XLIDE: VBA without excel

(github.com)

29 points | by sts153 2 hours ago

3 comments

  • stymaar 4 minutes ago
    Very cool in theory. Unfortunately it's just 12klocs of a vibe-coded week-end project.

    Edit: it's actually 50klocs since the pyOpenVBA dependency is from the same author and has been made the week-end before.

  • leshenka 34 minutes ago
    Wonder how extensively VBA is used in today's Excel. I know that macros are considered dangerous but would love to know if there are exceptions for that rule.

    On the other hand I wonder why aren't they run in such a sandbox where the most destructive action they can do is to wipe the sheets.

    • stymaar 7 minutes ago
      The world lives on Excel macros. The amount of “shadow it” where the business logic allowing big businesses to run is encoded is unfathomable.
    • 2Gkashmiri 24 minutes ago
      https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/downloads/income-t...

      You need a genuine licensed excel to run the file and prepare returns. Thankfully you can file same returns online on the portal for free so they get a safe pass that way.

  • _boffin_ 15 minutes ago
    Gonna have some fun with this!