Facing protests from legions of Visual Basic developers, Microsoft is not backing down. But it is taking steps to keep them on friendly terms. Microsoft remains "firm" in its plans to end free support ...

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Microsoft this week took steps to assure Office developers that it has no plans to kill off Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Speculation that Redmond might eliminate VBA started last year when the ...