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How to create autoshapes, lines and connectors in VBA macros
Posted by Andy Brown on 25 January 2014
You can use Visual Basic within Excel, PowerPoint or Word to draw shapes, format them and even assign macros to run - this long blog gives lots of ideas of how to proceed!
Write a macro in VBA to fill in an IE form (Internet Explorer)
Posted by Andy Brown on 02 November 2012
You can use VBA to talk to Internet Explorer, providing that you understand the structure of the web page you're talking to. This blog shows how to do this!
Capture Excel application events - event sinks
Posted by Andy Brown on 06 March 2012
It's not for the faint-hearted, but there is a way to capture application events (such as someone trying to create a new workbook) in Excel, using something called an event sink. This blog explains how you might go about creating an event sink.
Collections of class object using Excel VBA
Posted by Andy Brown on 05 March 2012
If you've learnt how to create your own objects using classes in Excel VBA, the next step is to learn how to group them together into collections. This on-line tutorial will show you how.
Creating classes in VBA - class modules
Posted by Andy Brown on 05 March 2012
Those who want to add spice to their VBA programming can learn how to create classes, or class modules, and become object-orientated programmers. It's difficult, but fun - and this multi-part blog will guide you along the way.
Using Excel Add-Ins to Share VBA Code
Posted by Andy Brown on 05 March 2012
If you've written a killer function, you'll want to be able to share it between workbooks. The best way to do this is using an add-in.
Advanced controls in userforms with VBA macros
Posted by Andy Brown on 28 February 2012
The two previous parts of this mini-blog have shown how to draw forms and how to write code to handle form events. This final part shows how to add some of the more exotic controls to user forms, like combo boxes, list boxes, multipage controls, spinners and option buttons.
Writing VBA macros to work with user forms
Posted by Andy Brown on 28 February 2012
The previous part of this three-part series showed how to draw user forms; this part shows how to write macros to get them to work (the final part shows how to use some of the more advanced controls, such as combo boxes and MultiPages).
Drawing UserForms in the VBA code editor
Posted by Andy Brown on 28 February 2012
Learn how to create your own custom dialog boxes in VBA, using UserForms. This is the first part of a three-part series (the other parts are on Writing Code for UserForms and Creating Advanced Controls).
Writing functions for Excel using VBA
Posted by Andy Brown on 24 February 2012
On-line training in writing functions using VBA, for use either within other VBA programs or within Excel itself.
Arrays in Visual Basic for Applications macros
Posted by Andy Brown on 24 February 2012
You can use arrays (multiple variables) in VBA to speed up code - and they are also invaluable for processing CSV files and the like.
Posted by Andy Brown on 24 February 2012
Excel and other MS Office applications make extensive use of enumerations - and you should too!
Writing recursive programs in VBA
Posted by Andy Brown on 20 February 2012
In certain cases in VBA (displaying the contents of folders, listing hierarchical data) writing a program which calls itself is by far the easiest way to go - this blog gives worked examples of 3 such recursive programs.
Passing arguments to subroutines in VBA
Posted by Andy Brown on 09 February 2012
To become an efficient programmer, you need to stop writing one long subroutine and start writing lots of small ones instead - and to do this, you're going to need to know everything there is to know about passing arguments.
Linking to ADO databases with VBA
Posted by Andy Brown on 06 February 2012
Learn how to write VBA macros to add, edit and delete data in Access, SQL Server and other databases, using something called ADO.
Copy, rename, delete and move files and folders
Posted by Andy Brown on 23 January 2012
By referencing the unintuitively named Microsoft Scripting Runtime object library you can write VBA code to access files and folders on your hard disk. This blog explains how, and gives a couple of worked examples.
Reading and writing to/from a text file using TextStreams
Posted by Andy Brown on 13 January 2012
The easiest way to work with text files in VBA is using TextStream objects - this blog explains how they work.
How to choose files and folders in VBA
Posted by Andy Brown on 13 January 2012
To make it easier for users of your VBA systems to choose files, you can show FileDialogs on screen. This blog explains what these are, and how to customise them.
Linking to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime library
Posted by Andy Brown on 13 January 2012
In order to work efficiently with files and folders you first need to create a FileSystemObject. This blog explains how to do this!
Creating references programmatically in VBA
Posted by Andy Brown on 03 January 2012
Did you know that you can create and manage references from within VBA code? This article gives you ideas on how to do just that.