This detailed guide to Microsoft's Excel 2010 provides practical instructions for programming this popular spreadsheet's applications using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), XML and ASP. The work is divided into ten sections covering VBA basics, controlling program execution, keeping track of multiple values, error handling, working with files and folders in VBA, VBA integration, user interface improvements, programming Excel special features, web integration and integration with the Windows API. Chapters include step-by-step instructions, screen shots and code examples and a CD-ROM containing complete source code is provided. Korol is the author of several books on computing related subjects. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)