Programmer needed..

[crosby]

Hi

I'm trying to get my head round VBA and writing some programs myself but it's taking longer than expected!

All I'm trying to do initially is put in a LAY bet when a certain criteria is met in running, any idea's roughly how much it would cost for someone to write this sort of program for me?

Any help very much appreciated.

[Ian]

Are you sure you need to use VBA ? What part cannot be achieved by using formulas ?

[knot]

http://www.mrexcel.com/board2/index.php

Loads of help here

[crosby]

Thanks for the replies

Basically, what I want is a lay bet to be placed when the two first runners reach certain odds providing the third favourite in running (rather than third favourite pre race) is below set odds. Could this be done without VBA?

I'm sure this is pretty basic stuff but as I said I'm pretty new to this automated lark!

Thanks again, I'll have a good look through the forum that you posted.

[Captain Sensible]

When you say first two runners does that mean 1st and 2nd fav pre off or top two in the list or top two in running ? If it's the top two pre off you'll need vba to log them otherwise something as simple as an IF statement using RANK should be sufficient.

[crosby]

It would be for the top two in running, this is where I was coming unstuck.

I will have a play around with the IF statement using RANK though.

Thanks for the tip

[drewrell]

crosby,
if you still cant get one to work let me know.

I am no excel guru but have created my own excel sheet, where it will look at the odds of the fav, I then tell it how far behind(in odds(I use at least 1.50 behind) I want the 3rd ranked horse (or any ranked for that matter) and the odds to be between certain amounts for the bet to be placed.

If you would like a copy just PM me.