Most Popular Posts of 2017


10 Non-VBA Concepts Important for VBA Developers

As a VBA developer, it’s important not to lose sight of the broader Excel application environment. VBA will always be part of Excel — an application containing its own interface, features, and functionality. This post will provide an overview of 10 important non-VBA concepts and features important for VBA developers …

Techniques to Organize a VBA Project

While most modern programming environments provide robust tools to organize complex projects and separate procedures, the VBA editor’s organization features are limited. While procedures can be separated into different modules, not many options exist in terms of organizing modules into subfolders.

VBA Productivity Tip: Procedure List


VBA Productivity Tip: Intellisense

This post introduces our first VBA Productivity Tip, a summary of the VBA Editor’s intellisense feature. Intellisense can help reduce the occurrence of common syntactical and semantic errors by providing useful tooltips and lists to help you code more efficiently.

Creating and Using Collections in VBA

Similar to arrays, Collections are data structures which can store many values. While each have their own benefits, Collections do not need to be manually resized and are very useful when working with dynamic lists and other data.

Nested Loops – Looping Within Loops

While stand-alone loops will accomplish many tasks that require basic iteration, loops can be nested within other loops. In Excel, nested loops provide robust functionality to complete a number of tasks, such as filling out spreadsheet data, creating multidimensional arrays, or formatting cells.

Using a Do Loop to Iterate Through Spreadsheet Data

Do Loops are an effective means of iterating through a set of data where the number of iterations is not known. Given the versatility and easy for adding and removing data on an Excel spreadsheet, a Do Loop is an extremely valuable tool when used effectively in VBA.

Cycling Through Collections Using a VBA For Each Loop

As a VBA developer, you will work with collections of objects and arrays of data. There will frequently be a need to either list all items within the group, or extract a specific element from the group. One of the most effective ways of doing this is with a For …

Interact with Spreadsheets Using a VBA For Loop

The For Loop is the most basic iterative loop, permitting a block of code to be executed for a specific number of times. Nested within a for loop, scripts can help input, modify, or remove data from spreadsheets.