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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 561807" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>There's been a lot of discussion of this. (But I say, not enough, especially in the review you linked to.) It's a dealbreaker for some people who depend on VBa macros for compatibility. The <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/131350/2008/01/excel08.html" target="_blank">Macworld review of Excel</a> gives it some mention.</p><p></p><p>Microsoft's "solution" is to switch to AppleScript. Which is fine, unless you need the scripts to work in Office for Windows.</p><p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mac/resources/resources.aspx?pid=fordevelopers" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/mac/resources/resources.aspx?pid=fordevelopers</a></p><p></p><p>Essentially, the VBa engine in Office was written, or rather, kludged together, a decade ago, and hasn't had any serious maintenance. There was no way to make it Universal, and Microsoft isn't going to bother kludging together a new one.</p><p><a href="http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2006/08/08/saying-goodbye-to-visual-basic/" target="_blank">http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2006/08/08/saying-goodbye-to-visual-basic/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/04/25.html" target="_blank">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/04/25.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/08/10/microsoft-mac-business-unit-open-source-or-die/" target="_blank">http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/08/10/microsoft-mac-business-unit-open-source-or-die/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 561807, member: 4134"] There's been a lot of discussion of this. (But I say, not enough, especially in the review you linked to.) It's a dealbreaker for some people who depend on VBa macros for compatibility. The [URL=http://www.macworld.com/article/131350/2008/01/excel08.html]Macworld review of Excel[/URL] gives it some mention. Microsoft's "solution" is to switch to AppleScript. Which is fine, unless you need the scripts to work in Office for Windows. [url]http://www.microsoft.com/mac/resources/resources.aspx?pid=fordevelopers[/url] Essentially, the VBa engine in Office was written, or rather, kludged together, a decade ago, and hasn't had any serious maintenance. There was no way to make it Universal, and Microsoft isn't going to bother kludging together a new one. [url]http://www.schwieb.com/blog/2006/08/08/saying-goodbye-to-visual-basic/[/url] [url]http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/04/25.html[/url] [url]http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/08/10/microsoft-mac-business-unit-open-source-or-die/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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