[AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Wed May 30 14:49:51 CDT 2007


That is most definitely a significant shoe. I'm glad that I started looking
elsewhere for income opportunities.

A.


On 5/30/07, Ken Ismert <kismert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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