Excel Visual Basic Variables, Part 1: Variable Types
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We had an earlier post, How to Use Objects, Collections, Properties, Events and Methods in Excel Visual Basic. There, we introduced the idea of Objects and Collections. We listed the most useful Objects, and Collections of Objects. Below we have more extensive diagrams, specifically for the Excel Object Model. It helps to understand the hierarchy:…
1. The Application Keyword Use “Application” to refer to Excel, e.g.: Application.ActivePrinter Name of the Active Printer.Application.Name Name of the program running (“Microsoft Excel”).Application.Path The path from which the program is running. 2. ActiveControl Instead of the name of a specific control (e.g. txtEdit), you can use the keyword ActiveControl. This will let your program refer…
In an earlier post, we recorded two Excel macros in Visual Basic, and ran them. Then, in the next post, we viewed the code in the Excel Visual Basic Editor. Code you have recorded will usually run. However, you may want to change it for all sorts of reasons. To tidy it up, make it…
It is difficult to make your program foolproof, because fools are so ingenious! Even so, one should make an effort to trap and handle errors. You should not let the program simply crash if there is a problem, whether due to bad data, faulty calculation, or whatever. This is what we call Error-Handling. Excel Visual…
This is an excerpt from Microsoft Excel Visual Basic Help, with extra Notes. The syntax in a Visual Basic Help topic for a method, statement, or function shows all the elements needed to use the method, statement, or function. The examples in this topic explain how to interpret the most common syntax elements. 1. Activate…
In the Excel Visual Basic Editor (Alt+F11), display the Project Explorer (Ctrl+R). Usually (and in this picture), it appears at the top left, under the toolbars: In Project Explorer, you will see a VBAProject for every Excel file that is open. The list will include the hidden Personal Macro workbook, Personal.xlsb, if you have personal macros….