Acknowledgments

Paul Kimmel

I would like to acknowledge my good friend and editor Sharon Cox, Katie Mohr, and Adaobi Obi Tulton at Wiley. Without them (and David Fugate, my agent at Waterside) and the book's original authors I wouldn't have had a chance to work on this project. It has been a pleasure working with the professionals at Wiley.

While working on this project I had the good fortune of working on a C# project at Pitney Bowes with some intelligent folks. Edward Ronga is a great manager; he can work wonders with engineers that can sometimes be a bit fussy. It was my pleasure to work at Pitney with Leonard Bertelli, Jay Fusco, Enzo Maini, Peter Gomis, Kip Stroble, Carl Dalzell, Debra Alberti, Sanjay Gulati, and my cellmate Charles Haley (I played Norah Jones for four months and Charles never complained.) As always I make every effort to leave things better than I found them but always seem to be the beneficiary of these new, great relationships.

Happy New Year to new and old friends and family. Eric Cotter has a sharp mind and more enthusiasm than anyone I know, and Robert Golieb is steadfast and someone I am lucky to call friend. Greetings to my hosts at Porky's in Shelton, Connecticut for the most excellent chicken wings and adult beverages.

My greatest blessing is my family. My wife Lori is a rock and my greatest cheerleader, and I am blessed to have four healthy and beautiful children (Trevor, Douglas, Alex, and Noah). My greatest wish is that everyone can know the blessings of a loving, healthy family.

Stephen Bullen

I would like to start by thanking all those who purchased a copy of the Excel 2000 VBA Programmer's Reference and sent e-mails of congratulations and suggestions for this update. It is your support that convinced us to comprehensively update the book for Excel 2002. I'd like to thank John Green for agreeing to co-author the update, Rob Bovey for contributing the ADO chapter, and Robert Rosenberg for taking over the Reference sections. As always, the people at Wrox Press and the book's technical reviewers worked wonders, and it is their contribution that has made this the excellent book that I hope you'll agree it is.

On a personal note, I'd like to dedicate my chapters to the eye specialists, doctors, and nurses at the Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin for dealing with Jane's tumour so well, and to everyone in the Ford ProPrima team for their friendship and support over the past year.

Rob Bovey

I would like to thank my wife Michelle for putting up with my insatiable computer habit and my dog Harley for keeping my feet warm while I work.

Robert Rosenberg

I'd like to thank John Green, Stephen Bullen, and Rob Bovey for allowing me on the same project as three of the most brilliant minds in Excel today. It was an honor to take up the challenge. Special thanks goes to Rob Bovey, my mentor, who has always been there for me, answered all of my annoying questions, taught me countless techniques, and provided me with this opportunity.

To my best friend and brother Elliot, who has stuck by me through thick and thin.

And finally, for my Mom and Dad, their love never stops.