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I'm looking for some guidance on how to migrate MS Word 2003/OS XP
macros to Word 2010/OS Windows 7.
I have inherited a robust package of MS Word macros that have passed
thru many hands over the past 10 years. The macros generate letters
and reports, and are currently accessed in MS Word 2003 by users using
OS XP. Each macro contains a substantial amount of written VB code,
with the whole package compiled as an .exe via Wise Solutions’
Installation System Version 9 for deployment to 100s of users over our
network.
Once the macros .exe is loaded on the user’s PC and Word is launched,
users access the macros via custom menus which are displayed next to
the standard “File Edit… Table Window Help” menus at the top of the
screen.
My question has to do with how these macros can be migrated from their
current Word 2003/OS XP environment to an up to date Word 2010/OS
Windows 7 environment. Is this even possible? Just the custom menu
issue alone has me thrown for a loop since the traditional Windows
menu has been replaced in Office 2010 by the ribbon, and our custom
menus don’t show in the ribbon on any tests we’ve done. On top of
this, the system file structure between XP and Windows 7 is
significantly different; when we do a deployment on our test machine,
I can't even locate a lot of the files.
Any suggestions on how to salvage these old macros so that the folks
who use them can be on the same system set-up as the rest of us,
rather than having to rapidly rewrite them all (at least 250)?
macros to Word 2010/OS Windows 7.
I have inherited a robust package of MS Word macros that have passed
thru many hands over the past 10 years. The macros generate letters
and reports, and are currently accessed in MS Word 2003 by users using
OS XP. Each macro contains a substantial amount of written VB code,
with the whole package compiled as an .exe via Wise Solutions’
Installation System Version 9 for deployment to 100s of users over our
network.
Once the macros .exe is loaded on the user’s PC and Word is launched,
users access the macros via custom menus which are displayed next to
the standard “File Edit… Table Window Help” menus at the top of the
screen.
My question has to do with how these macros can be migrated from their
current Word 2003/OS XP environment to an up to date Word 2010/OS
Windows 7 environment. Is this even possible? Just the custom menu
issue alone has me thrown for a loop since the traditional Windows
menu has been replaced in Office 2010 by the ribbon, and our custom
menus don’t show in the ribbon on any tests we’ve done. On top of
this, the system file structure between XP and Windows 7 is
significantly different; when we do a deployment on our test machine,
I can't even locate a lot of the files.
Any suggestions on how to salvage these old macros so that the folks
who use them can be on the same system set-up as the rest of us,
rather than having to rapidly rewrite them all (at least 250)?