On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On May 2, 2012, at 9:45 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > >> On 05/02/2012 04:29 AM, Peng Chen wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> I post a wiki about how to support a VBA API in OpenOffice, >>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/How_to_support_a_VBA_API_in_OpenOffice >>> >>> Any feedback will be appreciated, thanks. >>> >> I am almost embarrassed to say this, but after having read it, I have no >> idea what the article is about. I think that the problem is that I lack the >> proper vocabulary. For example, when I see "VBA", I think "Visual Basic >> Applications", which is something that MSO (Microsoft Office) supports, and >> not OOo (OpenOffice.org). >> >> Is this an article related to the VBA compatibility mode stuff that can be >> enabled using a specific Option from inside of StarBasic? >> >> After I have a handle on exactly what is accomplished, then I will read this >> again, since it looks like you are probably answering some very specific >> questions that I have in areas that I do not fully understand, but have >> searched for in the past. >> >> Sorry for my lack of immediate understanding. > > I'm not sure what I am reading either. My reference is using Apache POI and > its User Defined Function (UDF) capability to rewrite a VBA function in Java. > This allows me to have a different implementation of a VBA function that is > not in a Basic derivative. Whether that works or not depends on whether I can > accurately code the VBA in Java. This is not easy. > > I think that this API may be more about "UDF" support than VBA support. > > To me VBA support means that I can run my MS Office VBAs in the program > without any trouble. >
We have VBA support in Symphony. It looks like the Symphony developers are starting to add some technical documentation about the features they added to Symphony, beyond what is in OOo. -Rob > Still, UDF support is useful. VBA support is a panacea. > > What's it all about Peng? > > Regards, > Dave > >> >> -- >> Andrew Pitonyak >> My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt >> Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php >> >
