The example file attached shows how to create events for charts. Here, I have created double click event for charts. The chart which is double-clicked is exported to PowerPoint. Download the example file and have a look for yourself. See the code in Thisworkbook and mod_PPT module. 

 Please see attached xl sheet to get an understanding of some simple message boxes. Feel free to let me know if you want something on other types of message boxes as well...will try and upload that...

Here is the code that's there in the sheet as well.

Option Explicit

Sub MsgInfo()

    MsgBox "This is a info msg", vbInformation, "Info Message"

End Sub

Sub MsgErr()

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 This is the simple code to sort ListBox items alphabetically. Alternatively, you can download the file and test run it for yourself. Just pass the listbox object as function parameter.

Option Explicit

Sub SortListBox(lst As MSForms.ListBox)

    Dim arrItems            As Variant

    Dim arrTemp             As Variant

    Dim intOuter            As Long

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 Here is the code to export all charts in a sheet to powerpoint. Just pass the worksheet object as function parameter and it will export all charts in it onto Powerpoint. Alternatively, you can also download the attached file and see how the code works.

Option Explicit

Function getPPPres() As PowerPoint.Presentation

    Dim PPApp As PowerPoint.Application

    'Reference instance of PowerPoint

    On Error Resume Next

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be powerful tools for making sense of information, but building a full system has, in the past, been an expensive and technically demanding process, reserved for large corporations or those with significant technical training. However, new tools--and old ones--are beginning to change that.

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Often when using Excel, you want the ability to call a macro, but don't want to display a button. Adding Custom Options to Right Click Menu gives you this functionality. Create the data as in the first sheet of the attached xl file and copy the following code in Thisworkbook module. Right click to see that your menus appear in the right click menu list. There is also an option to specify whether to show 'Begin Group' separator line or not.

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 There are two ways to get the creation date of a file...one using the filesystem object for any file (opened or not) and other is through workbook's buitin properties. Paste the following in a general module of a workbook test run it by running the ExecuteFunc procedure in the same module. Alternatively, you can download the attachment file.

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  Following are some of the functions that you can frequently use to copy, move and rename your file from VBA. You can either copy the following code directly in a module or alternatively download the attached file. For renaming a file there are two methods given for this...Try this out!

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 Below code can be used to find the starting position of a string in a text from start or can be used to search backward as well.

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Code below returns the Starting position of Nth Instance of a string in a piece of text. Just paste the below code in the code module and run the 'TestIt' procedure. Alternatively download the attached file and run the same procedure from there from the module 'mod_NthInstance'.

Option Compare Text

Option Explicit

Function lngStartPosition(strSearchIn As String, strSearchString As String, lngInstance As Long)

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Download the attached example file. Goto the module 'mod_OnKey' and run the procedure named 'Testit'.

Alternatively, paste the following code in any module and call it from anywhere in the workbook to set application onkey.

 Sub setAppOnkey(blnShiftKey As Boolean, blnCtrlKey As Boolean, blnAltKey As Boolean, strKey As String, strCallFunction As String, Optional blnSetNormal As Boolean)

    Dim strShift        As String

    Dim strCtrl         As String

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Before adding a new sheet if you want to check if a sheet with the same name already exists then use the following function procedure. Download the attachment try the TestIt function in it in the module named 'mod_WorksheetExists'.

Paste the following code in a general module and use it from anywhere in the workbook.

 Function blnWorksheetExists(strWorksheet As String) As Boolean

    Dim wksWorksheet As Worksheet

    On Error Resume Next

    Set wksWorksheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(strWorksheet)

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Function GetNthWord(strStringFrom As String, strSplitCharacter As String, intExctractWordNumber As Integer) As String
    On Error Resume Next
    GetNthWord = VBA.Split(strStringFrom, strSplitCharacter)(intExctractWordNumber - 1)
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        GetNthWord = ""
    End If
    On Error GoTo 0
End Function

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 Hello All,