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VBA Automation for Excel 2019 Cookbook

By : Mike Van Niekerk
Book Image

VBA Automation for Excel 2019 Cookbook

By: Mike Van Niekerk

Overview of this book

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a programming language developed by Microsoft to automate tasks in MS Office applications. This book will help you to focus on the essential aspects of your role by automating mundane tasks in Excel and other Office applications. With comprehensive coverage of VBA delivered in the form of practice problems and bite-sized recipes, this book will help you to hit the ground running. Unlike most books that assume prior programming experience, this book starts with the fundamentals and gradually progresses to solving bigger problems. You’ll start by becoming familiar with VBA so that you can start recording macros right away. With this foundation in place, you’ll advance to using the full capabilities of the language as you apply loops, functions, and custom dialog boxes to design your own automation programs. You'll also get to grips with embedded macros and other advanced tools to enhance productivity and explore topics relating to app performance and security. Throughout this VBA book, you’ll cover multiple practice projects in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint while exploring tips and best practices to hone your skills. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills you need to use VBA to create your own programs that control MS Office applications.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Unloading a form

Closing dialog boxes is something we hardly think about, because it either happens automatically, or we click on a Cancel button. That is exactly what we need to do with our custom dialog box, instead of having to ungracefully click on the Windows close down button in the top right. We need some coding to facilitate the closing, or unloading, process.

In this recipe, we will be unloading a form from memory.

Getting ready

Make sure that Controls.xlsm is still open. New Record Entry Form should be visible, and both the Project window and the Properties window should be visible on the left of the VBA Editor.

How to do it…

Let's see how to unload a form:

  1. In the UserForm window, double-click the Save this Entry button, and then add the Unload method as the last line of code:
    Private Sub cmdSaveEntry_Click()
        Sheet1.Activate
        Range("A1").End(xlDown).Offset(1, 0).Select
      ...