Language-specific Properties, Methods, and Functions
The Excel Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) object model has language-specific elements for use with Asian and right-to-left languages.
The following table lists methods that have language-specific arguments. Methods that have new arguments or fewer arguments than in earlier versions of Excel are noted.
Method | Objects | Comments |
---|---|---|
Add | Phonetics | |
AddLabel | Shapes | |
AddTextbox | Shapes | |
AutoFormat | Range | |
CheckSpelling | Application, Chart, Range, Worksheet | Added SpellLang and removed IgnoreInitialAlefHamza and IgnoreFinalYaa |
Find | Application, Range | Removed MatchControlCharacters, MatchDiacritics, MatchKashida, and MatchAlefHamza |
GetPhonetic | Application | |
Replace | Range | Removed MatchControlCharacters, MatchDiacritics, MatchKashida, and MatchAlefHamza |
SetPhonetic | Range | |
Sort | Range | Removed IgnoreControlCharacters, IgnoreDiacritics, and IgnoreKashida |
SortSpecial | Range |
Properties that return or set language-specific attributes are listed in the following table.
Property | Objects |
---|---|
AddIndent | Range, Style |
AddressLocal | Range |
Alignment | Phonetic, Phonetics, TextEffectFormat, TickLabels |
CharacterType | Phonetic, Phonetics |
ControlCharacters | Application |
CursorMovement | Application |
DefaultSheetDirection | Application |
DisplayRightToLeft | Window, Worksheet |
FileFormat | Workbook |
HorizontalAlignment | AxisTitle, ChartTitle, DataLabel, DataLabels, DisplayUnitLabel, Range, Style, TextFrame |
IMEMode | Validation |
International | Application |
Item | Phonetics |
Length | Phonetics |
Phonetic | Range |
PhoneticCharacters | Characters |
Phonetics | Range |
ReadingOrder | AxisTitle, ChartTitle, DataLabel, DataLabels, DisplayUnitLabel, Range, Style, TextFrame, TickLabels |
Start | Phonetics |
VerticalAlignment | AxisTitle, ChartTitle, DataLabel, DataLabels, DisplayUnitLabels, Range, Style, TextFrame |
The following are language-specific worksheet functions:
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