Mastering VBA [Paperback]

Guy Hart-Davis (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0782144365 | ISBN-13: 978-0782144369 | Publication Date: October 31, 2005 | Edition: 2

• VBA is used for writing macros, automating Office applications, and creating custom applications in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access
• Easily accessible by novice programmers, VBA is also powerful enough for IT professionals who need to create specialized business applications, generating wide interest
• Completely revised for the new versions of the language and the Office suite, this book is the most up-to-date VBA guide on the market
• Includes what everyone, from power users to system administrators and professional developers, needs to know
• Covers all Office products in depth

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From the Back Cover

Mastering VBA

Want to Get More From Office? Use VBA to Customize It!

Mastering VBA is the quickest, easiest way to learn to use VBA programming to customize and improve Microsoft Office and hundreds of other VBA-enabled applications. Step-by-step instructions address both general techniques, suitable for any VBA host, and specific procedures for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. This book covers the Office 2003 applications, but you can use it to program Office XP and Office 2000 as well.

Coverage Includes

• Understanding what VBA is and what you can do with it
• Recording and editing macros in key Microsoft Office applications
• Creating and editing code using the Visual Basic Editor
• Finding the objects, properties, and methods you need for your code
• Using variables, constants, and arrays to store and manipulate data
• Creating fixed and indefinite loops to repeat actions
• Using conditions to decide between different courses of action
• Using message boxes, input boxes, and built-in dialog boxes to interact with the user
• Creating custom dialog boxes and coding their controls
• Building modular code for clarity and easy maintenance
• Testing, debugging, and improving your code
• Securing your code with digital certificates and VBA's security features

Automate Your Daily Work Using VBA

Add the Functionality You Need by Programming Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access

Build Custom User Interfaces with User Forms, Menus, and Toolbars

About the Author

Well into his second decade of rebooting Windows PCs, Guy Hart-Davis has written dozens of computer books, including Word 97 Macro & VBA Handbook, Word 2000 Developer's Handbook, and three editions of Mastering Windows XP Home Edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 2 edition (October 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782144365
• ISBN-13: 978-0782144369
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #57 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Development > VBA

More About the Author

I'm now writing a free e-mail newsletter called The Useful Geek (website above).

I'm updating my iPod book to cover the latest features, the latest iPods... and the iPhone when it arrives

I'm also writing a book called Do-It-Yourself PC Upgrade Projects, which shows you 24 ways to get more out of your computer -- without buying a new computer. (Or not yet...)

Happy reading -- and computing!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best VBA book I've encountered!, April 6, 2006

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This review is from: Mastering VBA (Paperback)

Let me start by saying that I've purchased my fair share of VBA books the past few years and this is the best one - HANDS DOWN. It is the most organized, most thurough, most complete. There are greate USABLE/PRACTICAL examples and ideas that I've gone hunting for in my other books.... this book had it. Complete with great error handling philosophies.

Well written, well organized and the must have for VBA books. Levels for very basic programmer knowledge to moderate knowledge.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fairly helpful but...., June 8, 2007

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I bought this book because I was going to develop some tools to make things a little easier around the office. It has helped me tremendously, the sections on Excel and Word I found especially helpful. However, the access portion has much to be desired. For instance, First paragraph in chapter 29 on Manipulating the Data in an Access Database via VBA: (paraphrased) Data can be modified from either Access or another VBA-enabled application. This chapter shows you how to work from another VBA-enabled application.

Well what if I wanted to learn how to modify an Access db from Access! Ok maybe Access deserves a whole book to itself, but still it would have been nice if the book elaborated a little on Access VB objects.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mastering VBA as learning tool, February 29, 2008

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This review is from: Mastering VBA (Paperback)

Mastering VBA (Mastering)
I have only just started to use this book to learn VBA.
It is clear and concise and structured to lead a novice from basic macros through to more complex VBA scripting.
The examples and lessons cover Word, Excel and Powerpoint at the same time showing any differences between the programs.
It is well worth a look for people who use these packages but have not yet dabbled in VBA.