Excel 2000 Developer's Handbook

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Useful but no developers handbook...   November 12, 2000
L. Bonnema (Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland Netherlands)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

Deliriously happy with my Access2000 Developer's Handbook set I bought this book without looking any further convinced the DevH series are the best... and they are... just not for Excel. Calling this a developers handbook insults any serious developer. Don't get me wrong, this IS a good book on Excel, it just worthless if you want to get some real coding going on there.


Wow! This Book UnderWhelmed Me!   June 9, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

I can't believe that someone is obviously trying to plant reviews on this book. Looking at the two recent reviews from LA and WA I'm convinced they were on crack when they wrote them (or at least exclamation point happy--as both reviews make liberal usage of).

Also, an obvious attempt was made to casually point out the books strong points-which there are none. The help file information is relatively weak in its depth (like the rest of the book) and the Web publishing stuff has to be a laugh. How much further can "Sava As..." Web Page, be taken?

Don't be fooled by the corny five star reviews, this book is nothing short of worthless.


Simply the Best   April 9, 2000
5 out of 8 found this review helpful

This is the book I've been waiting for. I develop small applications for a variety of clients to streamline their operations. Some of them have quite a high turnover of staff so it is very important that new staff have access to some help when they run my applications. This book showed me how to control the office assistant so that helpful text is given at the time the user needs it. I haven't seen this in other Excel VBA books. I also know how to build a full-blown help facility for larger projects - also missing from other books. I also found it helpful for Web based projects as it shows how to spruce up excel spreadsheet for web publication - and how to publish them too! As you can tell I'm really excited about this book. It has been worth it's weight in gold as I've used quite a lot of the material from the CD with moderate adjustments - and it all works too!


Just goes to show you...   March 28, 2000
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

... anyone can get a book published. Sybex needs to learn that they can't just throw out a book for every computer topic that exists. Fortunately, I didn't buy this book. I spent about 10 minutes reviewing it at a bookstore and realized that it will be pretty much useless for anyone wo wants to learn Excel programming. Pass this one by. There are plenty good ones available.