Category Archives: VBA

Using Excel Solver from VBA

Posted on 28/01/2020 by dougaj4

Using the “record macro” icon in Excel to record the solver process, I had a couple of problems: When I tried to run the recorded macro, I got the message “Compile Error – Sub or Function not defined”. When that … Continue reading →

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Column buckling under multiple loads

Posted on 20/01/2020 by dougaj4

Following another buckling discussion at Eng-tips I have modified my Frame4-buckle spreadsheet to allow input of multiple axial loads at any point along the column, along with any number of sections with different section properties.  Background on the method used … Continue reading →

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Python Traps

Posted on 01/01/2020 by dougaj4

When converting existing VBA code to Python there are a number of obvious changes to the syntax that need to be made for the code to run at all, but there are also a number of not so obvious traps … Continue reading →

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A problem with integers in VBA

Posted on 01/10/2019 by dougaj4

A recent question at Quora asked: “Why am I getting an overflow error in Excel VBA when doing a simple arithmetic calculation like str1 = 24*60*30 where str1 is a variant or long or double?” I hadn’t encountered that problem … Continue reading →

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Plotting Mandelbrot

Posted on 15/09/2019 by dougaj4

There are many sites discussing the Mandelbrot Set, but not many examples using VBA to plot the set in Excel, so here is my effort: The spreadsheet (including open source VBA code) may be downloaded from: Mandelbrot chart.zip Note that … Continue reading →

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