vb.net or vba for systems converted from WordPerfect?????

[Chip Orange]

We're about to convert a very large amount of document automation, using
wordperfect and it's macro language, to word 2002.

We're not sure if we should concentrate on learning and using vba or vb.net.

We've seen a few comments that vba has a very limited future, and so we
should not invest in new systems which make use of it.

Any opinions are appreciated.

thanks.

Chip Orange

 

[Lars-Eric Gisslén]

Chip,

..Net solutions are for Office 2003. In Office 2003 you are not forced to use
..Net for creating solutions (instead of using VBA), VB, C++ or any other COM
complient dev tool will be ok. We have created solutions for Word 2003 in
both VB and C#. VB solutions are easier to develop and easier to deploy than
..Net solutoins.

For 2003 solutions we will propably skip VBA totally, if possible.

Regards,
Lars-Eric

 

[Chip Orange]

I've since found out we're going to purchase 2003.

thanks.