I VBA Preliminaries Introduction to VBA Getting Started Modules VBA Classes The ExcelMacro Recorder Excel Objects The Excel ObjectModel The Application Object TheWorkbook Objects TheWorksheet Objects TheWorksheetFunction Object Variables, Data Types, and Scopes Variable Declaration and Data Types Arrays Constants Strings Dates Scopes Operators and Control Structures Operators Flow Control Loops Functions, Events and File IO User-Defined Functions Events File IO Error Handling and Debugging 109 Error Handling Debugging VBA Code Best Practices of VBA Coding II Applications Generating Payment Schedules Introduction Public Holidays in the United States The Julian and Gregorian Calendars Day Count Conventions Business Day Conventions Implementation TheMDateModule TheMHolidayModule TheMScheduleModule TheMInterfaceModule Bootstrapping Yield Curves Introduction Interpolation Bootstrapping Yield Curves Finding Roots of an Equation Implementation TheMCurveModule TheMInterfaceModule Generating Risk-Neutral Scenarios Introduction The Black-ScholesModel Generating Random Normal Numbers Implementation TheMGeneratorModule TheMInterfaceModule Valuing a GMDB Introduction Life Table Construction GMDB Valuation Greek Calculation Implementation TheMLifeTableModule TheMGMDBModule TheMInterfaceModule Connecting to Databases ActiveX Data Objects SQL Implementation TheMDatabaseModule TheMInterfaceModule Object-Oriented Programming 233 Introduction Objects Implementation The CZeroCurveModule The CSwapModule The CBootstrapperModule An OO Bootstrapping Tool Solutions to Selected Exercises.