[pchelpers] Re: win xp and powerpoint viewer

=0D=0AHi Ekhart,

Monday, June 27, 2005, 3:42:52 AM, you wrote:

EGlnl> Yes, John, i realized that VB is a programming language, but i was
EGlnl> confused as to why one would need VB or any other programming langua=
ge
EGlnl> to control MS Office's Word or OpenOffice's Writer.

EGlnl> Scott, since http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic seems to say =
that
EGlnl> many are very critical of VB, what other programming languages=20
EGlnl> (preferably ones that are compatible with OpenOffice) can you recomm=
end
EGlnl> to someone looking for a replacement for VB?

I think that *within* the spreadsheet, you have to use the built-in
language.

From=20*outside*, you can use any OLE-capable language (if I recall
correctly) -- at least with MS Office.

--=20
Scott.




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