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Programming Excel with VBA And . NET Solve Real-World Problems with Excel

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ISBN-10: 0596007663

ISBN-13: 9780596007669

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jeff Webb, Steve Saunders

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Why program Excel? For solving complex calculations and presenting results, Excel is amazingly complete with every imaginable feature already. 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 task-specific 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…    
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List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1114
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.21" long x 2.36" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English

Eric is the author of the critically acclaimed online tutorial Introduction to HTML, as well as some other semi-popular Web pages. He is a member of the CSS&FP Working Group and the author of Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide.Jeff Webb is a SharePoint consultant and trainer who has written about computers and technology for 20 years. Among his published O'Reilly titles are Essential SharePoint, SharePoint Office Pocket Guide, Programming Excel with VBA and .NET, and Excel 2003 Programming: A Developer's Notebook. Jeff was an original member of Microsoft's Visual Basic team.

Steve Saunders is a Microsoft veteren who helped pioneer the design of hypertext help systems that paved the way for the design of today's Web sites. He was lead designer for the award-winning Microsoft Access and Basic help systems, and was a charter member of the Visual Basic product team. Later, Steve wrote documentation for Access programmers and became an Access programmer himself, creating applications for his group at Microsoft and for a growing list of clients outside the company. Businesses and non-profit organizations use Steve's affordable custom applications to track their critical information, including customers and orders, lodging reservations, real estate listings, donors…    

Preface
Learning VBA
Becoming an Excel Programmer
Why Program?
Record and Read Code
Change Recorded Code
Fix Misteakes
Start and Stop
View Results
Where's My Code?
Macros and Security
Write Bug-Free Code
Navigate Samples and Help
What You've Learned
Knowing the Basics
Parts of a Program
Classes and Modules
Procedures
Variables
Conditional Statements
Loops
Expressions
Exceptions
What You've Learned
Tasks in Visual Basic
Types of Tasks
Interact with Users
Do Math
Work with Text
Get Dates and Times
Read and Write Files
Check Results
Find Truth
Compare Bits
Run Other Applications
Control the Compiler
Not Covered Here
What You've Learned
Using Excel Objects
Objects and Their Members
Get Excel Objects
Get Objects from Collections
About Me and the Active Object
Find the Right Object
Common Members
Respond to Events in Excel
The Global Object
The WorksheetFunction Object
What You've Learned
Creating Your Own Objects
Modules Versus Classes
Add Methods
Create Properties
Define Enumerations
Raise Events
Collect Objects
Expose Objects
Destroy Objects
Things You Can't Do
What You've Learned
Writing Code for Use by Others
Types of Applications
The Development Process
Determine Requirements
Design
Implement and Test
Integrate
Test Platforms
Document
Deploy
What You've Learned
Resources
Excel Objects
Controlling Excel
Perform Tasks
Control Excel Options
Get References
Application Members
AutoCorrect Members
AutoRecover Members
ErrorChecking Members
SpellingOptions Members
Window and Windows Members
Pane and Panes Members
Opening, Saving, and Sharing Workbooks
Add, Open, Save, and Close
Share Workbooks
Program with Shared Workbooks
Program with Shared Workspaces
Respond to Actions
Workbook and Workbooks Members
RecentFile and RecentFiles Members
Working with Worksheets and Ranges
Work with Worksheet Objects
Worksheets and Worksheet Members
Sheets Members
Work with Outlines
Outline Members
Work with Ranges
Range Members
Work with Scenario Objects
Scenario and Scenarios Members
Resources
Linking and Embedding
Add Comments
Use Hyperlinks
Link and Embed Objects
Speak
Comment and Comments Members
Hyperlink and Hyperlinks Members
OleObject and OleObjects Members
OLEFormat Members
Speech Members
UsedObjects Members
Printing and Publishing
Print and Preview
Control Paging
Change Printer Settings
Filter Ranges
Save and Display Views
Publish to the Web
AutoFilter Members
Filter and Filters Members
CustomView and CustomViews Members
HPageBreak, HPageBreaks, VPageBreak, VPageBreaks Members
PageSetup Members
Graphic Members
PublishObject and PublishObjects Members
WebOptions and DefaultWebOptions Members
Loading and Manipulating Data
Working with QueryTable Objects
QueryTable and QueryTables Members
Working with Parameter Objects
Parameter Members
Working with ADO and DAO
ADO Objects and Members
DAO Objects and Members
DAO.Database and DAO.Databases Members
DAO.Document and DAO.Documents Members
DAO.QueryDef and DAO.QueryDefs Members
DAO.Recordset and DAO.Recordsets Members
Analyzing Data with Pivot Tables
Quick Guide to Pivot Tables
Program Pivot Tables
PivotTable and PivotTables Members
PivotCache and PivotCaches Members
PivotField and PivotFields Members
CalculatedFields Members
CalculatedItems Members
PivotCell Members
PivotFormula and PivotFormulas Members
PivotItem and PivotItems Members
PivotItemList Members
PivotLayout Members
CubeField and CubeFields Members
CalculatedMember and CalculatedMembers Members
Sharing Data Using Lists
Use Lists
ListObject and ListObjects Members
ListRow and ListRows Members
ListColumn and ListColumns Members
ListDataFormat Members
Use the Lists Web Service
Lists Web Service Members
Resources
Working with XML
Understand XML
Save Workbooks as XML
Use XML Maps
Program with XML Maps
XmlMap and XmlMaps Members
XmlDataBinding Members
XmlNamespace and XmlNamespaces Members
XmlSchema and XmlSchemas Members
Get an XML Map from a List or Range
XPath Members
Resources
Charting
Navigate Chart Objects
Create Charts Quickly
Embed Charts
Create More Complex Charts
Choose Chart Type
Create Combo Charts
Add Titles and Labels
Plot a Series
Respond to Chart Events
Chart and Charts Members
ChartObject and ChartObjects Members
ChartGroup and ChartGroups Members
SeriesLines Members
Axes and Axis Members
DataTable Members
Series and SeriesCollection Members
Point and Points Members
Formatting Charts
Format Titles and Labels
Change Backgrounds and Fonts
Add Trendlines
Add Series Lines and Bars
ChartTitle, AxisTitle, and DisplayUnitLabel Members
DataLabel and DataLabels Members
LeaderLines Members
ChartArea Members
ChartFillFormat Members
ChartColorFormat Members
DropLines and HiLoLines Members
DownBars and UpBars Members
ErrorBars Members
Legend Members
LegendEntry and LegendEntries Members
LegendKey Members
Gridlines Members
TickLabels Members
Trendline and Trendlines Members
PlotArea Members
Floor Members
Walls Members
Corners Members
Drawing Graphics
Draw in Excel
Create Diagrams
Program with Drawing Objects
Program Diagrams
Shape, ShapeRange, and Shapes Members
Adjustments Members
CalloutFormat Members
ColorFormat Members
ConnectorFormat Members
ControlFormat Members
FillFormat Members
FreeFormBuilder
GroupShapes Members
LineFormat Members
LinkFormat Members
PictureFormat Members
ShadowFormat
ShapeNode and ShapeNodes Members
TextFrame
TextEffectFormat
ThreeDFormat
Adding Menus and Toolbars
About Excel Menus
Build a Top-Level Menu
Create a Menu in Code
Build Context Menus
Build a Toolbar
Create Toolbars in Code
CommandBar and CommandBars Members
CommandBarControl and CommandBarControls Members
CommandBarButton Members
CommandBarComboBox Members
CommandBarPopup Members
Building Dialog Boxes
Types of Dialogs
Create Data-Entry Forms
Design Your Own Forms
Use Controls on Worksheets
UserForm and Frame Members
Control and Controls Members
Font Members
CheckBox, OptionButton, ToggleButton Members
ComboBox Members
CommandButton Members
Image Members
Label Members
ListBox Members
MultiPage Members
Page Members
ScrollBar and SpinButton Members
TabStrip Members
TextBox and RefEdit Members
Sending and Receiving Workbooks
Send Mail
Work with Mail Items
Collect Review Comments
Route Workbooks
Read Mail
MsoEnvelope Members
MailItem Members
RoutingSlip Members
Extending Excel
Building Add-ins
Types of Add-ins
Code-Only Add-ins
Visual Add-ins
Set Add-in Properties
Sign the Add-in
Distribute the Add-in
Work with Add-ins in Code
AddIn and AddIns Members
Integrating DLLs and COM
Use DLLs
Use COM Applications
Getting Data from the Web
Perform Web Queries
QueryTable and QueryTables Web Query Members
Use Web Services
Resources
Programming Excel with .NET
Approaches to Working with .NET
Create .NET Components for Excel
Use .NET Components in Excel
Use Excel as a Component in .NET
Create Excel Applications in .NET
Resources
Exploring Security in Depth
Security Layers
Understand Windows Security
Password-Protect and Encrypt Workbooks
Program with Passwords and Encryption
Workbook Password and Encryption Members
Excel Password Security
Protect Items in a Workbook
Program with Protection
Workbook Protection Members
Worksheet Protection Members
Chart Protection Members
Protection Members
AllowEditRange and AllowEditRanges Members
UserAccess and UserAccessList Members
Set Workbook Permissions
Program with Permissions
Permission and UserPermission Members
Add Digital Signatures
Set Macro Security
Set ActiveX Control Security
Distribute Security Settings
Using the Anti-Virus API
Common Tasks
Resources
Appendixes
Reference Tables
Version Compatibility
Index