No, 'VB Support in Office for Mac' is the Visual Basic for
Applications libraries and components that allow VB coding/scripting
within Office documents, i.e. macros. Rb's Office Automation hooks
into the existing MS components.
One can do a great deal of Office automation without ever touching/
learning Rb, and if the solution is coded properly, an automation
solution written using the Windows version of Office will run in the
Mac version of Office, and vice versa.
That capability will go away. Without the common VBA architecture,
automation solutions on the Windows side will be written using
whatever is in place (currently VBA, but eventually something else
(VB.Net?)), and solutions on the Mac side will be written using
AppleScript and Automator.
Right now I'm having a hard time grasping how an AppleScript, which
(as far as I know) has to be external to the document, can be
equivalent to a VBA macro that is contained within the document.
But, this is brand new info from the MacBU, so perhaps there are
other changes in the works as well.
On Aug 8, 2006, at 10:27, John Balestrieri wrote:
http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/08/07/ms.kills.virtualpc/
They don't mention Rb by name, but isn't "VB Support in Office for
Mac" just REALbasic & the Office automation plugins? Can RS clarify?
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David Glass - Gray Matter Computing
graymattercomputing.com - corepos.com
559-303-4915
Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist
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