The online documentation of VB/VBA language components follows the 80/20 rule: the basic facts that you need to use a language statement are provided in the documentation. But the additional 20 percent that you need to use it effectively is conspicuously absent. To a professional VB/VBA programmer, this missing documentation isn't a luxury; it is a necessity. In VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language , it's finally available. This book boils down the essentials of the VB and VBA languages into a single volume, including undocumented and little-documented areas essential to everyday programming. The bulk of the book is an alphabetical reference to the statements, procedures, and functions of the VB/VBA language. Each entry includes its syntax, an extended discussion of how the language construct works, programming tips for using the construct effectively, and "gotchas" to avoid in your programming. Regardless of how much experience you have programming with VBA, this is the book you'll pick up time and time again, both as your standard reference guide and as a tool for troubleshooting and identifying programming problems.