Hello, if I may...
On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 09:45 +1200, Graham Lauder wrote: > >So, the questions are: > > > >- Any hope in hell for tools to aid migration from VBA (particularly in > >Excel) into OOo? > > > > > Not at this stage that I know of. However there are many working behind > the scenes on this. However in a large migration, bringing in OOo Macro > consultants to assist with this.... I've seen some Macro converters, one among them being developed by Sun. But what can be said since the beginning is that the automated conversion of macros do not work that well and doesn't seem to be the right way, but one way among others to migrate to OOo/SO. Over here in France (I have examples of top OOo consultants here and what I see in my business regularly) the focus is twofold: -rewrite/implement macros or similar macros if possible -simply leave VB and OOo macros aside. By migrating to OOo it is often noticed that it helps reshaping the IT and the document processing system of an organization in a much more healthier way, and macros are just not that hearlthy except in some precise cases. Of course, it is also the case that even in large migrations the organizational impact plays a really important role: for instance, the CFO office /accounting department will refuse to migrate because of "their untouchable macros", and so they'll stick to their own tools. After all the banking and accounting sectors tend to be fairly conservative when it comes to IT, but that's another story. > > > > programme to track the migration amongst end users. INGOTs allows you > to have transparent but concrete deliverables. It makes goal setting > very easy, it focusses on the similarities between systems and rewards > endusers for taking the migration plunge. INGOTS and other certification programs, coupled with corporate training are important elements of a migration, however, what you describe with the early adopters is only a late step in the migration. You may well have OOo admirers in a company, maybe even have the IT director/CTO/CIO willing to migrate but the decision may not be that easy to take and a fair amount of organization planning and scanning is required before any action. Best, Charles. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
