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Excel 2007 VBA versus excel 2003

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Mark Stephens - 29 May 2008 12:38 GMT
Hi all,

I am returning to programming after a few years I was pretty proficient in
excel 2003 and when I finished I was aware that 2003 code often didn't run
in 2007 for some trivial reasons (rounded corners didn't work I recall). Can
anyone give me an opinion on the ease with which someone who knows 2003 can
transfer to 2007 is it a walk in the park or a real pain or somewehre in
between?

Kind regards, Mark
Norman Jones - 29 May 2008 13:09 GMT
Hi Mark,

From the standpoint of VBA, you should have
very little difficulty making the transition as any
changes are relatively minor:

   - the previously problematic FileSearch has
     been dropped

   - dealing with shapes requires care(see Ron
     de Bruin at:

       Shapes and VBA code in Excel 2007
       http://www.rondebruin.nl/shape.htm

   - Toolbar customisation changes with the advent
     of the Ribbon - see Ron de Bruin at:

       Change the ribbon in Excel 2007
       http://www.rondebruin.nl/ribbon.htm

   - Graphics handling is reportedly very slow -
     perform a Google search for: graphics 2007

Any transition to Excel 2007 does, however,
does involve a learning curve for Excel's GUI.

Personally, I have experienced little difficulty in
making the change, but that is not a universal
experience.

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Regards.
Norman
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Mark Stephens - 29 May 2008 16:21 GMT
Hi Norman,

A big thank you that is very helpful (especially the pointers to links that
deal with potential sticky arreas) thanks again, kind regards, mark

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Norman Jones - 29 May 2008 16:28 GMT
Hi Mark,

> A big thank you that is very helpful (especially the pointers to links
> that deal with potential sticky arreas)

You are very welcome!

I see from another thread that you have
already encountered one of the Shape
issues ((:-

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Regards.
Norman
Jon Peltier - 29 May 2008 13:33 GMT
For the most part, code written in 2003 and earlier works fine in 2007.
There are some intentionally deprecated objects, and some small changes
which I presume are more likely unintentional. You have to test all of your
existing code against 2007, and debugging it is the same process you had to
follow in 2003. Where I have found the most issues is in charting
(understandably, since this is where 75% of my programming is done) and in
the new shape objects, whose object model thus far defies comprehension.
Most of these inconsistencies are trivial; they will nonetheless cause your
code to halt.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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Mark Stephens - 29 May 2008 16:22 GMT
Hi John,

Good to be back, thanks for that, kind regards, mark

> For the most part, code written in 2003 and earlier works fine in 2007.
> There are some intentionally deprecated objects, and some small changes
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