Writing Excel Macros with VBA
Writing Excel Macros with VBA, Second Edition By Steven Roman, Ph.D.
June 2002
Pages: 570

| Table of Contents | Index | Sample Chapter | Colophon

Table of Contents

  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

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