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----- Original Message -----
From: Walter Lake <wlake@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: VB
> Hi Ed
>
> Glad to hear that you like Walkenbach's book ... I'm currently enjoying
the
> "writing a procedure to call / run another procedure" section. Great idea
to
> have a "meta" program that calls modular programs ... but confusing to
> figure out which is the "calling" and the "called" procedure ... or the
> "runner" and the "runnee" procedure <G>.
>
> Best regards
>
> Walter
>
> Here's some comments from an earlier post re VBA books:
>
> ================
>
> "Excel 2000 VBA Programmers Reference" at
> http://www.wrox.com/Store/Details.asp?Code=2548
>
> Walkenbach's "Excel 2000 Power Programming with VBA"
> at www.idgbooks.com
> and
>
> "SAMS Teach Yourself Microsoft Excel 2000 Programming in 21 Days" by
Matthew
> Harris at www.samspublishing.com
>
>
> The reference book is a fast and easy way to find out the scope / extent
of
> the objects and methods of a "part" of a Excel that you want to program.
>
> Walkenbach's book is much more orientated to using Excel features to their
> maximum extent. Lots of tips and tricks here. Easy to read and understand.
> It is fast paced and will definitely not put you to sleep.
>
> The SAMS 21 day course is great for the non-programmer like myself. For
> example simple VBA / programming terminology will drive you nuts on a
> regular basis. Programmers will talk about "calling" a procedure ... SAMS
> was
> the only book to tell me that to "call a procedure" is the same as to "run
a
> procedure".
>
> Free VBA "book" / materials at
> http://www.microsoft.com/officedev/articles/Opg/toc/pgtoc.htm
>
> ========================
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ed Middleton <emiddleton@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 9:26 AM
> Subject: Re: VB
>
>
> | Walter and others,
> |
> | I have not been following these threads on VB for Excel but I presently
am
> | learning it so as to be able to perform backtesting of Mechanical
screens
> | for stock selection. I have found a very good book that you guys might
> want
> | to look into:
> |
> | Microsoft Excel 2000 power programming with VBA by John Walkenbach
> |
> | I just upgraded to 2000 so this is the one for me but he has written
> similar
> | versions for Excel 95 and Excel 97. Check out amazon for some
> descriptions
> | on his books. It was available at my local Chapters.
> |
> | I'm about 1/4 of the way through the book at have found the read very
easy
> | with great examples. The 2000 version (I'm not sure about the others)
> comes
> | with a CD full of examples organized by the chapter in the book. I
highly
> | recommend this book.
> |
> | Ed
> |
> |
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: Walter Lake <wlake@xxxxxxxxx>
> | To: Metastock bulletin board <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 7:34 AM
> | Subject: VB
> |
> |
> | > Hi Adam, Lars, et al
> | >
> | > Here's a free Chapter 1 that will help to give you a very quick
> "dunking"
> | > into the world of actually programming a project.
> | >
> | > http://www.murach.com/books/VB60/chapter.htm
> | >
> | > When you print it out ... it's set up so that the text goes on the
left
> | and
> | > the instructions and screens go on the right.
> | >
>
>
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