Recommended reading material for VBA?

**Yorksboy** · 10-05-2010, 08:54 AM

I'm thinking of purchasing one of the two following books to get to grips with VBA. I'm a relative newcomer to VBA, although have been using simple macros for a while. Any thoughts, or a completely new book to consider?

Excel 2002 VBA Programmer's Reference (Programmer to Programmer) - Rob Bovey

or

Professional Excel Development: The Definitive Guide to Developing Applications Using Microsoft Excel, VBA, and .NET - Rob Bovey

Thanks.

**Andy Pope** · 10-05-2010, 09:13 AM

If you are just starting out with coding then I would consider

Excel 2007 VBA Programming For Dummies by John Walkenbach.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0470046740

The books you suggest are not really beginner material, but certainly worth reading once you a comfortable with the basics of VBA.

Why a 2002 version of the book?

**Yorksboy** · 10-05-2010, 09:41 AM

Thanks Andy.

I was looking at the second book on my list (on Amazon) and somebody recommended the 2002 book by the same author. I will have a look at the Dummies book, maybe I'm trying to run beofre I can walk