7/12/2017 VBA Excel Objects
VBA - EXCEL OBJECTS
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When programming using VBA, there are few important objects that a user would be dealing with.
Application Objects
Workbook Objects
Worksheet Objects
Range Objects
Application Objects
The Application object consists of the following −
Application-wide settings and options.
Methods that return top-level objects, such as ActiveCell, ActiveSheet, and so on.
Example
'Example 1 :
Set xlapp = CreateObject("Excel.Sheet")
xlapp.Application.Workbooks.Open "C:\test.xls"
'Example 2 :
Application.Windows("test.xls").Activate
'Example 3:
Application.ActiveCell.Font.Bold = True
Workbook Objects
The Workbook object is a member of the Workbooks collection and contains all the Workbook objects currently
open in Microsoft Excel.
Example
'Ex 1 : To close Workbooks
Workbooks.Close
'Ex 2 : To Add an Empty Work Book
Workbooks.Add
'Ex 3: To Open a Workbook
Workbooks.Open FileName:="Test.xls", ReadOnly:=True
'Ex : 4 - To Activate WorkBooks
Workbooks("Test.xls").Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate
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Worksheet Objects
The Worksheet object is a member of the Worksheets collection and contains all the Worksheet objects in a
workbook.
Example
'Ex 1 : To make it Invisible
Worksheets(1).Visible = False
'Ex 2 : To protect an WorkSheet
Worksheets("Sheet1").Protect password:=strPassword, scenarios:=True
Range Objects
Range Objects represent a cell, a row, a column, or a selection of cells containing one or more continuous blocks
of cells.
'Ex 1 : To Put a value in the cell A5
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A5").Value = "5235"
'Ex 2 : To put a value in range of Cells
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:A4").Value = 5
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