On Monday, October 16, 2006 12:28 PM [GMT+1=CET], Hamish Crerar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK. So I should be able to 'develop' a simple read, process and output > program (when I know how). > > Will it run on windows 98 (even a little bit?) > > H. > > > >> From: "Harold Fuchs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Hamish Crerar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"OpenOfficeUsers" >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Free office suite Downloading !!!? What VB is there >> included in Sun Open Office? >> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:22:16 +0100 >> >> >> 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] OpenOffice runs on Win98; see http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html Harold Fuchs London, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
