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Wow, that sucks. What are they going to do instead? Or is there no
substitute planned? I guess active Java controls come next.

Well, WinOffice is going in the .Net direction. Don't know if
MacOffice14 (assuming it sees the light of day - and I believe it will)
adapts, or not.

In the short run, MacOffice2008 will retain its OLE hooks so automation
can be done via AppleScript, which is proprietary to Macs, of course, or
RealBasic, which is cross-platform. One loses events and Userforms
(though forms are far easier to build, customize, and automate in XCode
than userforms are - and they're a lot more attractive), and, most
importantly, cross-platform compatibility, but the file formats will
stay the same, so WinXL code will be retained during a round-trip (as
will Mac-only features).

But I suspect some of us will be keeping MacXL04 around for a while...

I agree it sucks, but the Mac Business Unit had rather a Hobson's choice
- either drop VBA, or undergo a massive VBA upgrade effort the same time
they were converting their code base to run on Intel-based Macs, in
which case it would have likely been MacOffice2010.

MacOffice08 will contain some cool new features - at least a few of
which I expect to make it into WinXL14 or 15...

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