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• MS EXCEL/VBA TRAINING COURSES - 3

- Introduction
VBA is an Object-Based (Not Object Oriented)
Programming Language Developed Especially for
Micorsoft Office Suite.

Containers or Collections
- A Group of Similar Objects Share Common Properties,
Methods and Events
- Such as Workbooks, Worksheets, etc.
- Worksheets is a collection of all the Worksheet objects in the
specified or active workbook.
- Worksheets(1) refers to the 1st worksheet of current active
workbook.

Objects
- Such as Worksheet, Workbook, Range, Cell, Chart, Name, etc.
- Worksheets(1) is an Object Referring to the First Sheet
- Range("A1:B15") is an Object Referring to a Range

Properties
- Properties are the Physical Characteristics of Objects and Can
be Measured or Quantified.
- Properties for Collections
- Worksheets.Count (Read Only)
- Worksheets.Visible = True (Read and Write)
- Properties for Object
- Range("A1:B15").Rows.Count (Read Only)
- Range("A1:B15").Font.Bold = True (Read and Write)

Methods
- Methods are the Actions that Can be Performed by Objects or
on Objects
- Methods for Collections
- Worksheets.Add
- Worksheets.Delete
- Methods for Objects
- Range("A1:B15").ClearContents
- ActiveCell.Copy

Events
- Objects Can Respond to Events, Such as Mouse Click, Double
Click on a Cell, Active a Worksheet, Open/Close/Save a Workbook,
etc.
- Such as Worksheet_Activate, Chart_Select
- Such as Sheet_Change, Chart_BeforeDoubleClick
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- Work with Worksheets

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' Refer A Worksheet

Worksheets(1) ' Use Index, The First Sheet of Active Workbook
Worksheets("Sheet1") ' Use Name, Sheet "Sheet1" of ActiveWorkbook
ActiveWorksheet ' Active Worksheet of Active Workbook
Workbooks("TestSht.xls").Worksheets("Sheet2") ' Refer to A non-Active Workbook's
Worksheet

' Add A New Worksheet

Workbooks("TestSht.xls").Worksheets.Add.Name = "NewSht"

' Activate A Worksheet

Sheets("NewSht").Activate
Workbooks("TestSht.xls").Sheets("NewSht").Activate

' Delete A Worksheet

Workbooks("TestSht.xls").Sheets("NewSht").Delete

' Copy A Worksheet

Workbooks("TestSht.xls").Sheets("NewSht").Copy
After:=Workbooks("TestSht.xls").Worksheets(2)

' ReName A Worksheet

Workbooks("TestSht.xls").Sheets("NewSht").name = "NewSht2"

' Count Sheets

MsgBox "Current Workbook Has " & Sheets.Count & " Worksheets", vbInformation

' Extract Sheet Name

MsgBox "Current Sheet Name is " & ActiveSheet.Name, vbInformation

' Loop All Sheets

Dim sht As Worksheet
For Each sht In ActiveWorkbook.Sheets
MsgBox sht.Name & " C7 = " & Range("C7").Value, vbInformation
Next

' Used Range of A Sheet

MsgBox "The Used Range of Sheet [" & ActiveSheet.Name & "] is " &
ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Address, vbInformation

' Set Scroll Area

If ActiveSheet.ScrollArea = "" Then
ActiveSheet.ScrollArea = "C7:C16" ' Any Cells Beyond This Range Can Not Be Select by
Mouse or Keyboard
Else
ActiveSheet.ScrollArea = "" ' ' Use "" to Set the Scroll Area to All the Cells
End If

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 ActiveSheet.ScrollArea = "C7:C16" ' Any Cells Beyond This Range Can Not Be Select by
Mouse or Keyboard
Else
ActiveSheet.ScrollArea = "" ' ' Use "" to Set the Scroll Area to All the Cells
End If

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- Work with Workbooks

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' Refer A Workbook

Workbooks(1) ' Use Index
Workbooks("Results.Xls") ' Use Name
ActiveWorkbook ' Refers to the Active Workbook

' Create A New Workbook

Dim NewWkBk as Workbook
Set NewWkBk = Workbooks.Add
With NewWkBk
.Title = "Analysis Resultd"
.Subject = "Results for Analysis"
.SaveAs Filename:="Results.xls"
End With

' Open An Exisiting Workbook

Dim Fname as string
Fname ="C:\AnalysisResutls\Results.xls"
Workbooks.Open(Fname)

' Close An Open Workbook

Workbooks("Results.xls").Close SaveChanges:=False ' Not Save Changes
Workbooks("Results.xls").Close SaveChanges:=True ' Save Changes
Workbooks.Close ' Close All Open Workbook

' Activate An Open Workbook

Workbooks("Results.xls").Activate

' Save An Open Workbook

Workbooks("Results.xls").Save

' SaveAs An Open Workbook

Workbooks("Results.xls").SaveAs "Results2.Xls" ' Results2.xls is Open & Results.xls is
Close

' SaveCopyAs An Open Workbook Very useful for backup file

Workbooks("Results.xls").SaveCopyAs "Results2.Xls" ' Results.xls is Still Open and A Copy
of the Workbook is Created

' Extract Workbook Name and Path

Dim strName as string, strPath as string
strName = ActiveWorkbook.FullName
strPath = ActiveWorkbook.Path

' Print Preview

ActiveWorkbook.PrintPreview

' List All Open Workbooks' Name

Dim k As Integer
For k = 1 To Workbooks.Count
MsgBox Workbooks(k).Name
Next

' Loop All Open Workbooks

Dim wkbk As Workbook
For Each wkbk In Workbooks
' Print Preview
ActiveWorkbook.PrintPreview

' List All Open Workbooks' Name

Dim k As Integer
For k = 1 To Workbooks.Count
MsgBox Workbooks(k).Name
Next

' Loop All Open Workbooks

Dim wkbk As Workbook
For Each wkbk In Workbooks
MsgBox "Workbook " & wkbk.Name & " Has " & Workbooks(k).Sheets.Count & " Sheets",
vbInformation
Next

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