<quote who="Jeff Waugh"> > <quote who="Jasper Streit"> > > > I know someone who runs VB Macros in Excel under Windows. he wants to get > > into linux but doesn't want to learn a new language. I was just wondering > > if any of the spreadsheet programs under linux would allow him to use his > > VB code (as unmodded as possible). > > Not yet, however there is hope. Ximian's Mono will be able to run VB.NET > once it has a complete parser for VB, so that should mean that Gnumeric, > Abiword, and other office-oriented software will be able to run VB macros > (or at least the .NET variants, which will be in use more regularly as MS > releases new versions of Office).
(There was an aborted attempt to do this called "GNOME Basic" too, but it has basically been forgotten given that Mono is a more robust and useful solution.) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ "When's the last time you heard of the police having to intervene at an antiquarian book riot?" - Raph Levien -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
