Good topics--poor coverage
My review is based on Chapter 8, Manipulating files and folders with VBA.
I'd say the author's approach to writing this chapter is equivalent to identifying a few of the VBA commands related to files, and copying the on-line help. These commands are the older ones like CurDir, Name, Dir, MkDir and RmDir. She does not describe the FSO (File System Object) Library that is the centerpiece of Kofler's treatment of this subject.
There is no imagination here, no sense of real problems that occur in solving a real problem. The on-line help is as useful as the book, and also as useless. There are even fewer examples of code than the on-line help provides. And in trying to cobble together a complete project, there is no additional help here. The problems you cannot solve with the on-line help are not solved by Julitta.
A further annoyance is the Wordware Publishing binding, which will not open flat, so you have to pin it between your legs and the desk to kee!p it open at the page you are consulting while you type in the examples.
Bottom Line: Wait for a better book, or put up with the out-of-date Elizabeth Boonin. If you can understand a more advanced approach, go for Kofler's "Definitive Guide to Excel VBA", which really treats the newer features of Excel VBA.
Good style and explanation of subject, let down by errors
A very good book for self teaching on Excel VBA, flawed by mistakes in the text. At least in spotting the errors,I improved my understanding of the subject. Ho hum.
An Excellent Book for the Beginner and Intermediate Programm
I found this book to be easy to understand with plenty inside information on programming Excel. There are lots of tutorials which use most of the features of programming in Excel. The CD-ROM with all the tutorial exercises is useful for the longer exercises. It is slightly marred by a few typos.
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