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Maximize your Excel experience with VBA
Excel 2016 Power Programming with VBA is fully updated to cover all the latest tools and tricks of Excel 2016. Encompassing an analysis of Excel application development and a complete introduction to Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), this comprehensive book presents all of the techniques you need to develop both large and small Excel applications. Over 800 pages of tips, tricks, and best practices shed light on key topics, such as the Excel interface, file formats, enhanced interactivity with other Office applications, and improved collaboration features. In addition to the procedures, tips, and ideas that will expand your capabilities, this resource provides you with access to over 100 online example Excel workbooks and the Power Utility Pak, found on the Mr. Spreadsheet website.

Understanding how to leverage VBA to improve your Excel programming skills can enhance the quality of deliverables that you produce-and can help you take your career to the next level.

Explore fully updated content that offers comprehensive coverage through over 900 pages of tips, tricks, and techniques
Leverage templates and worksheets that put your new knowledge in action, and reinforce the skills introduced in the text
Access online resources, including the Power Utility Pak, that supplement the content
Improve your capabilities regarding Excel programming with VBA, unlocking more of your potential in the office
Excel 2016 Power Programming with VBA is a fundamental resource for intermediate to advanced users who want to polish their skills regarding spreadsheet applications using VBA.



Table of Contents

Introduction xxvii
Part I: Introduction to Excel VBA

Chapter 1: Essentials of Spreadsheet Application Development 3

What Is a Spreadsheet Application? 3

Steps for Application Development 4

Determining User Needs 5

Planning an Application That Meets User Needs 6

Determining the Most Appropriate User Interface 8

Customizing the Ribbon 8

Customizing shortcut menus 8

Creating shortcut keys 9

Creating custom dialog boxes 9

Using ActiveX controls on a worksheet 10

Executing the development effort 11

Concerning Yourself with the End User 12

Testing the application 12

Making the application bulletproof 13

Making the application aesthetically appealing and intuitive 15

Creating a user Help system 16

Documenting the development effort 16

Distributing the application to the user 16

Updating the application when necessary 17

Other Development Issues 17

The user's installed version of Excel 17

Language issues 17

System speed 18

Video modes 18

Chapter 2: Introducing Visual Basic for Applications 19

Getting a Head Start with the Macro Recorder 19

Creating your first macro 20

Comparing absolute and relative macro recording 23

Other macro recording concepts 27

Working with the Visual Basic Editor 32

Understanding VBE components 32

Working with the Project window 33

Working with a Code window 36

Customizing the VBA environment 38

The Editor Format tab 40

The General tab 41

The Docking tab 41

VBA Fundamentals 42

Understanding objects 43

Understanding collections 43

Understanding properties 44

Deep Dive: Working with Range Objects 47

Finding the properties of the Range object 48

The Range property 48

The Cells property 49

The Offset property 52

Essential Concepts to Remember 53

Don't Panic-You Are Not Alone 55

Read the rest of the book 55

Let Excel help write your macro 55

Use the Help system 55

Use the Object Browser 56

Pilfer code from the Internet 57

Leverage user forums 57

Visit expert blogs 58

Mine YouTube for video training 58

Learn from the Microsoft Office Dev Center 59

Dissect the other Excel files in your organization 59

Ask your local Excel genius 59

Chapter 3: VBA Programming Fundamentals 61

VBA Language Elements: An Overview 61

Comments 63

Variables, Data Types, and Constants 64

Defining data types 65

Declaring variables 67

Scoping variables 69

Working with constants 72

Working with strings 73

Working with dates 74

Assignment Statements 75

Arrays 77

Declaring arrays 77

Declaring multidimensional arrays 78

Declaring dynamic arrays 79

Object Variables 79

User-Defined Data Types 80

Built-In Functions 81

Manipulating Objects and Collections 84

With-End With constructs 84

For Each-Next constructs 85

Controlling Code Execution 87

GoTo statements 88

If-Then constructs 88

Select Case constructs 93

Looping blocks of instructions 96

Chapter 4: Working with VBA Sub Procedures 105

About Procedures 105

Declaring a Sub procedure 106

Scoping a procedure 107

Executing Sub Procedures 108

Executing a procedure with the Run Sub/UserForm command 109

Executing a procedure from the Macro dialog box 109

Executing a procedure with a Ctrl+shortcut key combination 110

Executing a procedure from the Ribbon 111

Executing a procedure from a customized shortcut menu 111

Executing a procedure from another procedure 112

Executing a procedure by clicking an object 116

Executing a procedure when an event occurs 118

Executing a procedure from the Immediate window 118

Passing Arguments to Procedures 119

Error-Handling Techniques 123

Trapping errors 123

Error-handling examples 124

A Realistic Example That Uses Sub Procedures 127

The goal 128

Project requirements 128

What you know 128

The approach 129

Some preliminary recording 129

Initial setup 131

Code writing 132

Writing the Sort procedure 133

More testing 137

Fixing the problems 138

Utility availability 141

Evaluating the project 142

Chapter 5: Creating Function Procedures 143

Sub Procedures versus Function Procedures 143

Why Create Custom Functions? 144

An Introductory Function Example 144

Using the function in a worksheet 145

Using the function in a VBA procedure 146

Analyzing the custom function 146

Function Procedures 148

A function's scope 150

Executing function procedures 150

Function Arguments 153

Function Examples 153

Functions with no argument 153

A function with one argument 156

A function with two arguments 159

A function with an array argument 159

A function with optional arguments 160

A function that returns a VBA array 162

A function that returns an error value 165

A function with an indefinite number of arguments 166

Emulating Excel's SUM Function 168

Extended Date Functions 171

Debugging Functions 173

Dealing with the Insert Function Dialog Box 174

Using the MacroOptions method 174

Specifying a function category 176

Adding a function description manually 177

Using Add-Ins to Store Custom Functions 178

Using the Windows API 179

Windows API examples 179

Determining t