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Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:32:19 -0500
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On 12/31/2024 2:25 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 02:18:09 -0500, DFS wrote:
> 
>> On 12/30/2024 7:59 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 18:58:06 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you ever do need to automate office software or build custom
>>>> applications, you'll find that MS Office and VBA is extremely superior
>>>> to ALL other office software.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, no.
>>
>> You have NO idea what you're talking about.
>>
>>
>>   > Even Microsoft realizes that VBA is crap, which is why it is offering
>>   > Python access to Excel users -- at a cost, of course.
>>
>> Python can't come close to replacing VBA (and vice versa of course).
> 
> Esri did a good job of replacing VBA.
> 
> https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-desktop/3d-gis/arcgis-
> desktop-and-vba-moving-forward/?rmedium=redirect&rsource=blogs.esri.com/
> esri/arcgis/2016/11/14/arcgis-desktop-and-vba-moving-forward
> 
> They had their own scripting language, Avenue, and switched to VBA over 20
> years ago,
> 
> https://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall02articles/new-tool.html


The best embedded scripting language I came across was Borland ObjectPAL 
(a derivative of Delphi), included with Borland Paradox for Windows in 
the early-mid 90s.  PDoxWin lives on in WordPerfect Office; not sure if 
it still uses ObjectPAL.  WP includes a limited VBA.




> For a while VBA and Python coexisted, but VBA was phased out. 

Of what?



> Enjoy living in the past.

VBA is thriving in Office 2024 and 365.  Get with the present.