Offers information on the VBA IDE and program containers, debugging and controlling your programs, working with multiple applications using a single program, and the programming for the Office 2007 applications. This work shows how to customize an application's interface; quick-launch a VBA program; store and modify information; and more.

Introduction 1 Part I: An Overview of VBA 7 Chapter 1: Getting to Know VBA 9 Chapter 2: Your First VBA Program 33 Part II: Learning the Ropes 49 Chapter 3: Writing Structured VBA Programs 51 Chapter 4: Storing and Modifying Information 79 Chapter 5: Creating Structured Programs 111 Chapter 6: Trapping Errors and Squashing Bugs 133 Chapter 7: Interacting with the User 155 Part III: Expanding Your VBA Horizons 179 Chapter 8: Object-Oriented Programming 181 Chapter 9: Working with Arrays and Collections 205 Chapter 10: Working with Disk Files 229 Chapter 11: VBA Programming with XML 239 Part IV: Programming for Applications 255 Chapter 12: VBA Programming in Office 257 Chapter 13: VBA Programming in Word 277 Chapter 14: VBA Programming in Excel 305 Chapter 15: VBA Programming in Access 329 Chapter 16: Applications that Work Together 355 Part V: The Part of Tens 379 Chapter 17: Ten Kinds of VBA Resources 381 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Update Your Old VBA Code Quickly 389 On the Web Bonus Chapter 1: VBA Programming in FrontPage BC1 Bonus Chapter 2: VBA Programming in Visio BC25 Bonus Chapter 3: Ten Really Cool Things You Can Do with VBA BC43 Index 397

VBA helps you put your computer in its place Write programs that automate tasks and make Office 2007 work better for you If your computer is becoming your boss instead of your servant, start using VBA to tell it what to do! Here's the latest on the VBA IDE and program containers, debugging and controlling your programs, working with multiple applications using a single program, and the most exciting stuff — programming for all the Office 2007 applications. Discover how to Customize an application's interfaceQuick-launch a VBA programStore and modify informationUse VBA with the RibbonUnderstand object-oriented programmingAvoid runtime errors