Excel VBA Programming For Dummies 4th Edition

Excel VBA Programming For Dummies 4th Edition
Author: Visit ‘s John Walkenbach Page ID: 1119077397

From the Back Cover

Learn to:

• Use the essential tools and operations for VBA
• Get the most out of Excel's macro recording feature
• Handle errors and eliminate bugs in your code
• Develop custom worksheet functions and user-oriented applications

Learn VBA and unlock Excel's full performance potential

Excel is essential in the business world, and knowing how to use its programming language can make you more productive and increIDgly valuable to a company. This accessible guide explains how to use Excel VBA to open up Excel's expansive capabilities. You'll learn basic programming concepts and how to create custom functions, add-ins, and applications with VBA.

• What it's all about — start with a complete overview of VBA and learn how it can help you automate routine tasks, create custom commands and add-ins, and develop macro-driven applications
• A world of objects — dig into the Excel object model and see how VBA is implemented in Excel
• Master basic programming concepts — learn the lingo and find out what programming involves
• Dive a little deeper — explore range objects and their properties and create a variety of alternatives to Excel UserForms
• Get down to business — discover how to create custom dialog boxes, customize the Ribbon, and add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar
• Put it all to work — include your own custom buttons in the Excel user interface, design user-oriented applications, and work with other Office applications

Open the book and find:

• Advantages and disadvantages of VBA
• How the Excel object hierarchy works
• Step-by-step instructions for creating macros
• Useful Range object properties and methods
• Techniques for handling errors
• How to develop custom solutions to fit your needs
• Tips for exterminating bugs in your code

About the Author

John Walkenbach is a leading authority on spreadsheet software and creator of the award-winning Power Utility Pak. The author of more than 50 books, he has also written articles and reviews for PC World, InfoWorld, and Windows. John maintains the popular Spreadsheet Page at http://spreadsheetpage.com.

Series: For DummiesPaperback: 408 pagesPublisher: For Dummies; 4 edition (October 12, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1119077397ISBN-13: 978-1119077398 Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.8 x 9.3 inches Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #26,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Microsoft Programming > VBA #27 in Books > Computers & Technology > Business Technology > Software > Spreadsheets #121 in Books > Textbooks > Computer Science > Programming Languages
John Walkenbach is the best writer on Excel VBA. He is the true "Mr. Excel"; Bill Jelen is a imposter whose use of the term is misleading. I have no doubt that this is an excellent book for those who want to learn to automate Excel but bring no prior programming education or experience to the table.

However, that said, I stumbled across his "Excursion into Versions" section in chapter 1 of this book on a Google search, and I was startled at the errors and omissions. I feel compelled to correct them here even if this isn’t particularly valuable to a prospective buyer of the book. I was an Excel product support escalation lead at Microsoft when Excel 5.0, 95, and 97 were current, leaving shortly after the 97 release to support VB5 and then VB6. While in Excel support, I found used copies of the old versions and bought them to help me be more prepared for any customer call. Excel 2.0 for Windows came in the biggest software box I have ever seen.

For Excel 3.0, Walkenbach strongly implies that it is the first version with the XLM macro language. It absolutely was not. Both version 1 (which was Macintosh only) and version 2 have the XLM macro language. In fact, one of the version 2 sub releases (2.0c I think? Or was it 2.1c?) existed mainly to introduce the dialog editor, which would have made no sense at all without the XLM macro language. If you’ve never had to build a complex XLM dialog without that dialog editor, thank your lucky stars; it’s enough to make your eyes bleed.

In fact, it’s remarkable how much was already there in version 1 and 2. Most of what my clients ask for today could have been done in version 1 and 2, though it would not have been as pretty or fast.
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