Programming Excel with VBA and .NET

Jeff Webb, Steve Saunders

1114 pages, parution le 12/05/2006

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Why program Excel? For solving complex calculations and presenting results, Excel is amazingly complete with every imaginable feature already in place. But programming Excel isn't about adding new features as much as it's about combining existing features to solve particular problems. With a few modifications, you can transform Excel into a task-specific piece of software that will quickly and precisely serve your needs. In other words, Excel is an ideal platform for probably millions of small spreadsheet-based software solutions.

The best part is, you can program Excel with no additional tools. A variant of the Visual Basic programming language, VB for Applications (VBA) is built into Excel to facilitate its use as a platform. With VBA, you can create macros and templates, manipulate user interface features such as menus and toolbars, and work with custom user forms or dialog boxes. VBA is relatively easy to use, but if you've never programmed before, Programming Excel with VBA and .NET is a great way to learn a lot very quickly. If you're an experienced Excel user or a Visual Basic programmer, you'll pick up a lot of valuable new tricks. Developers looking forward to .NET development will also find discussion of how the Excel object model works with .NET tools, including Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO).

This book teaches you how to use Excel VBA by explaining concepts clearly and concisely in plain English, and provides plenty of downloadable samples so you can learn by doing. You'll be exposed to a wide range of tasks most commonly performed with Excel, arranged into chapters according to subject, with those subjects corresponding to one or more Excel objects. With both the samples and important reference information for each object included right in the chapters, instead of tucked away in separate sections, Programming Excel with VBA and .NET covers the entire Excel object library. For those just starting out, it also lays down the basic rules common to all programming languages.

With this single-source reference and how-to guide, you'll learn to use the complete range of Excel programming tasks to solve problems, no matter what you're experience level.

L'auteur - Jeff Webb

Jeff Webb est devenu formateur et consultant sur SharePoint après avoir été un des membres de l'équipe d'origine de Visual Basic chez Microsoft. Il écrit des livres sur l'informatique et les technologies depuis vingt ans. Il est l'auteur de nombreux titres chez O'Reilly dont Essential SharePoint, SharePoint Office Pocket Guide, Programming Excel with VBA and .NET ou encore Excel 2003 Programming: A developer's Notebook.

Sommaire

Learning VBA
- Becoming an Excel programmer
- Knowing the basics
- Tasks in Visual Basic
- Using Excel objects
- Creating your own objects
- Writing code for use by others
Excel Objects
- Controlling Excel
- Opening, saving, and sharing workbooks
- Working with worksheets and ranges
- Linking and embedding
- Printing and publishing
- Loading and manipulating data
- Analyzing data with pivot tables
- Sharing data using lists
- Working with XML
- Charting
- Formatting charts
- Drawing graphics
- Adding menus and toolbars
- Building dialog boxes
- Sending and receiving workbooks
Extending Excel
- Building add-ins
- Integrating DLLs and COM
- Getting data from the Web
- Programming Excel with .NET
- Exploring security in depth

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	O'Reilly
Auteur(s)	Jeff Webb, Steve Saunders
Parution	12/05/2006
Nb. de pages	1114
Format	17,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1405g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780596007669
ISBN13	978-0-596-00766-9