MSFT has announced that Office will be .NET-ized in the time frame of the
Yukon release of VS .NET, so if that does not happen in Office 11, it will
happen in Office 12, as the Roadmap for VS .NET, in which the announcement
occurred, covered 2002-2004,
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> Hi Peter,
> Microsoft has made no announcement on the subject, and so the sales staff
> are hardly likely to know anything. I understand that VB.NET is not going
to
> be included in the next version of Office, but no plans have been
published
> for the version after, so your guess is as good as mine.
> There are quite major issues associated with replacing VBA with VB.NET in
> Office which might be giving Microsoft a reason to hesitate over it. I
wrote
> about this in an article a while back. Take a look here.
> Office and .NET: Better Together?
> http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/2002_08/magazine/departments/guestop/
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> > I have heard that there will be something based on VB.NET
> > replacing VBA. I would greatly hearing from someone at
> > Microsoft knowledgeable on the subject. Their sales staff
> > barely knows what I am talking about. If there is
> > something in the works, I would like to know how to get a
> > beta or alpha.
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