Re: Recommended Programming Language

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From: MD Websunlimited (none_at_none.com)
Date: 03/02/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:18:06 -0600

I didn't read it like that and besides you can utilize FP's OM from .NET. The new stuff that we'll be introducing this year will all
be .Net based. 

-- 
Mike -- FrontPage MVP '09 - '02
http://www.websunlimited.com
"Kevin Spencer" <kevin@takempis.com> wrote in message news:OIMcCN5$DHA.3400@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Mike,
>
> It sounds like he wants to work with FrontPage's COM object model here.
> Wouldn't VBA be the language he should be using?
>
> -- 
> HTH,
> Kevin Spencer
> .Net Developer
> Microsoft MVP
> Big things are made up
> of lots of little things.
>
> "MD Websunlimited" <none@none.com> wrote in message
> news:#K#DZsx$DHA.2660@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Ray,
> >
> > VB 4.0 is 16 bit based and not a good choice to learn. Perl can run on
> both Unix systems and Windows but you'll find very little
> > sample code in Perl for Windows systems.
> >
> > If you need to learn a language VB.Net may be the way to go as it is the
> current technology but it is not trivial.
> >
> > -- 
> > Mike -- FrontPage MVP '09 - '02
> > http://www.websunlimited.com
> >
> >
> > "Ray Woodcock" <ray-woodcock@usa.net> wrote in message
> news:fec742b6.0402290633.2f8ef0ef@posting.google.com...
> > > I would like to have the ability to use programming with FrontPage,
> > > primarily to aid in webpage authorship (i.e., to rearrange multiple
> > > files, and to automate content updates to many files at once).  I do
> > > not have a lot of spare time to learn programming.  My question is,
> > > what programming approach makes the most sense?
> > >
> > > I learned BASIC long ago.  I have recently purchased a copy of Visual
> > > Basic 4.0, thinking I could use it at least to learn with.  I am not
> > > certain it will run on my WinXP system, but probably it runs OK on my
> > > older Win98 system.
> > >
> > > As an alternative, I had considered just learning VBA, but I am not
> > > sure how to go about that, or whether it is all that much simpler than
> > > learning Visual Basic as a whole.
> > >
> > > A friend is learning Perl.  He says this is a great language in his
> > > field.  I had found Perl interesting when I took a preliminary look at
> > > it.
> > >
> > > Suggestions?
> >
> >
>
>

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