[AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac

The future ...

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700830.aspx

Visual Studio Tools for Office is now fully integrated into Visual Studio
code name "Orcas" Professional Edition enables developers to customize any
Office application, from Outlook to PowerPoint, to improve end user 
productivity
and significantly improving deployment.

I think they mean Office 2007, right?

Michael R. Mattys
MapPoint & Access Dev
www.mattysconsulting.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac


> Start thinking of Access as a middle tier or back end and look to .Net,
> Windows or Web-based, for an FE.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Skolits
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:20 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac
>
> "What you guys think is the number of years that it will take for the
> number of those actually using VBA to drop below 50% of the present
> count?"
>
> Based on the many legacy systems I see that still rely on the Dos
> operating systems, it will be a long time. Below 50%? 4-5 years.
>
> But, it all scares me a bit since Access as a front end and also VBA are
> my primary tools of development. Time to start changing careers?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of MF
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:05 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac
>
>
> MF
>
>
>
> ______________________________
> At 04:38 PM 30/05/2007, you wrote:
>>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=EWKNLINF053007ST
>>R4
>>
>>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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