As with most technologies Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), the scripting language available with most MS Office applications, is deemed by some to be already Walking Dead and soon to be deceased. VBA is a versatile and easy to use programming language allowing you to automate tasks and create simple MS Office applications. Visual Basic […]
One of the most common mistakes in VBA is using incorrect forms/dialogs for usually simple tasks. The VBA UserForm is one of the most exploited VBA modules I have ever seen (as opposed to VBA Class modules which are underutilized ;)). VBA developers and Excel users seem to think often that every dialog box and […]
The VBA InputBox is a very useful VBA user input feature along the VBA Message Box, before needing to reach out for VBA UserForms The InputBox allows you to create a simple pop-up message with a single user input textbox. A disclaimer to begin with: Refrain from using the InputBox for yes/no, binary questions, as […]
Visual Basic for Application (VBA) is great for making your first steps in Web Scraping as Excel is ubiquitous and a great training arena to learn Web Scraping. Web Scraping comes down to making HTTP requests to websites. At some point however you will find that some websites will cut you off or prevent multiple […]
The VBA Dir function is crucial to exploring any file system with the use of VBA – whether in Excel or other MS Office applications. In some case true you can resort to a Select File Dialog, however, in other cases you need to be able to easily match files or directories in file systems […]