Language-Specific Properties, Methods, and Functions
The Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) object model has language-specific elements for use with Asian and right-to-left languages. For more information about language-specific features, see Learn About Language-Specific Information.
Methods that have language-specific arguments are listed in the following table. Methods that have new arguments or fewer arguments than in previous versions of Microsoft 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: