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Application Object

Properties

Application.ActiveCell Property (Excel)

Application.ActiveChart Property (Excel)

Application.ActiveEncryptionSession Property (Excel)

Application.ActivePrinter Property (Excel)

Application.ActiveProtectedViewWindow Property (Excel)

Application.ActiveSheet Property (Excel)

Application.ActiveWindow Property (Excel)

Application.ActiveWorkbook Property (Excel)

Application.AddIns Property (Excel)

Application.AddIns2 Property (Excel)

Application.AlertBeforeOverwriting Property (Excel)

Application.AltStartupPath Property (Excel)

Application.AlwaysUseClearType Property (Excel)

Application.Application Property (Excel)

Application.ArbitraryXMLSupportAvailable Property (Excel)

Application.AskToUpdateLinks Property (Excel)

Application.Assistance Property (Excel)

Application.AutoCorrect Property (Excel)

Application.AutoFormatAsYouTypeReplaceHyperlinks Property (Excel)

Application.AutomationSecurity Property (Excel)

Application.AutoPercentEntry Property (Excel)

Application.AutoRecover Property (Excel)

Application.Build Property (Excel)

Application.CalculateBeforeSave Property (Excel)

Application.Calculation Property (Excel)

Application.CalculationInterruptKey Property (Excel)

Application.CalculationState Property (Excel)

Application.CalculationVersion Property (Excel)

Application.Caller Property (Excel)

Application.CanPlaySounds Property (Excel)

Application.CanRecordSounds Property (Excel)

Application.Caption Property (Excel)

Application.CellDragAndDrop Property (Excel)

Application.Cells Property (Excel)

Application.Charts Property (Excel)

Application.ClipboardFormats Property (Excel)

Application.ClusterConnector Property (Excel)

Application.Columns Property (Excel)

Application.COMAddIns Property (Excel)

Application.CommandBars Property (Excel)

Application.CommandUnderlines Property (Excel)

Application.ConstrainNumeric Property (Excel)

Application.ControlCharacters Property (Excel)

Application.CopyObjectsWithCells Property (Excel)

Application.Creator Property (Excel)

Application.Cursor Property (Excel)

Application.CursorMovement Property (Excel)

Application.CustomListCount Property (Excel)

Application.CutCopyMode Property (Excel)

Application.DataEntryMode Property (Excel)

Application.DDEAppReturnCode Property (Excel)

Application.DecimalSeparator Property (Excel)

Application.DefaultFilePath Property (Excel)

Application.DefaultSaveFormat Property (Excel)

Application.DefaultSheetDirection Property (Excel)

Application.DefaultWebOptions Property (Excel)

Application.DeferAsyncQueries Property (Excel)

Application.Dialogs Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayAlerts Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayClipboardWindow Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayCommentIndicator Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayDocumentActionTaskPane Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayDocumentInformationPanel Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayExcel4Menus Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayFormulaAutoComplete Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayFormulaBar Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayFullScreen Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayFunctionToolTips Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayInsertOptions Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayNoteIndicator Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayPasteOptions Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayRecentFiles Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayScrollBars Property (Excel)

Application.DisplayStatusBar Property (Excel)

Application.EditDirectlyInCell Property (Excel)

Application.EnableAnimations Property (Excel)

Application.EnableAutoComplete Property (Excel)

Application.EnableCancelKey Property (Excel)

Application.EnableEvents Property (Excel)

Application.EnableLargeOperationAlert Property (Excel)

Application.EnableLivePreview Property (Excel)

Application.EnableSound Property (Excel)

Application.ErrorCheckingOptions Property (Excel)

Application.Excel4IntlMacroSheets Property (Excel)

Application.Excel4MacroSheets Property (Excel)

Application.ExtendList Property (Excel)

Application.FeatureInstall Property (Excel)

Application.FileConverters Property (Excel)

Application.FileDialog Property (Excel)

Application.FileExportConverters Property (Excel)

Application.FileValidation Property (Excel)

Application.FileValidationPivot Property (Excel)

Application.FindFormat Property (Excel)

Application.FixedDecimal Property (Excel)

Application.FixedDecimalPlaces Property (Excel)

Application.FormulaBarHeight Property (Excel)

Application.GenerateGetPivotData Property (Excel)

Application.GenerateTableRefs Property (Excel)

Application.Height Property (Excel)

Application.HighQualityModeForGraphics Property (Excel)

Application.Hinstance Property (Excel)

Application.HinstancePtr Property (Excel)

Application.Hwnd Property (Excel)

Application.IgnoreRemoteRequests Property (Excel)

Application.Interactive Property (Excel)

Application.International Property (Excel)

Application.IsSandboxed Property (Excel)

Application.Iteration Property (Excel)

Application.LanguageSettings Property (Excel)

Application.LargeOperationCellThousandCount Property (Excel)

Application.Left Property (Excel)

Application.LibraryPath Property (Excel)

Application.MailSession Property (Excel)

Application.MailSystem Property (Excel)

Application.MapPaperSize Property (Excel)

Application.MathCoprocessorAvailable Property (Excel)

Application.MaxChange Property (Excel)

Application.MaxIterations Property (Excel)

Application.MeasurementUnit Property (Excel)

Application.MouseAvailable Property (Excel)

Application.MoveAfterReturn Property (Excel)

Application.MoveAfterReturnDirection Property (Excel)

Application.MultiThreadedCalculation Property (Excel)

Application.Name Property (Excel)

Application.Names Property (Excel)

Application.NetworkTemplatesPath Property (Excel)

Application.NewWorkbook Property (Excel)

Application.ODBCErrors Property (Excel)

Application.ODBCTimeout Property (Excel)

Application.OLEDBErrors Property (Excel)

Application.OnWindow Property (Excel)

Application.OperatingSystem Property (Excel)

Application.OrganizationName Property (Excel)

Application.Parent Property (Excel)

Application.Path Property (Excel)

Application.PathSeparator Property (Excel)

Application.PivotTableSelection Property (Excel)

Application.PreviousSelections Property (Excel)

Application.PrintCommunication Property (Excel)

Application.ProductCode Property (Excel)

Application.PromptForSummaryInfo Property (Excel)

Application.ProtectedViewWindows Property (Excel)

Application.Range Property (Excel)

Application.Ready Property (Excel)

Application.RecentFiles Property (Excel)

Application.RecordRelative Property (Excel)

Application.ReferenceStyle Property (Excel)

Application.RegisteredFunctions Property (Excel)

Application.ReplaceFormat Property (Excel)

Application.RollZoom Property (Excel)

Application.Rows Property (Excel)

Application.RTD Property (Excel)

Application.SaveISO8601Dates Property (Excel)

Application.ScreenUpdating Property (Excel)

Application.Selection Property (Excel)

Application.Sheets Property (Excel)

Application.SheetsInNewWorkbook Property (Excel)

Application.ShowChartTipNames Property (Excel)

Application.ShowChartTipValues Property (Excel)

Application.ShowDevTools Property (Excel)

Application.ShowMenuFloaties Property (Excel)

Application.ShowSelectionFloaties Property (Excel)

Application.ShowStartupDialog Property (Excel)

Application.ShowToolTips Property (Excel)

Application.ShowWindowsInTaskbar Property (Excel)

Application.SmartArtColors Property (Excel)

Application.SmartArtLayouts Property (Excel)

Application.SmartArtQuickStyles Property (Excel)

Application.Speech Property (Excel)

Application.SpellingOptions Property (Excel)

Application.StandardFont Property (Excel)

Application.StandardFontSize Property (Excel)

Application.StartupPath Property (Excel)

Application.StatusBar Property (Excel)

Application.TemplatesPath Property (Excel)

Application.ThisCell Property (Excel)

Application.ThisWorkbook Property (Excel)

Application.ThousandsSeparator Property (Excel)

Application.Top Property (Excel)

Application.TransitionMenuKey Property (Excel)

Application.TransitionMenuKeyAction Property (Excel)

Application.TransitionNavigKeys Property (Excel)

Application.UsableHeight Property (Excel)

Application.UsableWidth Property (Excel)

Application.UseClusterConnector Property (Excel)

Application.UsedObjects Property (Excel)

Application.UserControl Property (Excel)

Application.UserLibraryPath Property (Excel)

Application.UserName Property (Excel)

Application.UseSystemSeparators Property (Excel)

Application.Value Property (Excel)

Application.VBE Property (Excel)

Application.Version Property (Excel)

Application.Visible Property (Excel)

Application.WarnOnFunctionNameConflict Property (Excel)

Application.Watches Property (Excel)

Application.Width Property (Excel)

Application.Windows Property (Excel)

Application.WindowsForPens Property (Excel)

Application.WindowState Property (Excel)

Application.Workbooks Property (Excel)

Application.WorksheetFunction Property (Excel)

Application.Worksheets Property (Excel)

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Application.AlertBeforeOverwriting Property (Excel)

Office 2010

Office 2013

True if Microsoft Excel displays a message before overwriting nonblank cells during a drag-and-drop editing operation. Read/write Boolean.

expression .AlertBeforeOverwriting

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

This example causes Microsoft Excel to display an alert before overwriting nonblank cells during drag-and-drop editing.

Application.AlertBeforeOverwriting = True

Concepts

Application Object

Application Object Members

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