On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 13:52:45 -0600, "George Nicholson"
wrote:

Ken:

You may have to search for a specific statement that will fully satisfy the
powers-that-be. The permissions I've seen might be considered more implied
than outright in the most literal legal sense. Even the EULA (End User
License Agreement, which can be accessed via Help) doesn't seem to say
directly but the reading I give it is that the restrictions are on the Excel
program itself, NOT any files you make *from* Excel (which makes sense).

Here is a link to the OfficeXP Developer Guide on MSDN. (This is the
documentation that came with the Developer Edition). An Office 2000 version
is in the same place. For Office 97, look at Knowledge base article
Q163410.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...osoftOffice200
2Developer.asp?frame=true

Microsoft freely discusses how to distribute customized Office apps, wizards
and addins. Few, if any, licensing prohibitions are mentioned.

Of course, you can't distribute Excel, Word, themselves. But you can freely
distribute Microsoft's viewers for Excel, Word. If you own the Office
Developer's Edition you can freely distribute a Runtime version of Access.

Good luck with your powers-that-be,


You could also ask them (the powers) to define exactly how a
custom app differs from a simple spreadsheet... (just for the
amusement value of course)