To make it disappear just save as a macro enabled workbook in the new format (*.xlsm). There are no problems running the macros, but the message is annoying. The examples have all been made in Excel 2000 or 2003 (Danish version), and if they don't work in other versions it may be, that I have made mistakes, but it could also be a compatibility issue.Įxcel 2016 introduced a new bug: You get an error message, "Automation error", when you open (some) spreadsheets with macros made with Excel 2003 or older.
#CHANDOO EXCEL VBA EXAMPLES HOW TO#
In this article, we will show you how to use the same function in VBA coding. I do not have a certificate, so you will probably need to select a low security level to run the macros. For example, COUNTIF(A1:A10,Trump) will count the number of cells within the range A1:A10 that contain the text Trump read more to know the basics of COUNTIF function in Excel VBA.
Once you have opened an Excel workbook, you can open the Visual Basic editor by pressing ALT+F11. When we are doing all these, we spend quite some time, repeating same steps. We use Excel to analyze data, create reports, prepare charts & presentations, do calculations and understand information. The spreadsheets exemplify some of the things I write about on this site, and to the right of each download link is a (www)-link that will take you to the corresponding webpage. Excel VBA Information, Tutorials, Examples & Resources Excel VBA allows you to automate various activities you do in Excel.
The files are zip-compressed, and you unzip by right-clicking (once the file is downloaded) and choose "Unpack" or whatever Windows suggests. From this page you can download Excel spreadsheets with VBA macro examples.