Apart from that, you can also write COM add-ins for Office applications in any language that supports COM, still fully supported in Office 2016. The ability to record your actions as editable VBA macros is one great feature for the developers. Since VBA is built on COM ( Microsoft’s object technology) and has fast access to the COM interfaces exposed by Office applications, VBA is well suited to automating Office. Run the just-released Word 2016, enable the Developer ribbon, click VBA, and there is Visual Basic for Applications 7.1, using traditional VB as found in the long-deprecated VB 6.0 from 1998. Each layer is carefully maintained for compatibility. Looking at Microsoft Office development is like looking at an old tree’s cross-section – you will find different layers from different eras. Microsoft will be having a consistent JavaScript API across the Windows, Mac and mobile version of Office.
