Category Archives: VBA

XLDennis, the MSDN Library, and VBA rant

Dennis Wallentin, aka XLDennis, is a long time contributor to the on-line Excel community and co-author of the latest version of Professional Excel Development.  In recent years he has concentrated on the use of the VSTO and .NET products in … Continue reading

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More on writing arrays to the worksheet

Writing a large VBA array to the worksheet in a single operation, rather than cell by cell, can result in a huge improvement of the speed of many macros.  The basic technique was described here.  I recently wanted to modify this … Continue reading

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Using the Strand7 API

Strand7 is a general purpose Finite Element Analysis program, which has an Application Programming Interface (API), allowing external programs to interact with Strand7, including reading and writing to data files, running analyses, and reading the results.  The API is a comprehensive … Continue reading

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Flipping Coin Problems

At Daily Dose of Excel Dick K. looks at a VBA solution to this problem: Problem description: Take a stack of coins all heads up. Upturn the topmost coin, place back on the stack and then proceed: take the top 2 … Continue reading

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Using Beam Design Functions

“Beam Design Functions” is an Excel spreadsheet providing a User Defined Function (UDF) that will calculate the stresses, strains, forces and moments in a reinforced or prestressed concrete section subject to any specified bending moment and axial load, using an … Continue reading

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