[AccessD] VBA question

Andy:
Good point! In all the years I used Lotus 123 I never actually "recorded" a
macro. I couldn't remember if there was a recording device or not. I always
hand coded my macros - which I guess would imply that there is nothing
inherently wrong with saying a macro is code. As I recall I used 123 macros
to call other procedures. Same with Word Perfect Macros back in my Unix/DOS
WP 5.1 days. IMO "Macro" has some(mostly) gray areas in semantics.

JB

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:57 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] VBA question
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> FWIW Lotus 123 was one of the earliest (first I used anyway) PC products
> to use macros. And yes you could record them but that definitely wasn't
> the definition of macro because you could add simple logic such as
> goto's or menu statements and they were certainly still macros. It was
> just a mini programming language. Excel started the same way, and then
> Word. Their programming capability has increased but ok they still use
> the word macro. I don't believe you can limit macro to something
> recorded and then say anything else is a procedure. What do you get if
> you use the record capability then modify the code, say by a single
> instruction? What do you have if you enter code through the keyboard
> which is the same as what you might have recorded? I can't see that it
> works as a differentiator.
>
> Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
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> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> > Bryan Carbonnell
> > Sent: 23 April 2003 10:47
> > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA question
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> >
> > On 22 Apr 2003 at 23:53, William Hindman wrote:
> >
> > > ...don't agree Bryan ...macro in the Microsoft context has always
> >
> > OK well how about we agree to disagree?
> >
> > To me the terms macro is valid and accurate when programming in Word
> > or Excel. To you it's not accurate. I personally don't like the
> > connotation associated so I try my best not to use it, but that's
> > just me.
> >
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