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Lecture 15: Excel VBA

Introduction to Computer
Programming for Engineering

Lecture 15: Excel VBA

EXCEL OBJECT MODEL

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Excel Object Model

 Similar to a Family tree or Pedigree Chart

Excel Object Model

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Excel Object Model

 Shows the hierarchy and

relationship for all the objects,
properties, methods, and events contained
in Excel.

Excel Object Model

 At the top of this model is the

Application object — in this case,
Excel itself.

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Application Object
• a collection of all
Workbooks
Workbook objects

• a collection of all
Windows
Window objects

• a collection of all
AddIns
AddIn objects

Workbook Object
• a collection of
Worksheets
Worksheet objects

• a collection of Chart
Charts
objects

• a collection of Name
Names
objects

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COLLECTIONS

Collections

 A collection is a group of objects

of the same class, and

 a collection is itself an
object.

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Collections

 You can work with an entire collection of

objects or with an individual object in a
collection.

Collections

 To reference a single object from a

collection, you put the object’s name or
index number in parentheses after the
name of the collection

Worksheets(“Sheet1”)

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OBJECT REFERENCING

Object Referencing

 When you refer to an object using VBA,

you often must qualify the object by
connecting object names with a period
(also known as a dot operator).

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Object Referencing

 Cell A1 (A-One) of Active Sheet

Range(“A1”)

Object Referencing

 Cell A1 of Sheet1 Worksheet

Worksheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A1”)

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Object Referencing

 Cell A1 of Sheet1 Worksheet in Book1

Workbook

Workbooks(“Book1”).Worksheets(“Sheet1
”).Range(“A1”)

Object Referencing

 The fully qualified reference of Cell A1

including the Application Object.

Application.Workbooks(“Book1”).Workshe
ets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A1”)

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EXCEL APPLICATION
OBJECT

Excel Application Object

 Represents the entire Microsoft Excel

application.

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Excel Application Object

Application-wide settings and options.

Properties that return top-level objects,

such as ActiveCell, ActiveSheet, and so on.

Excel Application Model

Property Object Returned
ActiveCell The active cell.
ActiveChart The active chart sheet or chart
contained in a ChartObject on a
worksheet.
This property is Nothing if a chart
isn’t active.
ActiveSheet The active sheet (worksheet or
chart).
ActiveWindow The active window.

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Excel Application Model

Method Object Returned
ActiveWorkbook The active workbook.
Selection The object selected. (It could be a
Range object, Shape, ChartObject, and
so
on.)
ThisWorkbook The workbook that contains the VBA
procedure being executed.This object
may
or may not be the same as the
ActiveWorkbook object.

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CELL RANGES

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Range Object

 A Range object is contained in a

Worksheet object and consists of a
single cell or range of cells
on a single worksheet.

Range Object Referencing

 Ways of referring to Range objects in

your VBA code:
1. The Range property of a Worksheet or
Range class object
2. The Cells property of a Worksheet object
3. The Offset property of a Range object

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Range Property

 The Range property returns a Range

object.

 Syntax:
◦ object.Range(cell1)
◦ object.Range(cell1, cell2)
◦ object.Range(cell1:cell2)
◦ object.Range(NamedRange)

Cells Property
 Another way to reference a range is to
use the Cells property. You can use the
Cells property, like the Range property, on
Worksheet objects and Range objects.

 Syntaxes:
◦ object.Cells(rowIndex, columnIndex)
◦ object.Cells(rowIndex)
◦ object.Cells

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Offset Property

 The Offset property, like the Range

and Cells properties, also returns a
Range object.

 But unlike the other two methods, the

Offset property applies only to a
Range object and no other class.

Offset Property

 Syntax:
◦ object.Offset(rowOffset, columnOffset)

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