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Most files that you can download from this site are also available at Stephen Bullen's website.

Excel versions

These files should all work in Excel 97, 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007, unless stated otherwise. For some downloads a dedicated version for Excel 2007 is available.

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The files

RefTreeAnalyser

Ever had to work out the logic of other people's Excel files? Ever had to untie the spaghetti-knots of a large Excel workbook's formulas? Then you know what a nightmare this can be!

Now there is the RefTreeAnalyser!

Other downloads

The Name Manager An excellent utility to manage defined names in your workbooks.

Flexfind (Added an Excel 2007 version on Dec 19 2006) eases searching and replacing throughout an entire workbook. Also enables you to search and replace strings in objects such as headers and footers, chart titles, buttons and many, many more.

Autosafe.zip (Build 108, 13 April 2007, 891k, Downloaded: 10561 times) New in build 103 of Autosafe: Auto-update!!
Version 3.5 of Autosafe enables use in environments with long paths/filenames. The standard Autosave (note the spelling) utility that ships with Excel just saves workbooks at a set interval, overwriting the file on disk. This is not very convenient if you planned to leave the master file intact and save the changed workbook using a different filename. It also does nothing to simplify recovery of unsaved/changed documents after a system crash. This Autosafe utility creates copies of open workbooks at regular intervals in a separate (user-selectable) directory. It does not overwrite the master file(s), that is up to the user to do, using normal methods. As soon as a workbook is closed the backup copy is deleted from the backup directory. If an abnormal termination of Excel occurs, the backup copies remain on disk, and Autosafe finds them the next time Excel is started and presents recovery options to the user. Includes the following languages: English, Dansk, Deutsch, Español, Français, Indonesia, Italiano, Nederlands, Norsk, Hrvatski, Slovenščina.

The previous version is still available: Autosafe34.zip   (13 January 2003, 228k, Downloaded: 876 times) Note that this one shows a nag screen on networked computers.

GoBack.zip (8 February 2005, Downloaded: 3462 times) Version 1.0 build 003.

Sometimes one has to edit a large workbook, with many worksheets. This tiny utility keeps a record of the ranges you have visited and gives you the opportunity to return to previous selections using two hot keys: control-alt-p to go to a previous selection and control-alt-n to go to the next. It also creates a toolbar with a dropdown to select a previous selection and  to disable/enable the utility.

HeaderFooter.zip (28 January 2008, Downloaded: 395 times) Version 1.0 build 006.

Managing headers and footers in Excel can be a drag. This little tool helps you to change headers and footers in your files easily by means of a toolbar that shows dropdown/edit boxes in which you can type the header/footer codes directly or select them from the list of currently present header/footer codes in your file.

SetupUtility.zip (Updated May 5, 2008, Downloaded: 4980 times)

If you have created a nice add-in (see this article how to do that), a setup utility is an easy way for your users to install your addin. This free utility just needs you to change 4 cells to roll your own setup file.

Update: Now automatically removes invalid addins from addin list (courtesy: http://tinyurl.co.uk/zde9).

UpdateAnAddin.xls (Updated February 19, 2007, Downloaded: 2555 times)

If you have created a nice add-in (see this article how to do that), an updating mechanism is an easy way to ensure your users get any bugfixes you did automatically . This download demonstrates how you can implement this functionality in your addin.

QueryManager.zip (Beta!, Downloaded: 4478 times)

This utility has been developed together with Dick Kusleika. It eases the editing of queries. One can:

1. Edit the SQL string and the connect string of queries

2. Add parameters

3. Change the path to the data source

All in a single dialog.

AutosafeVBE.zip (build 026, 6 Aug 2007, 260k, Downloaded: 5904 times) This utility makes backup copies of VBA components to a user-defined directory. It keeps a user selectable number of copies of each component. It thus keeps a number of generations of your code as your work progresses, enabling you to return to a previous copy when things go wrong. Because it just exports the VBA components, it is unobtrusive because this process is relatively fast compared to saving your workbook or document. Excel and Word version included!!

ExcelVBEMultilineSR.zip (Version 1.0, Build 001, 12 April 2007, 634k, Downloaded: 1094 times) This utility enables you to do Search and Replace operations in the Visual Basic Editor of Excel. What is special about this tool is that you can search for multiple lines of code and replace with multiple lines of code.
WARNING: ALPHA VERSION, USE AT OWN RISK!

CopyVBAProject.zip (Version 1.0, Build 007, 05 Oct 2007, 56k, Downloaded: 1200 times) This utility enables you to copy the components from the VBAProject of workbook A to Workbook B
Build 004: Existing modules are removed before copying.
USE AT OWN RISK!

Objectlister.zip (Version 1.0, Build 002, 12 May 2007, 56k, Downloaded: 1862 times) Lists objects, properties and methods of the selected object and enables you to quickly build code that uses many properties of an object. See the ObjectLister page for more information.

AutoChrt.zip (10 November 2000, 7k, Downloaded: 7587 times)
Automates the process of creating graphs from database-like datasets, where you need to chart various columns against each other in x-y scatter charts to determine relationships between them. It consists of a sheet where to copy the data into and a sheet that holds the chart and some spinner-buttons to control which data are charted.

ChartAnEquation.zip (May 1, 2005, 5K, Downloaded: 3370 times)
Demonstrates a method to chart a mathematical equation using just defined names.
See this article for an explanation.

ControlHandler.zip     (17 June 2005, 26k, Downloaded: 3036 times)
Demonstrates a method to handle the events for multiple controls on a worksheet using a single class module. See this article for an explanation.

CatchPasteDemo.zip (17 Dec 2007, 21k, Downloaded: 414 times)
Demonstrates how to intercept paste operations in a workbook to prevent users from wrecking your validation. See this article for an explanation.

UndoHandler.zip     (8 March  2006, 24k, Downloaded: 2703 times)
Demonstrates a method to enable the user to undo changes made by your VBA code. See this article for an explanation.

WatchOtherCell.zip     (9 February 2006, 25k, Downloaded: 2826 times)
This workbook simplifies looking at data in a sheet with a lot of columns. It shows the value of a cell on the same row in a column one can enter in a textbox. This way you can scroll all over the sheet and always (e.g.) have the value of a cell in column BE in view. Start the watcher by opening the file and using its entry in the Tools menu.

GetARange.zip     (4 May 2006, 26k, Downloaded: 3607 times)
This workbook demonstrates a bug in the VBA Application.InputBox function as described here. The workbook also contains a userform and sample code to work around that bug.

Arg2Name.zip     (8 February 2001, 10k, Downloaded: 5764 times)
This workbook demonstrates a trick to pass (range) arguments to defined name formula's. As published in David Hagers' EEE #9, available from John Walkenbach's web site. See the Excel names page.

xlMenuFunDict.zip   (29 Jan 2003, 810k, Downloaded: 6480 times)
International versions of Office have the menu system in their local language. Also the Excel worksheet functions are (mostly) listed in local language. This complicates communication with the users with such a version. To aid in this process a utility has been devised that creates and shows a translation list of the Excel built-in command bars and controls and the Excel worksheet functions. This workbook can also list command bars of other Office software packages. It thus enables the international user who is using a different language version of Excel to quickly find translations for sequences of menu commands and function names.

You can also find some of my files here:

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