Office Macros

CyberTaz wrote:
> The only official word from Microsoft is that VBA will return in the
> next release of Mac Office which is tentatively scheduled for "Holidays
> 2010" - I take that to mean late 4th quarter of next year. I would not
> expect to see anything more definite on a release date before early in
> that same time frame.
>

Indeed. However any implementation of VBA on the OSX side will be
spotty at best.
Not something I would want to rely on.
There has to be a better option for macros.

Justin wrote:
> CyberTaz wrote:
>> The only official word from Microsoft is that VBA will return in the
>> next release of Mac Office which is tentatively scheduled for
>> "Holidays 2010" - I take that to mean late 4th quarter of next year. I
>> would not expect to see anything more definite on a release date
>> before early in that same time frame.
>>
>
> Indeed. However any implementation of VBA on the OSX side will be
> spotty at best.
> Not something I would want to rely on.
> There has to be a better option for macros.

I'm willing to wait and see what Microsoft does about VBA. A slightly
modified VBA version 5 was in 2004.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

On 10/20/09 3:34 PM, in article ugMvnxbUKHA.3720 DeleteThis @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
"Justin" <justin DeleteThis @nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote:

> CyberTaz wrote:
>> The only official word from Microsoft is that VBA will return in the
>> next release of Mac Office which is tentatively scheduled for "Holidays
>> 2010" - I take that to mean late 4th quarter of next year. I would not
>> expect to see anything more definite on a release date before early in
>> that same time frame.
>>
>
> Indeed. However any implementation of VBA on the OSX side will be
> spotty at best.
> Not something I would want to rely on.
> There has to be a better option for macros.
How can you possibly know that "any implementation of VBA on the OSX side
will be spotty at best"?

I don't know about you, but I make my living developing VBA soutiions, and I
am certainly planning on relying completely on the VBA implementation in the
next version of Office. And, I think you should too; particularly as there
is absolutely no evidence to the contrary.

If there is a better option, I'd like to hear about it. You sound like you
know of one. What is it?

--
Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:29:30 -0400, Jim Gordon MVP
<goldkey74 DeleteThis @warmerthanwarmmail.com> wrote:

>> Indeed. However any implementation of VBA on the OSX side will be
>> spotty at best.
>> Not something I would want to rely on.
>> There has to be a better option for macros.
>
>I'm willing to wait and see what Microsoft does about VBA. A slightly
>modified VBA version 5 was in 2004.

The delay corresponded with a big security push - I wonder if there
could be a basic redesign of the underpinnings.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

Howard Brazee wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:29:30 -0400, Jim Gordon MVP
> <goldkey74.DeleteThis@warmerthanwarmmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Indeed. However any implementation of VBA on the OSX side will be
>>> spotty at best.
>>> Not something I would want to rely on.
>>> There has to be a better option for macros.
>> I'm willing to wait and see what Microsoft does about VBA. A slightly
>> modified VBA version 5 was in 2004.
>
> The delay corresponded with a big security push - I wonder if there
> could be a basic redesign of the underpinnings.
>

The underpinnings (the VBA compiler for Mac Intel processors) is being
built from scratch. It's a complete redesign!

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies