From: hengist podd Date: 2008-04-05T20:15:53+09:00 Subject: Re: Writing Excel on MAC OS X Daniel Liebig wrote: > So, does anybode know if ms office on mac does use COM objects? Nope, COM is more or less non-existent on OS X. You can control Mac Office applications via AppleScript or any other language that speaks Apple events, but that's all as published APIs go. (Previous versions of Mac Office also supported VBA, but that went away in Office 2008.) There is a low-level Automation API, which I believe is what REALbasic uses to interact with Office apps, but it isn't publically documented AFAIK. The Mac and Win Office codebases are largely independent anyway, so even with a cross-platform API you couldn't be certain that code written for one will run on the other without trying it for yourself. Given that you need to deploy your solution on a Windows server, you'll really have to stick with Windows for developing it too. Though if it's any help, don't forget that modern Intel Macs can also run Windows using either Leopard's dual-boot support or third-party virtualisation programs. HTH has -- Control AppleScriptable applications from Python, Ruby and ObjC: http://appscript.sourceforge.net -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.