On Monday, October 16, 2006 11:56 AM [GMT+1=CET], Hamish Crerar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Harold I'll try that. > > Will I be able to write and run small VB programs with what is > included in the Sun open Office? > > That will be all from me if you could tell me about the VB > possibilities. > > Thanks, > Hamish <snip> I don't know too much about macros. OpenOffice seems to include 4 macro languages: Python, OpenOffice.org Basic, Beanshell and Javascript. >From what I've read, OpenOffice.org Basic is *not* the same as VB and also the >way you reference OO documents & components is completely different from the >way you reference MS documents & components. For example, an OO document >follows the Open Document standard whereas an MS document follows MS's own >proprietary standard. So (a) I don't think you will be able to import your existing MS macros/scripts into OO and (b) you will have to learn a new way of referencing the various components of your documents. However, as I said, I'm far from being expert in these matters. For better advice, please ask the OpenOffice forum. Someone there will be able to help you. Harold Fuchs London, England PS I'm copying this to the forum; please reply *only* to [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
