CustomView and CustomViews Members Section 11.10 HPageBreak, HPageBreaks, VPageBreak, VPageBreaks Members Section 11.11 PageSetup Members Section 11.12 Graphic Members Section 11.13 PublishObject and PublishObjects Members Section 11.14 WebOptions and DefaultWebOptions Members Chapter 12 Loading and Manipulating Data Section 12.1 Working with QueryTable Objects Section 12.2 QueryTable and QueryTables Members Section 12.3 Working with Parameter Objects Section 12.4 Parameter Members Section 12.5 Working with ADO and DAO Section 12.6 ADO Objects and Members Section 12.7 DAO Objects and Members Section 12.8 DAO.Database and DAO.Databases Members Section 12.9 DAO.Document and DAO.Documents Members Section 12.10 DAO.QueryDef and DAO.QueryDefs Members Section 12.11 DAO.Recordset and DAO.Recordsets Members Chapter 13 Analyzing Data with Pivot Tables Section 13.1 Quick Guide to Pivot Tables Section 13.2 Program Pivot Tables Section 13.3 PivotTable and PivotTables Members Section 13.4 PivotCache and PivotCaches Members Section 13.5 PivotField and PivotFields Members Section 13.6 CalculatedFields Members Section 13.7 CalculatedItems Members Section 13.8 PivotCell Members Section 13.9 PivotFormula and PivotFormulas Members Section 13.10 PivotItem and PivotItems Members Section 13.11 PivotItemList Members Section 13.12 PivotLayout Members Section 13.13 CubeField and CubeFields Members Section 13.14 CalculatedMember and CalculatedMembers Members Chapter 14 Sharing Data Using Lists Section 14.1 Use Lists Section 14.2 ListObject and ListObjects Members Section 14.3 ListRow and ListRows Members Section 14.4 ListColumn and ListColumns Members Section 14.5 ListDataFormat Members Section 14.6 Use the Lists Web Service Section 14.7 Lists Web Service Members Section 14.8 Resources Chapter 15 Working with XML Section 15.1 Understand XML Section 15.2 Save Workbooks as XML Section 15.3 Use XML Maps Section 15.4 Program with XML Maps Section 15.5 XmlMap and XmlMaps Members Section 15.6 XmlDataBinding Members Section 15.7 XmlNamespace and XmlNamespaces Members Section 15.8 XmlSchema and XmlSchemas Members Section 15.9 Get an XML Map from a List or Range Section 15.10 XPath Members Section 15.11 Resources Chapter 16 Charting Section 16.1 Navigate Chart Objects Section 16.2 Create Charts Quickly Section 16.3 Embed Charts Section 16.4 Create More Complex Charts Section 16.5 Choose Chart Type Section 16.6 Create Combo Charts Section 16.7 Add Titles and Labels Section 16.8 Plot a Series Section 16.9 Respond to Chart Events Section 16.10 Chart and Charts Members Section 16.11 ChartObject and ChartObjects Members Section 16.12 ChartGroup and ChartGroups Members Section 16.13 SeriesLines Members Section 16.14 Axes and Axis Members Section 16.15 DataTable Members Section 16.16 Series and SeriesCollection Members Section 16.17 Point and Points Members Chapter 17 Formatting Charts Section 17.1 Format Titles and Labels Section 17.2 Change Backgrounds and Fonts Section 17.3 Add Trendlines Section 17.4 Add Series Lines and Bars Section 17.5 ChartTitle, AxisTitle, and DisplayUnitLabel Members Section 17.6 DataLabel and DataLabels Members Section 17.7 LeaderLines Members Section 17.8 ChartArea Members Section 17.9 ChartFillFormat Members Section 17.10 ChartColorFormat Members Section 17.11 DropLines and HiLoLines Members Section 17.12 DownBars and UpBars Members Section 17.13 ErrorBars Members Section 17.14 Legend Members Section 17.15 LegendEntry and LegendEntries Members Section 17.16 LegendKey Members Section 17.17 Gridlines Members Section 17.18 TickLabels Members Section 17.19 Trendline and Trendlines Members Section 17.20 PlotArea Members Section 17.21 Floor Members Section 17.22 Walls Members Section 17.23 Corners Members Chapter 18 Drawing Graphics Section 18.1 Draw in Excel Section 18.2 Create Diagrams Section 18.3 Program with Drawing Objects Section 18.4 Program Diagrams Section 18.5 Shape, ShapeRange, and Shapes Members Section 18.6 Adjustments Members Section 18.7 CalloutFormat Members Section 18.8 ColorFormat Members Section 18.9 ConnectorFormat Members Section 18.10 ControlFormat Members Section 18.11 FillFormat Members Section 18.12 FreeFormBuilder Section 18.13 GroupShapes Members Section 18.14 LineFormat Members Section 18.15 LinkFormat Members Section 18.16 PictureFormat Members Section 18.17 ShadowFormat Section 18.18 ShapeNode and ShapeNodes Members Section 18.19 TextFrame Section 18.20 TextEffectFormat Section 18.21 ThreeDFormat Chapter 19 Adding Menus and Toolbars Section 19.1 About Excel Menus Section 19.2 Build a Top-Level Menu Section 19.3 Create a Menu in Code Section 19.4 Build Context Menus Section 19.5 Build a Toolbar Section 19.6 Create Toolbars in Code Section 19.7 CommandBar and CommandBars Members Section 19.8 CommandBarControl and CommandBarControls Members Section 19.9 CommandBarButton Members Section 19.10 CommandBarComboBox Members Section 19.11 CommandBarPopup Members Chapter 20 Building Dialog Boxes Section 20.1 Types of Dialogs Section 20.2 Create Data-Entry Forms Section 20.3 Design Your Own Forms Section 20.4 Use Controls on Worksheets Section 20.5 UserForm and Frame Members Section 20.6 Control and Controls Members Section 20.7 Font Members Section 20.8 CheckBox, OptionButton, ToggleButton Members Section 20.9 ComboBox Members Section 20.10 CommandButton Members Section 20.11 Image Members Section 20.12 Label Members Section 20.13 ListBox Members Section 20.14 MultiPage Members Section 20.15 Page Members Section 20.16 ScrollBar and SpinButton Members Section 20.17 TabStrip Members Section 20.18 TextBox and RefEdit Members Chapter 21 Sending and Receiving Workbooks Section 21.1 Send Mail Section 21.2 Work with Mail Items Section 21.3 Collect Review Comments Section 21.4 Route Workbooks Section 21.5 Read Mail Section 21.6 MsoEnvelope Members Section 21.7 MailItem Members Section 21.8 RoutingSlip Members Part III: Extending Excel Chapter 22 Building Add-ins Section 22.1 Types of Add-ins Section 22.2 Code-Only Add-ins Section 22.3 Visual Add-ins Section 22.4 Set Add-in Properties Section 22.5 Sign the Add-in Section 22.6 Distribute the Add-in Section 22.7 Work with Add-ins in Code Section 22.8 AddIn and AddIns Members web services 2nd calling asynchronously locating on the Internet reformatting XML results for Excel using through XML Web Services Toolkit Web Services Toolkit 2nd 3rd online information using WebConsecutiveDelimitersAsOne (QueryTable) WebDisableDateRecognition (QueryTable) WebDisableRedirections (QueryTable) WebFormatting property (QueryTable) WebOptions method (Workbook) WebOptions object, members WebPreFormattedTextToColumns (QueryTable) WebSelectionType (QueryTable) WebSelectionType property WebSingleBlockTextImport (QueryTable) WebTables property WebTables property (QueryTable) Weekday function While statement, using in Do Loop While Wend statement whitespace, removing from strings width default column width setting for columns in range usable area of Excel Width # function Width method (Application) Width property Win32 API WIN32API.TXT file Window object Activate methods 2nd Close method closing and maximizing child windows members 2nd PrintOut and PrintPreview methods windows panes setting procedure to run upon activation Windows API functions using handles with Windows collection Arrange method CompareSideBySideWith method members SyncScrollingSideBySide property Windows Common Object Model (COM) Windows method Application object Workbook object Windows NT and earlier, install locations for applications Windows Server 2003 Windows task bar Windows Task Manager WindowsForPens (Application) WindowState method (Application) WindowState method (Window) WindowState property (Application) WinExec function WinZip self-extractor URL for downloads WinZip tool URL for downloads With keyword WithEvents (Workbook variable) WithEvents keyword declaring NET object with 2nd Word automation from Visual Basic Diagram object exceptions, anticipating from Excel integrating with Excel object library, referencing from Excel programming from Excel running from Excel Word 2003, opening XML spreadsheet Word document embedded on the active worksheet getting object from embedded document WordArt embedded shapes 2nd 3rd text WordWrap property (TextBox, RefEdit) workbook (.xls) file Visual Basic code in Workbook object Activate method BeforePrint event CanCheckOut property Charts property CustomViews property events 2nd declaring in any class SheetSelectionChange FollowHyperlink method getting PublishObjects collection from members (key), reference summary members, listed object and event lists password and encryption members PivotCache collection PrintOut and PrintPreview methods protection members returning for file containing current procedure RoutingSlip property Save method SaveAs method SharedWorkspace property SheetActivate event XmlNamespaces method workbooks accessing and responding to events advantages/disadvantages of applications applications, writing bringing data into closing creating hardcopy and online output from creating test workbook for add-in installing loading, predefined folders for objects opening text files as opening XML files opening, saving, and controlling files adding workbook with templates opening as read-only or with passwords opening text files recalculating before saving saving before quitting security encryption password protection and encryption protecting items sending and receiving workbooks (continued) sending as email attachment mail items routing SendForReview method setting permissions shared, programming with changing sharing options determining if shared removing sharing resolving conflicts restricting user access sharing creating shared workbook creating shared workspace shared workspaces Workbooks collection Add method 2nd Application object getting from Application object, Workbooks property members, listed Open method OpenDatabase method OpenText method OpenXML method Workbooks method (Application) worksheet menu bar adding top-level menu Worksheet method (Range) Worksheet object 2nd Activate event Activate method AutoFilter member AutoFilter property Cells, Range, UsedRange, Columns, or Rows method ChartObjects property Comments collection CreatePivotTableWizard method events Hyperlinks method MailEnvelope property members (key), reference summary members, listed object and event lists OLEObjects method Outline property 2nd PageSettings property PageSetup property PrintOut and PrintPreview methods protection members QuertyTables property Scenarios method SelectionChange event ShowAllData method WorksheetFunction method (Application) WorksheetFunction object members worksheets adding comments, hyperlinks and OLE objects to changes on, listing controls on worksheets versus controls on forms creating graphics, objects used for embedding a control events number automatically included in new workbooks print settings repeating formatting and charting in recorded code security security protections sending as email using MsoEnvelope using controls on working with, objects for 2nd Worksheets collection 2nd 3rd Add method Application object members, listed PrintOut and PrintPreview methods UseWorksheets method Worksheets method objects returned by Workbook object 2nd workspace files (.xlw) saving current settings shared workspaces versus workspaces shared 2nd creating linking workbook to opening workbooks from removing sharing from workbooks WrapText property (Range) Write # function write-once properties 2nd write-only properties creating WritePassword (Workbook) WriteReserved (Workbook) WriteReservedBy (Workbook) WScript.Shell URL for WSDL (Web Service Description Language) Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] XLL, loading and registering XLSTART directory, path to XML custom schemas, support of exporting workbook to XML datafile importing/exporting, objects for language standards lists stored as loading file into workbook objects for importing/exporting online resources opening files in Excel overview reformatting for Excel responding to XML events saving workbooks as data omitted by Excel spreadsheet format transforming from command line transforming in code transforming with processing instructions transforming XML files into spreadsheets transforming XML spreadsheets XSLT, creating for XML spreadsheets Source task pane, displaying support by Excel 2003 supporting standards for using web services through XML maps approaches to using avoiding denormalized data creating XML schema including all nodes in exports XML schema elements not supported exporting data items omitted by Excel getting from list or range limitations of programming with adding or deleting XML maps exporting/importing XML refresh, change, or clear data binding viewing the schema using schemas XML method (XmlSchema) xml-stylesheet processing instruction XmlDataBinding object LoadSettings method Refresh method RootElementNamespace method XmlImport method (Workbook) XmlImportXml method (Workbook) XmlMap object Delete method Export method Import method IsExportable property members Schemas method tasks performed in code XMLMap property (ListObject) XmlMaps collection Add method members XMLMaps method (Workbook) XMLNamespace object XmlNamespaces collection XmlNamespaces method (Workbook) 2nd XMLNodeList arguments XmlSchema object, members XmlSchemas collection, members XOR operator XPath XPath method (ListColumn) XPath object members XSD (XML Schema Definition) online tutorial XSL online resources xsl:processing-instruction element XSLT creating for XML spreadsheet online tutorial XSLT (continued) replacing mso-application instruction with xml-stylesheet instruction transformations performed by XValues property (Series) XYGroups method (Chart) Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] Year function Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] zero values, displaying in cells Zoom property PageSetup object UserForm object Window object ZOrder property Control object OLEObject object ... execute web services to perform tasks remotely across a network Chapter 25, Programming Excel with NET, teaches how to use NET code from within Excel, use Excel code from NET, or integrate between Excel and NET using Visual Studio... 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