Hi :) I agree with that. However, even with MS Office i have very rarely met anyone in any of the offices i've worked in ever found anyone able to write or edit macros, even using their macro-recorder. We have run tons of training programmes for people and sent people off to external training courses and none of them understand macros. The couple of times i have seen macros being used they have been created by people outside the organisation and the organisation has then been locked-in to using a specific version of MS Office. For the 1 or 2 where i had been able to reach the external consultant who wrote the macros they did have coding skills and could have written the same thing in a couple of different languages but were restricted by the brief.
I've also been sent documents that appear to have macros or link to data-sources but those macros don't appear to do anything. They just give the impression that i need to run them in order to see the document but actually nothing seems to happen. Just because a thing is easy or easier doesn't mean it can be done. Also it doesn't mean it should be done. Regards from Tom :) On 25 July 2014 16:19, M. Fioretti <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 12:12:36 PM +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) > > I feel that going with Extensions is better than doing macros. It > > seems to affect LO in a more general way rather than 1 document at a > > time.... > > yes (and I agree with everything else you said) but... going with > extensions is something that only what, 0.00001% of office suite users > know how to do? > > for most people, the choice between: > > - learning to write real extensions (assuning they do HAVE the skills) > - waiting that somebody writes them > - writing themselves a quick and dirty macro that does almost > everything they need > > is a total no brainer, isn't it? That's why I ask about "macro > interoperability". The less macros there are the better, sure, but > let's have a clear idea of what is possible, or should be avoided. > > > -- > > M. Fioretti http://mfioretti.com http://stop.zona-m.net > > Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how > software is used *around* you > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
