[pchelpers] Re: win xp and powerpoint viewer

You raise an interesting point. I have used portions of Visual Basic for 
years to automatically calculate portions of me shop spreadsheets. It is 
written as "functions" which do things like:
Working out which category each item will be listed under in the shop;
Choosing which image to display for each one;
Creating custom links for each entry in case visitors use the credit 
card portal;
Adding comments in context about some items...

It's all part of the way my online shop is automated. Without them I 
would have to make over a thousand alterations a day every time a new 
price list comes in. Can you appreciate the importance of the role it 
plays better now?


Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) wrote:

> Then again, i don't 
>really know anything about VB.
>
>What do you use VB for? It seems that OO has its own equivalent to VB:
>
>http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/aucon/Weber_presentation.pdf
>Writer has a full macro language (OOo Basic). It’s not the same as the 
>language (VBA) used by MSOffice, but it has the same functionality. A 
>recently published book by Andrew Pitonyak, OpenOffice.org Macros 
>Explained (from Hentzenwerke), provides an in-depth description of the 
>macro language.
>
>Ek
>
>  
>

NOTE: Macros are different from functions. Macros are a sequence of key 
strokes remembered so they can be played back on command. Functions are 
miniature programs called up automatically which make semi-intelligent 
decisions about a wide range of things and return information (say, to a 
cell on a spreadsheet).

>PS: more info:
>http://udk.openoffice.org/common/man/spec/ole_bridge.html
>http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/FirstSteps/FirstSteps.htm
>http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=9815
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic
>
>
>  
>

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