Clarification on VBA Support

re: Clarification on VBA Support

Kim Gysen — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:46:41 GMT

Thanks! You also saved my professional income! :-)

re: Clarification on VBA Support

donjacob — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:05:53 GMT

Excel 2008 for Mac is a worthless piece of crap.

re: Clarification on VBA Support

donjacob — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:58:47 GMT

Excel 2008 for Mac is a worthless piece of crap.

re: Clarification on VBA Support

Donjacob — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:56:37 GMT

Excel 2008 for Mac is a worthless piece of crap.

re: Clarification on VBA Support

Donjacob — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:56:18 GMT

Excel 2008 for Mac is a worthless piece of crap.

re: Clarification on VBA Support

diurnaphobe — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:46:54 GMT

** warning: *THEY* are toying with [officefan] and other "cute trolls..."

+ I imagine that [NotAnOffice08Fan] posted their comment whilst running MSO 2k8 from a 64-bit/8GB RAM VM on an Intel 8-core 2.66GHz Box...

--+ Which is to imply the likes of...

? What is the *best* platform? safest? stablest? powerfulest?

Could the best platform for Launching EXCEL.EXE be *from* an Intel-based Macintosh VM! (i.e. Parallels or VMware Fusion)

!!! multi-core+64-bit+8GB VMs !!!

** think about it **

if an MS-MBA decided MSO evolution of a foundation by BS developers would be quintessentially more efficient by championing a platform $implification..., MS could $ave million$!

They *could* reinvest $ome to improve the jack-of-all-mass-market WKS product.

Jeesh... Some Apps are only compatible in Java N x.xx.xxx.cyymmdd! And I bet there’re some that only work on a DEC Alpha!?

If you have a Mac, think of MS-OS's as a Sandbox --What's the harm of all MS Apps requiring their own OSB (Operating-Sysand-Box)?

I can't fathome why one shouldn't embrace the $implification... IFF they bundleth a *"FREE"* MS O/S VM License with each 'Mac-line' product...

The "Mac Followers" would be running their multi-core 64-bit/8GB RAM VM's and "PC Users" can settle for the SBO (Sysand-Box-Only) version!

(BTW, I tripped on this thread while searching for an Excel Fctn for XOR() --duodedohh MS!

-- Looks like there's nothing better than being able to write a quick VBA function)

re: Clarification on VBA Support

b0rg — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:38:55 GMT

@Boris: Excel Services never supported VBA and it was always advertised as such. Please, educate yourself: office.microsoft.com/.../HA101054571033.aspx

re: Clarification on VBA Support

Disgrunt — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:38:07 GMT

I don't know a lot about VBA. All I know is the Excel spreadsheet I was trying to open used macros and I got the pop up window saying it's not supported. After that I searched the web looking for a solution to my problem only to find that you have to rewrite the macros in Applescript. I know nothing about scripting.

re: Clarification on VBA Support

Boris Frenkel — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:02:41 GMT

> @Boris: Excel Services never supported VBA and Excel Services is not Excel (duh!). What exception are you talking about?

I don't care that Excel Services is not Excel. Microsoft sells Excel Services as an alternative for server-side automation of Excel spreadsheets and that is the only factor that matters to me. If they make an EXCEPTION for what kind of spreadsheets can be used server-side, particularly workbooks with VBA are not supported, I consider it a significant limitation that deserves to be mentioned.

re: Clarification on VBA Support

Boris — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:51:44 GMT

> @Boris: Excel Services never supported VBA and Excel Services is not Excel (duh!). What exception are you talking about?