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Can you call os level functions from an excel macro? Can you access raw memory from it? If the answer to either of those is no, then that’s a big difference.
by dartos 3y ago
Can you call os level functions from an excel macro?
Can you access raw memory from it?
If the answer to either of those is no, then that’s a big difference.
- meibo 3y agoYou can call any native or COM function from VBA, the only real limitation is that it's strictly single-threaded(-ish).
- nradov 3y agoYou can call Windows API functions from VBA.
- hnlmorg 3y agoYes you can. VBA can make the same Win32 API calls as VB6. Something I exploited back in the tail end of the 90s.
- anthk 3y agoCOM/OLE. Old as hell. Macro viruses in Office/Outlook has been a shitfest since late 90's.