Darryl Collins
darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Mon Jul 14 18:19:03 CDT 2014
I strongly concur here with Mark. Each individual Office app has it's own quirks and inconsistencies with the object model and syntax. It is clear that they were designed and built by separate dev teams and didn't have a clear and standard way of doing things. Given the separate and organic nature of the Office suite of apps in their early days this is both understandable and forgivable. Indeed they all had separate lives before they got 'bundled' in the 'MS Office' branding/suite. However, the primary reason I use and recommend MS Office over all the 'Office' style wannabees is solely down to the power of VBA to automate the apps (both internally and between each other - say SQL Server to MS Access, MS Access to Excel etc). Without this ability I may as well save the cash and use an inferior, but adequate and wholesomely cheaper alternative. VBA *IS* what adds the value to MS Office for me. As you say, I can understand if VBA is not up to the task of cloud computing requirement and security, but why not implement VB.NET or javascript or something?? Cheers Darryl. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms Sent: Tuesday, 15 July 2014 6:23 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Somewhat OT: Satya Nadella's memo. Starting FY15 - Bold Ambition & Our Core What a load of B.S.: Talk's cheap. I'd get a TON of STUFF DONE if the VBA object model and GUI Controls were consistent across all components of the Office Platform. But they are not and likely never will be. And will they ever get the cloud versions automated ? I don't care if it's Javascript or a whole new scripting language....JUST DO IT. > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd- > bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 5:17 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: [AccessD] Somewhat OT: Satya Nadella's memo. Starting FY15 - > Bold Ambition & Our Core > > Hi all > > Did you notice this memo (or isn't it rather a statement given the > length?): > > http://www.businessinsider.com/microsofts-ceo-email-2014-7 > > /gustav > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com