From: chiaro scuro <kiaroskuro@...>
Date: 2006-04-12T03:18:41+09:00
Subject: Re: vba --> ruby: tool, parse or assimilation?

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On 4/11/06, James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com> wrote:
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> How do you plan on running this converted code?  My understanding of VBA
> is that it is a subset of VB that expects to operate inside a
> application container (such as Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.)


I just need to export the business logic, then I will re-write the GUI on
top of it.
However, what you could do is to externalize the business logic and to  ope=
n
excel just as a GUI.  You could also get a reference to a running excel
instance and hook up some callbacks to it.

I find excel to be a very agile way platform to prototype apps, but after a
couple of weeks of development it always runs out of options.

If there is a way to execute Ruby directly, in place of VBA , I'd be
> interested in hearing about it.


Me too :-)
I'd love to be able to make a call to a Ruby COM Script Engine!


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