Vba gui graphical user interface in Excel

User interface, as the name suggests, is a bridge that connects user with the software or program.

GUI refers to the type of interface that allows users to interact with devices or software program through graphical icons or controls.

Previously, Command line interfaces or text based interfaces were In practice.

Command line interface is nothing but, interacting with the device through commands or pre defined textual keywords.

Command line interface involved a lot of work with minimum functionality.

GUI are more user friendly and offers lot more functionalities when compared to command line interface.

The following article demonstrates this:

Consider a command line interface program that adds two numbers.

excel vba gui graphical user  interface

excel vba gui graphical user  interface

excel vba gui graphical user  interface

From the above example, it is seen that the command line interface requires typing of text even for achieving a simple functionality.

DOS is best example of this.

Now, coming to GUI, everything is represented with graphical controls that makes interaction much easier and convinient.

The following examples demonstrates the features of GUI.

excel vba gui graphical user  interface

 

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