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 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
