Using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) we can develop Excel macros for your needs.

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a scripting language originally developed for controlling operations of the Microsoft Office family of programs. It was derived from the BASIC dialect Visual Basic (VB) developed by Microsoft.

VBA is considered a powerful scripting language and is the most widely used way to create programs based on Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Access, etc.).

The access from VBA to the respective host program (Word, Excel etc.) takes place via a programming interface. In the respective applications, special objects of the host program are available in addition to the VBA core (control structures, data types, mathematical functions, file system). These objects make it possible to automate processes of the respective host program. Since this interface is implemented via the Component Object Model (COM), a VBA application can also access COM components other than those provided by the host program.

In companies, VBA is often used to quickly implement smaller IT solutions or to evaluate prototypes for later native software applications.

advantages

  • the possibility of programming macros increases the utility value of the linked basic applications, which thereby gain extensibility with user-specific functions
  • large range of functions in the office area due to the many functions of the basic applications
  • cross-application via COM, which is also offered by many non-Microsoft applications
  • since the programs can be encapsulated in their own add-ins, they can be added to the application as required