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BrupieD 2 6 months ago · edited 6 months ago
I found some VB.NET books to be really helpful for bringing my skills up. The vast majority of VBA
books are introductory/beginner-level books. Intermediate to advanced level books are relatively COMMUNITY OPTIONS

rare but VB.NET books assume a developer mindset yet still look and feel like VBA.

The .NET books allow you to think about projects without the burden of endless references to the ADVERTISEMENT

Excel object model.

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Angry_Piggy 6 months ago

Thanks for your answer sir.

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ItsJustAnotherDay- 6 6 months ago · edited 6 months ago

One particular topic that increased my power is to dive deeper into ADO. The ability run SQL
queries on excel files, csvs, connect to other databases and execute stored procedures there using
parameters from excel. Very powerful and flexible. Here’s an excellent book on ADO that has many
VBA examples:

https://www.amazon.com/ADO-ActiveX-Creating-Data-Driven-Solutions-
ebook/dp/B00ZDXDTTS/ref=nodl_

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Angry_Piggy 6 months ago

Thanks for the suggestion sir. I already used ADO but for really small tasks, like selecting data
from Access DB, but that's rather it. I don't have a crazy SQL level so maybe it's the opportunity
to progress on both ADO and SQL.

What do you think about using tables in your sheets? I never used those and they feel
unintuitive to me.

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BrupieD 2 6 months ago

ADO can be used for more than connecting to databases. It's handy for connecting to files.
I've "queried" csv files for just the columns I need -- a much tidier & faster way of grabbing
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ItsJustAnotherDay- 6 6 months ago
Public Sub HelloWorld()
IMO, Excel tables are a good step towards automation. They’re more robust than named
Debug.Print "Hello World!"
ranges and certainly regular ranges.
End Sub
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beyphy 8 6 months ago · edited 6 months ago
I started off with Power Programming with VBA. It's a great book overall, but it's kind of weak in
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Beginner: As other's have mentioned, Chip Pearson has a great website
Beginner: Analysts Cave is a great place to find VBA examples and documentation too.
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Advanced:
ONLINE DOCUMENTATION
Hardcore VB6 is probably one of the best advanced tutorials I have found.
VB Forums CodeBank - A great source of examples. Some of these won't work in VBA ONLINE TUTORIALS
without modification, however there are many advanced modules and ideas which will
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better your understanding in general!

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Planet Source Code Archive - Some Advanced gems here, and some great tutorials but you
have to fish around a lot for them! ADD-INS, EXTENSIONS AND
VBA Inspiration mostly advanced examples of VB6 code from vb forums but also includes a
REPOSITORIES.
full history of VB and VBA. This is interesting for historical context and also in understanding
how VBA is different to VB6 CODE FORMATTERS
Stack Overflow tags with VB6 and VBA - Again a great wealth of examples here, some really
good examples and other ugly ones. Great for learning what is understandable code and
what isn't (which is generally a good skill to learn anyway).

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Programming Excel with VBA by Flavio Morgado
Professional Excel Development: the definitive guide to developing applications using microsoft
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Those are the ones I know that approach vba in an advanced level
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jplank1983 1 6 months ago ProTip

Power Programming with VBA by Walkenbach is a really wonderful resource. See more

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