Tag Archives: INI files

Excel Geeking – How I Control Releases of Excel Templates

In my current position, I manage the care and feeding of a type of planning system. The whole thing has been built in Excel, and presents more than a few challenges. Since I didn’t do the original construction, I inherited the application, and without being able to make major back-end changes, I’ve only been ableContinue reading “Excel Geeking – How I Control Releases of Excel Templates”

Excel Geeking: Using VBA With Configuration Files

Nothing like a good old fashioned configuration file to make you feel like you’re programming in 1995. But you know what? Sometimes you just need to do it. And it still amazes me how many off-the-shelf applications still rely on INI files to store their settings (I’m looking at you, LotusNotes!). Personally, I like INI files.Continue reading “Excel Geeking: Using VBA With Configuration Files”