Are there any way to do so? I prefer to use VB.NET or Java and try to avoid to use VBA. Thanks!
This information might help. It walks through automating Word using C#, but the examples should get you going with VB.
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I recently learned that I could create Office Word macros with Visual Basic, but is it possible to use a different language? Visual Basic is ok for beginners, but I want to know if it's possible to use different languages, and how to set them up.
PS: Is lua possible at all? I love lua. I immagine lua would be a good macro language.
This related question is a good example of using lua with Excel. It in fact contains a lot of documentation about getting lua/Excel talking.
You can't directly work with other languages in Excel the way you can VBA. However, a lot of languages do have the ability to create COM objects (such as in the example above) which let you interact with Excel quite similarly to how you otherwise would do in VBA. Here's a Python package which does similarly.
But if you want to basically write lua code in the VBA editor and "change language" then no, you can't.
Is it possible to write VB.NET code to be used in an Excel spreadsheet without using Visual Studio? In other words, is there a built-in VB.NET editor for Excel that can be easily accessed like the built-in VBA editor? Or can I coerce the built-in VBA editor to allow me to write VB.NET code?
If the answer is no, do you know why Microsoft has not implemented this in Excel? It seems the ease of accessing the VBA editor is one of the reasons people still write new VBA code today. If Microsoft wants to be rid of VBA then why not make VB.NET more accessible in Excel? I'm not interested in speculation but instead any official word from Microsoft.
Some direct answers to the direct questions:
is there a built-in VB.NET editor for Excel that can be easily accessed like the built-in VBA editor?
Answer: No
Or can I coerce the built-in VBA editor to allow me to write VB.NET code?
Answer: No
If the answer is no, do you know why Microsoft has not implemented this in Excel?
Answer: since I'm not a Microsoft insider, No (but I could speculate...)
There are, of course, a variety of non-built in ways to interact with Excel. But I'm sure you already know that.
That's kind of a silly question. The internal language for MS Excel currently happens to be VBA. And frankly. VBA is pretty darn close to both VB6 as well as VB.Net, IMHO. Certainly the two are more similar than, say C++, Java, Perl or any of a million other languages.
So why isn't doesn't Excel use VB.Net (or, for that matter, C#)? Because Excel doesn't come with its own .Net runtime, and doesn't require you to have a .Net runtime to use it.
So why can't use use VB.Net (or C#) with Excep? If course you can use them with Excel. You can write a VB.Net program that reads and writes Excel spreadsheets, that invokes Excel functionality, that uses Excel as a datasource, etc etc etc.
So what more could you ask for ;)?
I was looking at software to write novels and stories and they have basically the same organizational format. They have a tree on the side and folders for organizing. Here are some examples:
http://storyist.com/assets/screenshots/StoryistCollage-Full.jpg
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener_pages/screenshotcommentary.php
I have Microsoft Word and being a programmer (among other things), I wondered if there is a way to use VBA controls and create this look and organizational process in Word.
Is there any way to do that? If there is, how would I begin? Or, is this something I need to do standalone?
EDIT: Here is what I am looking for:
http://writingoutliner.com/software-features/project-based-writing-for-long-documents.php
Is this possible solely with VBA?
Your question if broken down would be something like this
I wondered if there is a way to use VBA controls and create this look and organizational process in Word
Is there any way to do that? If there is, how would I begin?
Is this something I need to do standalone?
Unfortunately Word would be a wrong choice if you want that kind of professional Look. If you want a standalone I would recommend creating a CHM (Compiled Help Modules) file. It would look something like one of your Windows Help File.
There are many free software's that can create CHM Files for you. One such link is here.
If you want a really amazing tool (I use the same and unfortunately it is not free) then check out Help and Manual 6
If you still want to do it in word, you will have to use VBA and then use the Treeview Control in a userform. The biggest disadvantage of Treeview is that it is not distributable. To see how to work with Treeview control, see my other reply here.
I'm making some snippets and i want to position the cursor. I've come acros "$end$" but all examples i see are in c#. Since recently i've started programming in vb.net again and it seems $end$ isn't recognized or doesn't work here. Is there another keyword in vb to do the same?
thanks in advance.
To the best of my knowledge, no. MSDN doesn't do the best job of documenting the meta-languages of snippets so reverse engineering tends to be the best way to figure things out. Looking through all of the VB snippets I can't find any usage of $selected$ or $end$. When I insert Microsoft-created snippets in VB I also can't press enter to go to the inside of my snippets like I can in C#.
If you install SharpDevelop, it has a translator that will convert C# code to VB.NET.
Just open a .cs file and then Tools->Convert to->VB.NET
I need interop in my programs to automate several functions in Word and Outlook. Does anyone know a good place to start. My goal is to kick off a mail merge, create several different files and save them accordingly, then e-mail the different files to different people based upon who needs what. Any help learning how to use the interop properly would be greatly appreciated.
I am currently using Visual Studio 2008 and Office 2007 and use vb.net to write my programs.
A good way to get started is to use the macro editor to record the steps you are trying to perform. You can take the generated macro code and modify it for your purposes to suit. Click on the names of functions and variables of which you do not know the purpose and hit "F1" to get context specific help.
Add COM references to Outlook 12.0 Object library and Word 12.0 Object library.
This web page really helped kick me off: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316383
Then, by recording macros you'll expose a lot of the stuff you'll likely want to work with. Word of warning, however, is that not everything exposed in VBA (macros) is accessible within VB .NET. I don't know why this is, but I've actually had to construct and execute a macro from VB.NET, written in VBA, within Excel to accomplish something that seemed ridiculously easy if it weren't for the strange disconnect between the two.
Some good info on Mail Merge: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258512
Here's an article with some basic steps to get you up and connected with Outlook's Interop: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313787
Hope this helps. I'll keep an eye out for questions from you here--I'd say I know quite a bit when it comes to interop.
You might want to start here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb266408.aspx.
There are a number of tutorials.