I develop small projects in Excel97 for forward compatibility (project group
A) and use Excel 2003 for some projects with a smaller target audience
(project group B).

I've heard that Vista along with the new office suite do some things to
custom toolbars, but I don't have access to a machine with Vista and the
office beta for testing.

Does anyone know of a website that shows screenshots of how existing toolbar
code will be interpreted in the next version of Excel? Or any other areas
that will be affected that Excel programmers (including us amateurs) should
be aware of?

I'm already worried about what will happen when folks start upgrading, but I
want to know /how/ worried I should be :-)

Thanks,
Keith

Yes, you should be worried...
http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/...15/756228.aspx
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware




"KR"
wrote in message
I develop small projects in Excel97 for forward compatibility (project group
A) and use Excel 2003 for some projects with a smaller target audience
(project group B).

I've heard that Vista along with the new office suite do some things to
custom toolbars, but I don't have access to a machine with Vista and the
office beta for testing.

Does anyone know of a website that shows screenshots of how existing toolbar
code will be interpreted in the next version of Excel? Or any other areas
that will be affected that Excel programmers (including us amateurs) should
be aware of?

I'm already worried about what will happen when folks start upgrading, but I
want to know /how/ worried I should be :-)

Thanks,
Keith

This is the most information I've seen in terms of seeing what the new
ribbon toolbars look like (thank you)-

but I didn't see any (obvious) examples that show where existing toolbar
code from earlier versions would show up- e.g., if I have a custom toolbar
with 6 buttons on it, where will it end up? Are there additional screen
shots available anywhere that show how existing code is "adapted"? This will
give me a sense of just how hard it might be for a user to find my code in
the new interface.

Thanks!!
Keith

"Jim Cone" wrote in message
...
Yes, you should be worried...
http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/...15/756228.aspx
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware




"KR"
wrote in message
I develop small projects in Excel97 for forward compatibility (project
group
A) and use Excel 2003 for some projects with a smaller target audience
(project group B).

I've heard that Vista along with the new office suite do some things to
custom toolbars, but I don't have access to a machine with Vista and the
office beta for testing.

Does anyone know of a website that shows screenshots of how existing
toolbar
code will be interpreted in the next version of Excel? Or any other areas
that will be affected that Excel programmers (including us amateurs)
should
be aware of?

I'm already worried about what will happen when folks start upgrading, but
I
want to know /how/ worried I should be :-)

Thanks,
Keith

Keith,
Somebody with xl2007 installed will have to answer your question about toolbar code.
My belief is that existing toolbar code will not function at all in xl2007.

...."Never be first with the newest or last with the oldest"

Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.officeletter.com/blink/specialsort.html



"KR"
wrote in message
This is the most information I've seen in terms of seeing what the new
ribbon toolbars look like (thank you)-
but I didn't see any (obvious) examples that show where existing toolbar
code from earlier versions would show up- e.g., if I have a custom toolbar
with 6 buttons on it, where will it end up? Are there additional screen
shots available anywhere that show how existing code is "adapted"? This will
give me a sense of just how hard it might be for a user to find my code in
the new interface.
Thanks!!
Keith


"Jim Cone" wrote in message
...
Yes, you should be worried...
http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/...15/756228.aspx
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware




"KR"
wrote in message
I develop small projects in Excel97 for forward compatibility (project
group
A) and use Excel 2003 for some projects with a smaller target audience
(project group B).

I've heard that Vista along with the new office suite do some things to
custom toolbars, but I don't have access to a machine with Vista and the
office beta for testing.

Does anyone know of a website that shows screenshots of how existing
toolbar
code will be interpreted in the next version of Excel? Or any other areas
that will be affected that Excel programmers (including us amateurs)
should
be aware of?

I'm already worried about what will happen when folks start upgrading, but
I want to know /how/ worried I should be :-)
Thanks,
Keith