Steve Schapel
miscellany at mvps.org
Wed Jan 16 11:55:40 CST 2008
Thanks again for that, Dan, it is much appreciated. Regards Steve Dan Waters wrote: > Steve, > > You did interpret correctly. If MS supports a product that uses VBA for X > time, then it will support VBA for that same time. VBA is not a separate > product that has a its own support lifecycle. > > I just found this article from Patrick Smith - a MS employee. He states > that the version of Office after 2007 will also support VBA (news to me!), > so VBA will be supported for 10 more years after THAT release. If that > happens in, say, 2010, then VBA will be supported till 2020. > http://blogs.msdn.com/patricksmith/archive/2006/03/24/560425.aspx > > > Read the paragraph at the end of this page about VBA 'going away': > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa159886(office.11).aspx#odc_ofcomp > arevba6andvsto_isvba60goingaway > > > This talks about discontinuation of VBA Licensing: > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/isv/bb190542.aspx > > > This appears to be MS's home page for VBA: > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/isv/bb190538.aspx