Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4A503D2DF for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:30:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 74667 invoked by uid 500); 31 Aug 2012 12:30:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 74498 invoked by uid 500); 31 Aug 2012 12:30:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 74476 invoked by uid 99); 31 Aug 2012 12:30:10 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:30:10 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [71.74.56.122] (HELO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com) (71.74.56.122) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:30:02 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=Vb91zSV9 c=1 sm=0 a=iyRObpjaXJaCpYsOGn2zsg==:17 a=cu6hmhTT6coA:10 a=TbehYAzsyo8A:10 a=FvCFdV4hbPEA:10 a=cX0H9CLn-QkA:10 a=aFGVzZ1oTV0A:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=fPn8_Rhd3bsA:10 a=XHYATe7NAAAA:8 a=DkDJwwp3VUJ5CMyRWgIA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=HFtHcI9Jw8gA:10 a=iyRObpjaXJaCpYsOGn2zsg==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 107.10.154.225 Received: from [107.10.154.225] ([107.10.154.225:50626] helo=[10.5.0.143]) by hrndva-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id BD/13-17584-53EA0405; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:29:42 +0000 Message-ID: <5040AE35.20709@pitonyak.org> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:29:41 -0400 From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak Reply-To: andrew@pitonyak.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120717 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: A direct answer to a direct question, please References: <50404009.2000308@pcug.org.au> In-Reply-To: <50404009.2000308@pcug.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 08/31/2012 12:39 AM, Paul Myers wrote: > I have not been able to locate a direct answer to the following direct > question on any of your webpages or fora sites: > > How comparable is the OpenOffice "variant" of VBA to the original > version developed by Microsoft for its "Office" components (Excel, > Word, PowerPoint, etc)? The base syntax and keywords are mostly compatible but the office API differs significantly. The end result is that macros that do not interact with a document run mostly unchanged, but anything that access a document will mostly fail. -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php