Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA

John Walkenbach

John Wiley & Sons, Apr 1, 2013 - Computers - 1104 pages

Maximize your Excel 2013 experience using VBA application development

The new Excel 2013 boasts updated features, enhanced power, and new capabilities. Naturally, that means John Walkenbach returns with a new edition of his bestselling VBA Programming book and covers all the methods and tools you need to know in order to program with Excel. With this comprehensive guide, "Mr. Spreadsheet" shows you how to maximize your Excel experience using professional spreadsheet application development tips from his own personal bookshelf.

Featuring a complete introduction to Visual Basic for Applications and fully updated for the latest features of Excel 2013, this essential reference includes an analysis of Excel application development and is packed with procedures, tips, and ideas for expanding Excel's capabilities with VBA.

• Offers an analysis of Excel application development and a complete introduction to VBA
• Features invaluable advice from "Mr. Spreadsheet" himself, bestselling author John Walkenbach, who demonstrates all the techniques you need to create Excel applications, both large and small
• Covers navigating the Excel interface, formatting worksheets, interacting with other Office applications, working with collaboration tools, and using sample workbooks and John Walkenbach's award-winning Power Utility Pak to help enhance your Excel skills
• Provides tips, tricks, and techniques for expanding Excel's capabilities with VBA that you wont find anywhere else

Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA is packed with procedures, tips, and ideas for achieving Excel excellence with VBA.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Understanding Visual Basic for Applications: 5
• Other Topics: 6
• Excel in a Nutshell: 11
• Formula Tricks and Techniques: 39
• Understanding Excel Files: 75
• Essentials of Spreadsheet Application Development: 97
• Introducing Visual Basic for Applications: 119
• Understanding Visual Basic for Applications: 122
• VBA Programming Fundamentals: 177
• Working with VBA Sub Procedures: 227
• Creating Function Procedures: 269
• VBA Programming Examples and Techniques: 317
• Custom Dialog Box Alternatives: 395
• Working with UserForms: 396
• Introducing UserForms: 417
• UserForm Examples: 453
• Advanced UserForm Techniques: 491
• Developing Excel Utilities with VBA: 543
• Advanced Programming Techniques: 544
• Working with Pivot Tables: 565
• Working with Charts: 583
• Understanding Excels Events: 645
• Interacting with Other Applications: 685
• Creating and Using AddIns: 711
• Comparing XLAM and XLSM Files: 723
• Manipulating AddIns with VBA: 729
• Working with the Ribbon: 743
• Developing Applications: 746
• Working with Shortcut Menus: 779
• Providing Help for Your Applications: 801
• Developing UserOriented Applications: 821
• Compatibility Issues: 837
• Manipulating Files with VBA: 851
• Manipulating Visual Basic Components: 885
• Understanding Class Modules: 911
• Working with Colors: 927
• Frequently Asked Questions about Excel Programming: 953
• Appendixes: 990
• VBA Error Codes: 999
• This Books Website: 1003
• Index: 1019

About the author

John Walkenbach, arguably the foremost authority on Excel, has written 50+ books, including multiple editions of the bestselling Excel Bible and Excel Formulas, as well as more than 300 articles for publications such as PC World, InfoWorld, and Windows. He created the award-winning Power Utility Pak and provides Excel information and insight at www.spreadsheetpage.com.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA; Volume 16 of Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf
• Author: John Walkenbach
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2013
• ISBN: 1118490398, 9781118490396
• Length: 1104 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Business & Productivity Software / Spreadsheets; Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General