1. Chapter 1 Introduction

   1. Selecting Special Cells

   2. Setting a Chart's Data Point Labels

   3. Topics in Learning Excel Programming

2. The VBA Environment

   1. Chapter 2 Preliminaries

      1. What Is a Programming Language?
      2. Programming Style

   2. Chapter 3 The Visual Basic Editor, Part I

      1. The Project Window
      2. The Properties Window
      3. The Code Window
      4. The Immediate Window
      5. Arranging Windows

   3. Chapter 4 The Visual Basic Editor, Part II

      1. Navigating the IDE
      2. Getting Help
      3. Creating a Procedure
      4. Run Time, Design Time, and Break Mode
      5. Errors
      6. Debugging
      7. Macros

3. The VBA Programming Language

   1. Chapter 5 Variables, Data Types, and Constants

      1. Comments
      2. Line Continuation
      3. Constants
      4. Variables and Data Types
      5. VBA Operators

   2. Chapter 6 Functions and Subroutines

      1. Calling Functions
      2. Calling Subroutines
      3. Parameters and Arguments
      4. Exiting a Procedure
      5. Public and Private Procedures
      6. Project References

   3. Chapter 7 Built-in Functions and Statements

      1. The MsgBox Function
      2. The InputBox Function
      3. VBA String Functions
      4. Miscellaneous Functions and Statements
      5. Handling Errors in Code

   4. Chapter 8 Control Statements

      1. The If...Then Statement
      2. The For Loop
      3. The For Each Loop
      4. The Do Loop
      5. The Select Case Statement
      6. A Final Note on VBA

4. Excel Applications and the Excel Object Model

   1. Chapter 9 Object Models

      1. Objects, Properties, and Methods
      2. Collection Objects
      3. Object Model Hierarchies
      4. Object Model Syntax
      5. Object Variables

   2. Chapter 10 Excel Applications

      1. Providing Access to an Application's Features
      2. Where to Store an Application
      3. An Example Add-In

   3. Chapter 11 Excel Events

      1. The EnableEvents Property
      2. Events and the Excel Object Model
      3. Accessing an Event Procedure
      4. Worksheet Events
      5. WorkBook Events
      6. Chart Events
      7. Application Events
      8. QueryTable Refresh Events

   4. Chapter 12 Custom Menus and Toolbars

      1. Menus and Toolbars: An Overview
      2. The CommandBars Collection
      3. Creating a New Menu Bar or Toolbar
      4. Command-Bar Controls
      5. Built-in Command-Bar-Control IDs
      6. Example: Creating a Menu
      7. Example: Creating a Toolbar
      8. Example: Adding an Item to an Existing Menu
      9. Augmenting the SRXUtils Application

   5. Chapter 13 Built-In Dialog Boxes

      1. The Show Method

   6. Chapter 14 Custom Dialog Boxes

      1. What Is a UserForm Object?
      2. Creating a UserForm Object
      3. ActiveX Controls
      4. Adding UserForm Code
      5. Excel's Standard Controls
      6. Example: The ActivateSheet Utility
      7. ActiveX Controls on Worksheets

   7. Chapter 15 The Excel Object Model

      1. A Perspective on the Excel Object Model
      2. Excel Enums
      3. The VBA Object Browser

   8. Chapter 16 The Application Object

      1. Properties and Methods of the Application Object
      2. Children of the Application Object

   9. Chapter 17 The Workbook Object

      1. The Workbooks Collection
      2. The Workbook Object
      3. Children of the Workbook Object
      4. Example: Sorting Sheets in a Workbook

   10. Chapter 18 The Worksheet Object

       1. Properties and Methods of the Worksheet Object
       2. Children of the Worksheet Object
       3. Protection in Excel XP
       4. Example: Printing Sheets

   11. Chapter 19 The Range Object

       1. The Range Object as a Collection
       2. Defining a Range Object
       3. Additional Members of the Range Object
       4. Children of the Range Object
       5. Example: Getting the Used Range
       6. Example: Selecting Special Cells

   12. Chapter 20 Pivot Tables

       1. Pivot Tables
       2. The PivotTable Wizard
       3. The PivotTableWizard Method
       4. The PivotTable Object
       5. Properties and Methods of the PivotTable Object
       6. Children of the PivotTable Object
       7. The PivotField Object
       8. The PivotCache Object
       9. The PivotItem Object
       10. PivotCell and PivotItemList Objects
       11. Calculated Items and Calculated Fields
       12. Example: Printing Pivot Tables

   13. Chapter 21 The Chart Object

       1. Chart Objects and ChartObject Objects
       2. Creating a Chart
       3. Chart Types
       4. Children of the Chart Object
       5. The Axes Collection
       6. The Axis Object
       7. The ChartArea Object
       8. The ChartGroup Object
       9. The ChartTitle Object
       10. The DataTable Object
       11. The Floor Object
       12. The Legend Object
       13. The PageSetup Object
       14. The PlotArea Object
       15. The Series Object
       16. Properties and Methods of the Chart Object
       17. Example: Scrolling Through Chart Types
       18. Example: Printing Embedded Charts
       19. Example: Setting Data Series Labels

   14. Chapter 22 Smart Tags

       1. What Are Smart Tags?
       2. SmartTagRecognizer Object
       3. SmartTag Object
       4. SmartTagAction Object
       5. SmartTagOptions Object

5. Appendixes

   1. Appendix A The Shape Object

      1. What Is the Shape Object?
      2. Z-Order
      3. Creating Shapes
      4. Diagram, DiagramNode, and DiagramNodeChildren Objects

   2. Appendix B Getting the Installed Printers

   3. Appendix C Command Bar Controls

      1. Built-in Command-Bar Controls

   4. Appendix D Face IDs

   5. Appendix E Programming Excelfrom Another Application

      1. Setting a Reference to the Excel Object Model
      2. Getting a Reference to the Excel Application Object

   6. Appendix F High-Level and Low-Level Languages

      1. BASIC
      2. Visual Basic
      3. C and C++
      4. Visual C++
      5. Pascal
      6. FORTRAN
      7. COBOL
      8. LISP

   7. Appendix G New Objects in Excel XP

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Writing Excel Macros with VBA, Second Edition, is a blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata), a vociferous, aggressive bird common in the eastern half of the United States and southern Canada. The blue-crested jay is also an agile flyer and occasional nest-robber. The term "blue jay" is also applied to the Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), a larger, darker jay common in much of the western U.S. and Canada, as well as several other species.

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