jaclaz Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) A strange request , I know.I have to (actually would like to) write a small set of Macro's (NO, NOT Excel VBA) to manage some textual data.I have my reasons to use Excel Macro's (and no - again - NOT Visual Basic macros), basically the intended spreadsheet will not be used in Excel, but rather in SPREAD32.I have found the "base references", i.e. the Excel Macro (for Macintosh ) docs and the help file macrofun.hlp.http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19243http://support.microsoft.com/kb/128185/en-usAs always happens these show the actual command syntax but provide no or very little examples.So I am looking for some examples (already written Macro's, related tutorials with examples, etc.).Of course googling today will give as result 9999 VBA related pages an 1 (maybe) actually Macro related.So, if anyone has some "old links", Wayback Machine bookmarks, etc. I would be very interested in them.jaclaz Edited July 9, 2012 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Clicking through some thing, it seems that these old Excel macros used something called "XLM" format saved into an .xlm file. Not to be confused with XML. Anyways, it looks like XLM macros were platform independent and allowed you to use them in both Windows and Macintosh versions of Excel. I found this link:http://plymdesign.com/microsoft-excel/macros-for-macintosh-excel-2008-using-xlm/My search terms:XLM MacrosExcel 4.0 macro languageI hope this isn't what you were looking for... since... it would be strange to find something for The Finder. Its like the Keymaster going to the hardware store to copy a key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 I hope this isn't what you were looking for... since... it would be strange to find something for The Finder. Its like the Keymaster going to the hardware store to copy a key.Well, it is , in the sense that it is a "tip of the iceberg", a single, rather simple 23 lines macro using a handful of functions.It is like giving half a thimble of water to someone that has just crossed the desert (but much better than nothing ).I was hoping to find some place like our own:MSFN Forum> Coding, Scripting and Servers> Programming (C++, Delphi, VB/VBS, CMD/batch, etc.)corner where HUNDREDS of small batches/ .vbs's can be found.But I have anyway to do a public FACEPALM: because, while experimenting I found an issue with a Macro function (it turned out it was not yet implemented in Spread32), so I contacted Stephen Bye, the nice Author of Spread32, and he advised me to check the actual Spread32 forum:http://spreadce.freeforums.org/where OBVIOUSLY quite a few snippets are discussed/presented. To add to the list of MS documentation, he also pointed me to the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/143466/en-us(though it contains more or less the same things as the previously posted ones).About keys, JFYI , I usually "read" keys visually, learn them by heart. and can normally make a duplicate of one quickly without the original using the nice lishi key cutter I own (and that I paid a fortune ).jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 maybe find something useful... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/97522These may require login to Google account:My linkMy linkYou can try other things to search for in Groups.Another search term that I stumbled across:XL4 macrohttp://www.jkp-ads.com/articles/excelnames08.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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