A Microsoft director explains why it's finally ending language updates for Visual Basic, a programming language launched in 1991 that 700,000 developers still rely on every month

Microsoft's Visual Basic was named the "Most Dreaded" programming language for three years in a row by the Stack Overflow Developer Survey.
TechSpot

Microsoft urges customers to prepare for VBScript deprecation in their Office VBA macros

The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...
Neowin

VBScript on Windows is on the way out, here is what to do with your legacy VBA projects

Microsoft has reminded customers about the ongoing deprecation of VBScript in Windows, explaining what to do with legacy VBA projects. From time to time, Microsoft deprecates legacy components in ...
Ars Technica

Excel scripting/VBA - Grouping, copy group header row to member rows?

<br><br>If that's not clear, here's a screenshot of what I mean. I happen to be viewing that in Excel 2007 but they're using E2k3. This grouping/"outline" is an Excel thing.<br><br>This was generated ...
eWeek

Visual Basic Rises Again as a Document Malware Scripting Language

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...
Ars Technica

Poll Technica: Lack of VBA in Mac Office holding you hostage?

Official support for Office 2004 for Mac is not going away this month as expected, Microsoft has announced. Instead, the company plans to extend support until 2012 in order to relieve those who are ...