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Excel programming weekend crash course / Peter G. Aitken.

By: Aitken, Peter G.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., 2003Description: xxi, 433 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0764540629.Subject(s): Microsoft Excel (Computer file) | Business -- Computer programs | Electronic spreadsheets | Computer software -- ProgrammingDDC classification: 005.54

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The book is a how-to guide and tutorial that focuses on a specific topic: how to use Excel?s programmability to create custom data processing and analysis solutions. It provides readers with a clear-cut, structured approach to learning Excel programming. Emphasis on practical solutions and real-world examples, rather than on background and theory, helps the reader to develop programming skills quickly. The author?s clean and concise writing style, coupled with his extensive experience with Excel programming, help the reader to understand and utilize difficult concepts without delay.

"Use with Excel 2003, Excel 2002, or Excel 2000"--Cover.

Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Friday
  • Part I Friday Evening
  • Session 1 Microsoft Excel Programming-Why and How
  • Session 2 The VBA Code Editor
  • Session 3 The Excel Object Model
  • Session 4 Syntax and Data in VBA
  • Saturday
  • Part II Saturday Morning
  • Session 5 Operators
  • Session 6 Control Constructs
  • Session 7 Procedures and Modules
  • Session 8 Working with Dates and Times
  • Session 9 Working with Text
  • Session 10 Using Ranges and Selections
  • Part III Saturday Afternoon
  • Session 11 Working with Columns, Rows, and Cells
  • Session 12 Programming with Custom Formulas
  • Session 13 Programming with Excel's Built
  • Session 14 Formatting a Worksheet
  • Session 15 Find and Replace Operations
  • Session 16 Creating Custom Toolbars
  • Part IV Saturday Evening
  • Session 17 Introduction to Charts
  • Session 18 Advanced Charting Techniques
  • Session 19 Creating Custom Dialog Boxes with User Forms
  • Session 20 Controls for User Forms
  • Sunday
  • Part V Sunday Morning
  • Session 21 Advanced User Form Techniques
  • Session 22 A User Form Example
  • Session 23 Working with Events
  • Session 24 Security Considerations
  • Session 25 Debugging and Distributing an Application
  • Session 26 Defining and Using Custom Classes
  • Part VI Sunday Afternoon
  • Session 27 Handling Runtime Errors
  • Session 28 Database Tasks
  • Session 29 Creating Add
  • Session 30 Adding Online Help to Your Application
  • Appendix A Answers to
  • Part Reviews
  • Appendix B What's on the Web Site
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Peter G. Aitken has been writing about computers and programming for over 10 years, with some 30 books as well as hundreds of magazine and trade publication articles to his credit. His recent book titles include Visual Basic .NET Programming with Peter Aitken , Office XP Development with VBA, XML the Microsoft Way , Windows Script Host , and Teach Yourself Visual Basic .NET Internet Programming in 21 Days . For several years he was a Contributing Editor at Visual Developer Magazine where he wrote a popular Visual Basic column. He is a regular contributor to Microsoft OfficePro magazine and the DevX Web site. Peter is the proprietor of PGA Consulting, providing custom application and Internet development to business, academia, and government since 1994.