Suitable for readers already familiar with the Excel user interface and introduces programming concepts via numerous multi-step, practical exercises. More advanced topics are introduced via custom projects. Covers recording and editing a macro and writing VBA code through working with XML documents and using ASP to display data on the Web.

Microsoft Excel 2013 Programming by Example with VBA, XML, and ASP is a practical, how-to book on Excel programming, suitable for readers already familiar with the Excel user interface. The book introduces programming concepts via numerous multi-step, illustrated, hands-on exercises. More advanced topics are introduced via custom projects. From recording and editing a macro and writing VBA code to working with XML documents and using classic ASP to access and display data on the Web, this book takes you on a programming journey that will change the way you work with Excel. Completely updated for Excel 2013, this book provides information on performing automatic operations on files, folders, and other Microsoft Office and Web applications. It also covers proper use of event procedures, testing and debugging, and programming advanced Excel features such as PivotTables, PivotCharts, and HTML programming. Thirty chapters loaded with illustrated, hands-on projects and exercises that tell you exactly where to enter code, how to debug it, and then run it. Each exercise/project step is clearly explained as it is performed. Features: updated for MS Excel 2013 and previous versions; includes 30 chapters and more than 275 applied examples and 10 projects; covers HTML and Office Web Apps; and a CD with color screen captures, source code, and supplemental files for projects in the text.