Apr 15, 2009 11:52:02 AM, profox@leafe.com wrote:On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:00 AM, wrote:> I imagine you were trying to convert an existing MS Office macro. As far as I know, of the 10's of thousands of macros programmed/recorded in OO that I've heard of, seen, used, etc, there are no errors at all (which is actually a better track record than my experience with MS Office I think).>>> There will always be some glitches trying to get MS data into any other format. MS wants to make that hard and tricky (and will frequently make minor changes in format for just such a purpose). Which is another key reason to get the hell off MS products as soon as possible. You'll end up with a lot better data interchange flexibility when you do.--------------------------...> I see how easily you cast blame on one company and bullshit saying> that everything non M$ is the only way to go. In this case we tried> that and killed 10 hours or so to attempt to save a friend from buying> Office. So onl y I lost 10 hrs and he went and bought office because> we were trying to be cheap....Bullshit? Sort of like your constant MS bullshit?Maybe you all were just stupid, maybe you didn't look up the functions correctly, I don't know. But everything I said above was absolutely true.If you're saying you actually built a macro from scratch that did not calculate according to the specs given by OpenOffice then I'd REALLY like to see that macro.> So in the end just as a version change in an existing product can bite> you, so can switching to a different vendor for the same type of> product.Of course that's possible. Especially if you try to bring stuff over from a closed-source vendor who has no real incentive to play nice with others. But once you're out of the closed and into the open, it's freakin' fantastic.-Charlie
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