Everything about Visual Basic for Applications

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Visual Basic for ApplicationsA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: A Review of DEtection TRansformer: From Basic Architecture to Advanced Developments and Visual Perception ApplicationsInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Excel VBA Programming For DummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: SpPack: spatial point pattern analysis in Excel using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)Cited 95 times
5. Go sideways: Microsoft AccessA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Visual Studio Tools for OfficeA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• SpPack: spatial point pattern analysis in Excel using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

  George L.W. Perry · 2004 · Environmental Modelling & Software · 95 citations

• Automation of order costing analysis by using Visual Basic for applications in Microsoft Excel

  Muhammad Ahmed Kalwar, Muhammad Faisal Shahzad, Muzamil Hussain Wadho · 2022 · Journal of Applied Research in Technology & Engineering · 7 citations

• A Data Entry System for Dietary Surveys Based on Visual Basic for Applications Programming

  Sinara L. Rossato, Teresa T. Fung, Marcela P. Rodrigues · 2017 · Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 6 citations

• Optimization of material delivery time analysis by using Visual Basic for applications in Excel

  Muhammad Ali Khan, Muhammad Ahmed Kalwar, Abdul Karim Chaudhry · 2021 · Journal of Applied Research in Technology & Engineering · 6 citations

• Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling Using Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic for Applications

  Dale J. Marino · 2005 · Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods · 5 citations

• Activating laboratories using Visual Basic for Applications

  Nigel Poole · 2007 · Engineering Education · 2 citations

• Improving Workflow Efficiencies in Protein Formulation Laboratories Using Visual Basic for Applications

  Gayathri Ratnaswamy, Vasumathi Dharmavaram · 2007 · JALA: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation · 1 citations

• Behavioral data management using visual basic for applications to automate data capture and analysis

  Maurice L. Sipos, Richard E. Sweeney · 2003 · Journal of Neuroscience Methods · 1 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• A Review of DEtection TRansformer: From Basic Architecture to Advanced Developments and Visual Perception Applications

  Liang Yu, Lin Tang, Lisha Mu · 2025 · Sensors · 24 citations

• Electrodynamics: Um aplicativo em linguagem Visual Basic for Applications voltado para o ensino de Eletrodinâmica no ensino médio

  Luiz Moreira Gomes Jr., Fernanda Carla Lima Ferreira, Luiz Moreira Gomes · 2022 · Scientia Plena · 1 citations

• Automation of Post-Order Costing Analysis By Using Visual Basic For Applications In Microsoft Excel: A Case Study

  Muhammad Ahmed Kalwar, Muhammad Ali Khan, Asif Nawaz Wassan · 2023 · WPOM-Working Papers on Operations Management · 1 citations

• MENGURAI KERANCUAN KONSEPTUAL VISUAL BASIC DAN VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS PADA SISWA SMK PGRI 1 CIMAHI

  Shandy Tresnawati, Ari Sudrajat, Reni Raafidiani · 2026 · PUAN INDONESIA · 0 citations

• Visual Transformer Large Models: Basic Architecture, Structural Improvements and Applications

  Xingwei Song · 2025 · Applied and Computational Engineering · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Excel VBA Programming For DummiesJohn Walkenbach · 2004
• Financial ModelingSimon Benninga · 1997
• Excel VBA 24-Hour TrainerTom Urtis · 2011
• VBA for modelersS. Christian Albright · 2000
• 📕Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers Using Excel, VBA and MATLABVictor J. Law · 2013
• VB & VBA in a nutshellPaul Lomax · 1998
• Access 2007 VBA programmer's referenceTeresa Hennig, Teresa Hennig · 2007
• VBA for dummiesSteve Cummings · 1998

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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