Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office 2007, 2nd Edition

Chapter 30

Accessing One Application from Another Application

So far, this book has shown you how to work with VBA to perform actions in the VBA host application. But you’ll sometimes (perhaps often) need to work with other applications as well. This chapter shows you the tools for communicating between applications: Automation, data objects, Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), and SendKeys.

In this chapter you will learn to:

• Use Automation to transfer information
• Use the Shell function to run an application
• Use data objects to store and retrieve information
• Communicate via DDE
• Communicate via SendKeys

Understanding the Tools for Communicating with Other Applications

Most VBA host applications (such as the Office applications that this chapter uses ...