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Eleven Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org
Replacing a complicated piece of software like an office suite can be a major undertaking. But, if you apply a few simple rules to make sure your needs are met, you'll be ready to be productive on the new software right away.
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Largest Single Impediment
From what I have seen, the largest single impediment to persuading my clients (and myself) to making the move is the absence of VBA or some equivalent language. On the Windows platform I have invested years of programming to achieve Offic Automation, combining Word, Excel, Access and SQL Server to deliver integrated apps that work brilliantly.
I would love to port these apps to OOo but as far as I can see, there is no available path to get from here to there.
I'm talking about LOTS of VBA code. 50K lines per application, at a casual guess. Simple formula-translations are just that, simple, but complex code is difficult if not impossible.
Lots of my clients would love to make the move, but until I can provide a conversion path, then it's a non-starter. And by this I don't just mean that OOo can read an Excel or Word file and save it natively -- I mean that the VBA part is the most important, and without that we have a non-starter.
Arthur