There may be times when you need to ask the user to select a file to open. This can be done using the open file dialog. Keep in mind that the open file dialogs doesn’t actually open anything. It returns the path of the file
When you are working with strings, string processing and manipulation is an important tool. Whether you want to search for a certain expression in a string, split a string, add multiple strings … you will have to be familiar with the concepts of string processing.
You might have seen a lot of places talking about the INDEX and MATCH functions. The purpose of using the INDEX and MATCH functions together is to create a functionality similar to VLOOKUP. The problem with the VLOOKUP function is that it can only search
In the article Excel VBA, Gradient’s Colors I’ve explained the basics about working with gradient colors. I’m assuming readers are familiar with the concepts explained in that article before reading this article. Jump To: Gradient Color, Range Modify Existing Gradients Color for Range – Gradient Color, Range:
In a previous article I’ve provided a sample code for getting the color code based on the fill color of a cell, Excel VBA, Get Color Code. In that example the user changes the fill color of the cell A1. After pressing the Get Code button the
This article explains how you can use VBA for Excel to automate Google Earth and set the camera to the location you want. It will be assumed there is KML file located in the path “D:StuffBusinessTempLocation.KML”. The KML file contains the required data for setting the camera
In this article explain how you can write an excel application to retrieve currency exchange (forex) rates from the website http://finance.yahoo.com/. This application also allows users to select only the currency exchange (forex) rates he/she needs. You can download the codes and files related to this article
In the article Excel VBA, Gradient’s Colors I’ve explained the basics about working with gradient’s color. I’m assuming the reader is familiar with the topics covered in that article. – Gradient Color, Row: In the article Excel VBA, Gradient’s Colors I provided 2 examples for creating gradients with different colors. The examples
If you’ve been reading about custom formatting in Excel you’ve probably stepped on the @ character. So what is it? For input values of the text type the @ character specifies where to put the the text. I will explain this using examples – Example
You have probably worked with file and folder dialogues before. Selecting a file to open choosing a path to save the current file choosing a directory path Although it would seem that the dialog itself does the saving and opening, but most dialogues actually don’t do any of that.