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VBA is permanently disabled in most large corporate and government environments these days as a security precaution. Interesting to see this HN user on a campa
by password4321 8mo ago
VBA is permanently disabled in most large corporate and government environments these days as a security precaution.
Interesting to see this HN user on a campaign to promote a boutique new language running on top of VBA which seems like a dead end.
20251227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403704 Hacking VBA to support native scripting runtime with no COM dependencies
- layer8 8mo agoDocument-embedded VBA macros are disabled, but not VBA in general.
- password4321 8mo agoPardon my ignorance, but how do I use VBA when F11 to get to the editor is disabled? In my limited experience PowerShell is less restricted.
- layer8 8mo agoThey may block you from developing VBA, but that doesn't mean that stuff in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Templates and other trusted locations won't get executed.
- technion 8mo agoI'll counter argue that "large corporates" are exactly the environment with a massive legacy of VBA based Excel spreadsheets stapled together handling half the businesses most critical functions.
- n013 8mo ago>VBA is permanently disabled in most large corporate and government environments these days as a security precaution. This is exactly the argument used for deprecating a so powerful language, but It's all a Microsoft marketing strategy. Organizations creating and running only their workbooks are equally enforced to shutting down VBA, Why? Because VBA doesn't pay Microsoft rent.