In this post an Excel worksheet implementation of the well known Mastermind game. I developed the Mastermind part of this workbook several years ago. For this showcase app I added a scoreboard, and turned it into a so called dictator application. [Read more…] about Mastermind in Excel
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Disable Shift key on open
A user can prevent the Workbook_Open event from firing by holding down the Shift key during startup. Since Excel 2007 it is possible to ignore this, and run your code anyway. [Read more…] about Disable Shift key on open
The sequence of events in workbooks
When you open a workbook Excel not only raises the Workbook_Open event but also a few other events. The same applies to switching worksheets, or closing the workbook. In this post I examine the sequence of activation/deactivation events in an Excel multiple window application, and with a ribbon custom tab. However, most of the findings also apply to normal single window applications without a custom tab, and also to Excel 2013. [Read more…] about The sequence of events in workbooks