Excel Visual Basic Variables, Part 1: Variable Types
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In some cases, VBA does not have a specific function, but the Excel Worksheet does. This Excel Visual Basic (VBA) code example demonstrates: How to call that Worksheet Function from a Macro. In this particular example, how to call the Worksheet Function =PROPER() from VBA. The function to downcase parts of surnames that normally appear…
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…
While you can pick these Shortcut Keys up from the menus in the Excel Visual Basic Editor, it is useful to have them all in one place. F1 Help on the highlighted itemF2 Object BrowserShift+F2 View Definition (Go to highlighted Sub or Function)F3 Repeat last FindF4 Display Properties WindowF5 Run / Continue RunF8 Single Step…
Before Excel 2003, you could get a complete list of Visual Basic Functions by looking in Visual Basic Help > Contents > Functions. In Excel 2010, entering “Functions” into the Help Search box produces nothing useful. Using a specific category, e.g. “Math Functions”, may be more productive. Please be aware of what references to “Excel…
The macros you recorded in the previous post are stored in an Excel file. To edit it you use what looks like a separate program, the Visual Basic Editor. Open it with the Developer ribbon (Code group) > Visual Basic Editor (Alt+F11). You will find newly-recorded macros under Modules in the explorer on the left…