>>>>That wouldn't surprise me. It's a pretty rich object model and can do quite a number of things.
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>>>>I just came off a project where I had to generate some pretty complex contract documents in Word. I made heavy use of Tamar's book on Office Automation.
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>>>Hmmm I'm have problems with what you're saying. Perhaps some definitions could help this out.
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>>>You really see MS Word as a development language? I see it more as software offering a way to interact with other softwares. That's it. Those characteristics does'nt make it a development language.
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>>Hello Denis,
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>>although i would normaly agree with you that calling MS Word a development/programming language is crazy, looking at the definition of programming language i sadly have to admit that it is a programming language.
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>>In http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=401270&query=programming%20language%22&ct= it says "...Others, such as LISP, are functional, in that programming is done by invoking procedures (sections of code executed within a program)...".
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>>so, strictly speaking MS Word is a functional programming language. :-(
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>That nonsense has to be stopped right now ;-)


:-)


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>A development language is a collection of functions commands... that lets you build software.


well, MS Word has not only a bunch of build in commands/functions but also the attached Word Basic language. some if the functions/commands are:
If
Next
SkipIf
Etc...

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>If you don't build something with it you end up with nothing.

i can create a fully automated document with word commands - i would say i have created something, which an end-user can use to easely enter data, with validations, etc, etc. :-)

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>Word is an application. If you don't build something with the stuff it provides you still have a word processor. You can use the stuff to improve the word processing features but that does'nt mean that it becomes a development language.

i am not too crazy about this either, but strictly speaking - MS Word classifies as a programming language.