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Should VBA Developers be worried?
Hello!
There seems to be a rumor going around about Microsoft rolling out a web version of Office. http://lifehacker.com/5310878/micros...-office-monday If it were true, how is a Web Version of office going to affect VBA Developers? As a developer who makes a living from programs developed in VBA, should I be worried? Is the web version going to be VBA Compatible? (And how?) Best regards, Albert C |
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Should VBA Developers be worried?
My opinion, for what its worth ;)
I think that institutions are generally reluctant to migrate their applications to newer versions for a year or two, until the "bugs" get ironed out. So while i think VBA will "may" be killed off, it'll be around for a long time -- I doubt that 95% of Excel users would sacrifice the ability to write quick and easy macros!! For developers, yes, .NET and C# are the way forwards, and web applications are getting better and better. Don't be worried ... just get to grips with this fascinating technology. "Albert" wrote in message ... Hello! There seems to be a rumor going around about Microsoft rolling out a web version of Office. http://lifehacker.com/5310878/micros...-office-monday If it were true, how is a Web Version of office going to affect VBA Developers? As a developer who makes a living from programs developed in VBA, should I be worried? Is the web version going to be VBA Compatible? (And how?) Best regards, Albert C |
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Should VBA Developers be worried?
Hi Patrick:
Thank you very much for your reply. If I may bother you again: Regarding .NET and C#, what advice could you give a proffessional VBA devoloper not wanting to be left behind by techology? How would you go about making the "switch"? I have been working succesfully with VB for years, but I have no experience with .NET or C#. In fact, I don't even know how to create an interaction between Excel and those languages! Thanks in advance, Albert C. "Patrick Molloy" wrote: My opinion, for what its worth ;) I think that institutions are generally reluctant to migrate their applications to newer versions for a year or two, until the "bugs" get ironed out. So while i think VBA will "may" be killed off, it'll be around for a long time -- I doubt that 95% of Excel users would sacrifice the ability to write quick and easy macros!! For developers, yes, .NET and C# are the way forwards, and web applications are getting better and better. Don't be worried ... just get to grips with this fascinating technology. "Albert" wrote in message ... Hello! There seems to be a rumor going around about Microsoft rolling out a web version of Office. http://lifehacker.com/5310878/micros...-office-monday If it were true, how is a Web Version of office going to affect VBA Developers? As a developer who makes a living from programs developed in VBA, should I be worried? Is the web version going to be VBA Compatible? (And how?) Best regards, Albert C |
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