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A short blog listing many ways to create aliases for columns in SQL

Posted by Andy Brown on 01 February 2016

It's not often that this owl learns new things about SQL when giving a course, but when I do, I like to share my new knowledge! This blog shows a new way to create aliases for columns in SQL.

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SQL > Selecting data T-SQL > Other

Referring to a range using square brackets

Posted by Andy Brown on 17 December 2015

This short blog shows that there is a third way to refer to a range, other than using the RANGE or CELLS keywords.

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VBA macros > Working with ranges Writing VBA > Other

This blog explains the lesser known but better Excel VBA InputBox function

Posted by Andy Brown on 17 December 2015

There are two ways you can display an input box using Excel macros: the standard VBA InputBox function, or the much better (but lesser known, at least by this blog's author) Application.InputBox function.

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VBA macros > Input/message boxes Writing VBA > Other

Disabling Screen Updates in Excel VBA

Posted by Andrew Gould on 26 November 2015

You can give your VBA code a performance boost by simply turning off screen updating while your code runs. This blog explains how to achieve this and how to create a basic timer to test the results.

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VBA macros > General Writing VBA > Other

Free C# training

Posted by Andrew Gould on 31 October 2014

This blog serves as the main index for our complete tutorial on programming in Visual C#. You'll find links to all of the articles, videos and files that you'll need to follow the tutorial.

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Visual C# > General

Programmatically searching websites using VBA

Posted by Andy Brown on 15 September 2014

I've already pinched (with permission!) the ideas of Fergus Cairns to explain ways to run automatic searches on popular websites like Google; this blog gives an update on the same topic.

Tags:
VBA macros > References Writing VBA > Other

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 13 - Playing Sounds

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

This part of the tutorial explains how to add sounds to the game using a Windows API function.

Tags:
VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 12 - Managing Game State

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

This part of the tutorial implements a state system to make it easier to determine what actions to perform each time the game updates.

Tags:
Writing VBA > Flappy Owl VBA macros > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 11 - Detecting Collisions

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

In this part of the tutorial you'll learn how to make the game detect collisions between the bird and the obstacles.

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VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 10 - Creating Obstacles

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

This part of the tutorial shows you how to add obstacles to the game and how to make them move across the screen.

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Writing VBA > Flappy Owl VBA macros > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 9 - Creating the Game Sheet

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

This part of the tutorial explains how to generate a game worksheet using code to define the playing area.

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Writing VBA > Flappy Owl VBA macros > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 8 - Using Class Modules

Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014

This part of the tutorial introduces the concept of class modules and shows you how to use them to organise your code.

Tags:
Writing VBA > Flappy Owl VBA macros > Classes VBA macros > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 7 - Creating Sprites

Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014

This part of the tutorial describes how to draw simple images using a worksheet as the canvas. You'll also see how to include the images in the game.

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VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 6 - Detecting Player Input

Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014

This part of the tutorial describes how to respond to keys pressed by the player. You'll learn about the Application.OnKey method and the GetAsyncKeyState Windows API function.

Tags:
VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 5 - Starting and Ending the Game

Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014

This part of the tutorial adds a basic menu system with ActiveX command buttons to start and stop the game.

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VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 4 - The Game Timing Loop

Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014

This part of the tutorial describes how to set up a timing loop which allows the game to update continuously.

Tags:
VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 3 - Windows API Functions

Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014

This part of the tutorial describes how to make use of Windows API functions to extend the power of Excel VBA.

Tags:
VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 2 - Basic Workbook Setup

Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014

This part of the tutorial describes how to setup a basic workbook ready for you to start coding the Flappy Owl game.

Tags:
VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 1 - Introduction

Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014

This part of the Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Tutorial introduces you to the Flappy Owl game and provides download links and instructions to get it running in Excel on your machine.

Tags:
VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

Flappy Bird in Excel VBA - Tutorial Index

Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014

This is the main index page for the Flappy Bird in Excel VBA tutorial. Here you can find links to all of the articles which comprise the tutorial.

Tags:
VBA macros > Flappy Owl Writing VBA > Flappy Owl

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