On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:45:10 -0500, Tom Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:20:19 +0000, Steve Horsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > scattered wrote: > > > > > You are right that VBA isn't being discontinued yet. My own interest in > > > learning python is to find a replacement for Excel VBA. I'm a > > > mathematician who likes to throw quick programs together for things > > > like statistical simulations. I liked the ability to get functioning > > > code quickly in VBA, together with the ability to easily generate > > > graphs of the results, etc., but I finally got tired of the slow speed > > > and verbose syntax. I'm hoping that Python (as packaged by Enthought > > > together with various numerical and graphing modules) will be an > > > appropriate replacement. > > > > Were you aware that OpenOffice.org version 2.0, which is due out soon > > (beta is available for download), can have python macros, as well as > > javascript and StarOffice Basic macros? > > > > Steve > > -- > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > > http://udk.openoffice.org/python/scriptingframework/index.html > > Damn that's hot!!!!! I am tingly :) > > -- > Thomas G. Willis > http://paperbackmusic.net > Reply to self...
The API however, smells more like java to me than python. Alas, I will happily use it for many of my needs. http://udk.openoffice.org/python/scriptingframework/dynamicDialog.py Perhaps OppenOffice.org 2.0 could be the postscript -> pdf -> text with the correct layout solution I've been hoping could replace a chain of very troublesome pieces of shareware. -- Thomas G. Willis http://paperbackmusic.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list