Thank you Herfried and all that responded ... I now have a heap of
reading to do ... but not today!!! It's Christmas here down under in
Australia!!!
Cheers.
Luke.
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:uyqhZgb6EHA.128@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Luke,
>
> "Luke Vogel" <not@_real_address> schrieb:[color=green]
> > could someone point me in the right direction for programming
> > office applications (specifically excel) using vb.net?[/color]
>
> General:
>
> INFO: Develop Microsoft Office Solutions with Visual Studio .NET
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311452>
>
> HOWTO: Automate Microsoft Excel from Visual Basic .NET
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;301982>
>
> How To Use ADO.NET to Retrieve and Modify Records in an Excel Workbook[/color]
With[color=blue]
> Visual Basic .NET
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;316934>
>
> Samples:
>
> How to handle events for Excel 2003 by using Visual Basic .NET
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;822750>
>
> HOW TO: Handle Events for Excel by Using Visual Basic .NET
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302814>
>
> HOWTO: Automate Microsoft Excel from Visual Basic .NET
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;301982>
>
> HOW TO: Transfer Data to an Excel Workbook by Using Visual Basic .NET
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;306022>
>
> HOW TO: Handle Events for Excel by Using Visual C# .NET
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;823981>
>
> Related:
>
> BUG: "Old Format or Invalid Type Library" Error When Automating Excel[/color]
2002[color=blue]
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;320369>
>
> PRB: Office Application Does Not Quit After Automation from Visual[/color]
Studio[color=blue]
> .NET Client
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;317109>
>
> HOWTO: Use the WebBrowser Control to Open an Office Document in Visual[/color]
Basic[color=blue]
> .NET
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;304643>
>
> INFO: Considerations for Server-Side Automation of Office
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;257757>
>
> More information:
>
>[/color]
<URL:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...&catalog=LCID%
3D1033>[color=blue]
>
> There are loads of information about how to use Office applications[/color]
together[color=blue]
> with .NET in the Microsoft Office Developer Center:
>
> Microsoft Office Developer Center
> <URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/>
>
> Office Development
> <URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/>
>[color=green]
> > Can vb.net replace or enhance VBA that comes with the office suite?[/color]
>
> You can write managed Office solutions using VB.NET.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
>
>[/color]
