[AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac

Jim Dettman jimdettman at verizon.net
Wed May 30 16:11:14 CDT 2007


Ken,

  If not VBA, what will it run?  I'm not sure that the article indicates
what everyone is thinking; that this is the end of VBA.  It just says that
Microsoft doesn't want to support VBA on the Mac.

Jim. 

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ken Ismert
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:16 PM
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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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