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is VBA going to be decommissioned in future releases of Excel?
Hello,
i am an enthusiastic Excel learner. I love this application and its feature of VBA support.
I have learned VBA to some extend basic levels, but I want to invest more time mastering it.
Now, what worries me, is from the unauthenticated rumours that VBA will eventually be decommissioned by Microsoft in future releases and like the Visual Basic the final release was version 6 in 1998 and Visual Basic 6.0 IDE is unsupported as of April 8, 2008
So, I if invest learning VBA, and if the rumors comes true then my learning will go in vain.
I would greatly appreciate your Experts honest advice, where do you see VBA go? Is it still going to be supported in future releases? Is it good to learn it, or otherwise of Not VBA what programming language shall I learn and that will be useful to interact with office applications.
Thank you in advance.
i am an enthusiastic Excel learner. I love this application and its feature of VBA support.
I have learned VBA to some extend basic levels, but I want to invest more time mastering it.
Now, what worries me, is from the unauthenticated rumours that VBA will eventually be decommissioned by Microsoft in future releases and like the Visual Basic the final release was version 6 in 1998 and Visual Basic 6.0 IDE is unsupported as of April 8, 2008
So, I if invest learning VBA, and if the rumors comes true then my learning will go in vain.
I would greatly appreciate your Experts honest advice, where do you see VBA go? Is it still going to be supported in future releases? Is it good to learn it, or otherwise of Not VBA what programming language shall I learn and that will be useful to interact with office applications.
Thank you in advance.
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thanks very much Fanpages.
i truly appreciate it.
do you know whether Microsoft Office 2016 still supports and can work with VBA?
do you have any idea when Microsoft will put an end to VBA?
thanks alot
i truly appreciate it.
do you know whether Microsoft Office 2016 still supports and can work with VBA?
do you have any idea when Microsoft will put an end to VBA?
thanks alot
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You're very welcome.
Oh, yes, "VBA" is alive & well in MS-Office 2016 (both Windows & Mac variants).
Regarding the planned 'decommission' (or the suspension of support), the situation is summarised well by John McGhie, below:
[ http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macofficepreview-macword/visual-basic-for-application/ec06dfde-ddcc-41fd-8e3d-f62e4bbd3948?auth=1 ]
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...As is usual, an American company never confirms or denies what the future holds: they have lawyers there, you know. There's no point in asking for definitive information from Microsoft: those who know, are not allowed to tell us; those who tell us, don't know...
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Oh, yes, "VBA" is alive & well in MS-Office 2016 (both Windows & Mac variants).
Regarding the planned 'decommission' (or the suspension of support), the situation is summarised well by John McGhie, below:
[ http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macofficepreview-macword/visual-basic-for-application/ec06dfde-ddcc-41fd-8e3d-f62e4bbd3948?auth=1 ]
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...As is usual, an American company never confirms or denies what the future holds: they have lawyers there, you know. There's no point in asking for definitive information from Microsoft: those who know, are not allowed to tell us; those who tell us, don't know...
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There have been rumours about VBA being discontinued for years, but Office 2016 still has it. In the mmeantime, you could start looking at Visual Studio
Visual Studio Express
Visual Studio Express
ASKER
fanpages
you are amazing!
thanks alot.
you are amazing!
thanks alot.
ASKER
thanks Roy
what languages are worked in visual studio?
what languages are worked in visual studio?
Have a look at VB.Net
ASKER
thanks Roy
+1