Re: handles in VBA

From: Bob O`Bob (filterbob_at_yahoogroups.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:01:53 -0800

Karl E. Peterson wrote:

> Steve Rindsberg wrote:
>
>>>That seems to be the best strategy, if it's a really generic
>>>question -- lie. <g>
>>
>>Does he know how to read between my lines or what?
>
>
> :-)
>
>
>>>Btw, anyone know if VBA falls off standard support in sync with VB6?
>>
>>Dunno but I can't imagine it could. MS is gonna shoot all those
>>licensees in the foot?
>
>
> I didn't imagine they'd shoot *six million* customers in the foot, when they trashed
> VB, either. I don't put anything past them, anymore.
>
>
>>There's no replacement ready, right?
>
>
> Heh, nothing anyone seems even remotely interested in, no. <g>

It seems to currently be called "Smart Client" and it appears to principally be some
sets of hooks to help dotnet code interface with the object models of the various Office
apps.

While you folks were adding to this thread, I was at the MS SV campus, attending
a pre-preview sort of session on Smart Client technology.

Not a peep about preserving even one single line of anyone's existing VBA codebase.
My impressions of what I learned haven't completely gelled yet, but I did get a
feeling of misdirection, possibly unintentional. As if they believe that the
"oooooh, shiny thing!" factor will be sufficient. Like they believed with VB.bet

        Bob 

-- 
I hate to break it to you, Microsoft, but ...
While your enthusiasm for being consumers of that which you produce
does indeed approach the level of "passion",
the big problem seems to be that it's not all dogFOOD

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