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From: Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid>
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GS pretended :
> Just want to interject that VB will persist to exist as the language 
> of choice for macros in MS Office. Since MS has reworked VBA to work 
> in x64 (VBA7), I don't expect VB to disappear in my working lifetime. 
> While it may be arguable that VBA is not Classic VB in various ways, 
> it remains that the underlying core to the VBA language IS Classic 
> VB!<g>
>
> MS tried to take away VBA capability it Mac versions of MS Office and 
> got a horrific reaming for doing so. -Well.., at least enough of a 
> reaming that they put it back in pretty quick!
>
> I'm thinking there is not a dedicated special runtime for VBA, and so 
> unless I'm wrong MS will continue to ship that runtime with MS Office 
> if they take it out of Windows!<IMO>

 Not where I work - we use VS tools for office.  VBA is banned.

-- 
Tom Shelton