[AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac

I think they mean most of 2007.  Access 2007 is still pretty much
VBA-bound. The ribbon, etc., is customizable from code.  I suspect they
may be talking about the next releases.

Charlotte Foust

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Michael R
Mattys
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:30 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [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=EWKNLINF053007S
T
>>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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