[AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed May 30 14:38:15 CDT 2007


Boy will there be a BUNCH of companies not upgrading beyond that!   How many
apps are out there coded in vba?


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 
-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ken Ismert
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:16 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac


The first shoe has dropped: Microsoft has abandoned VBA in its latest Office
suite for the Macintosh:

Mac Users Face Hurdles with New Office Versions
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2138349,00.asp?kc=EWKNLINF053007STR4

Although there is a converter tool for older Office documents, with promises
for VBA support in the future, Mac developers are encouraged to use
Applescript instead.

Access developers have to at least consider the possibility that Office
2007 will be the last version of Office that will natively run VBA.

-Ken
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