This chapter explored some of the most important objects in the Excel object model. We use many of these objects in the Excel examples in subsequent chapters. We also consider some additional Excel object model objects used to work with XML in Excel in Chapter 21, "Working with XML in Excel."
This chapter has described these objects as defined by the primary interop assemblies for Excel. You should be aware that VSTO extends some of these objects (Workbook, Worksheet, Range, Chart, ChartObject, and ListObject) to add some additional functionality such as data binding support. Part Three of this book examines those extensions.
Part One. An Introduction to VSTO
An Introduction to Office Programming
Introduction to Office Solutions
Part Two. Office Programming in .NET
Programming Excel
Working with Excel Events
Working with Excel Objects
Programming Word
Working with Word Events
Working with Word Objects
Programming Outlook
Working with Outlook Events
Working with Outlook Objects
Introduction to InfoPath
Part Three. Office Programming in VSTO
The VSTO Programming Model
Using Windows Forms in VSTO
Working with Actions Pane
Working with Smart Tags in VSTO
VSTO Data Programming
Server Data Scenarios
.NET Code Security
Deployment
Part Four. Advanced Office Programming
Working with XML in Excel
Working with XML in Word
Developing COM Add-Ins for Word and Excel
Creating Outlook Add-Ins with VSTO