On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 16:58 +1000, Dave Barton wrote: > On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 16:07 +1000, Dave Barton wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 07:44 -0700, DICK STEINER wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I use Macros in MS Excel. Does Calc have the same capability? Will > > > Calc read and operate on an Excel file that has Macros? > > > Thanks, > > > Richard Steiner > > > > Yes, Calc does have the same capability. No, Calc cannot run Excel's VBA > > macros, because VBA is a Microsoft closed-source propriety product. Calc > > uses Star Basic and if you can write macros in VBA you should not have > > too much difficulty with SB. > > > > HTH > > Dave > > Just to add a little bit more info to my previous message. > Take a look at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1826?l=en for a > guide to Star Basic. > Another page worth checking out is: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php >
To add a bit more to Dave's recommendations, there are some good cross references, examples and Andrew's macro doc on http://documentation.openoffice.org/ plus more. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
