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VBA is dying, and Microsoft is building Excel's future without it

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) was long the undisputed king of the spreadsheet, but its dominance is finally waning. From security nightmares to the rise of modern tools, the era of legacy macros ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VSTA Fills an Important Niche for MS

Microsoft announced Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) at Wednesday's PDC keynote. VSTA is a .NET version of its Microsoft's application scripting tool, Visual Basic for Applications, the ...
InfoQ

Working with VBA and Visual Studio Tools for Office

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Birgitta Böckeler, Distinguished Engineer at ...
ZDNet

Microsoft: These Windows 10 updates fix broken Visual Basic apps but not for 1903

Following last week's Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft has rolled out non-security cumulative updates for all versions of Windows 10 below version 1903. Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of ...
ZDNet

To patch Windows or not: Do you want BlueKeep bug or broken Visual Basic apps?

If you're running Windows and are having troubles with apps, scripts or macros this week, it could be because of Microsoft's August security updates. Microsoft says ...