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    windows api commands on mac excel 2011

    Hi,

    I have a new project I have almost finished, however during testing I tried it on a mac as some of my users have mac's. Some of my code has windows API in it, such as for creating folders and calling word and pinging the mail server.

    Basically it doesn't work on a mac and I'm guessing it is because of the API stuff, is there any way to get it to work on a mac?
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    Re: windows api commands on mac excel 2011

    Hi mcinnes01

    Much of my development has been in Windows for Mac users. It's a major change in direction and a significant cost commitment but I've found that Fusion works wonderfully well.

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    Re: windows api commands on mac excel 2011

    Hi,

    Sorry for my ignorance but what is fusion and how do I go about using this?

    Many thanks,

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    Re: windows api commands on mac excel 2011

    You cannot use Win API on a Mac, so you have to run windows in a virtual machine, for which you need software such as Parallels, VMWare Fusion or Virtualbox. You also of course need a licensed copy of Windows for each machine.
    I don't see why, or how, you would use Win API rather than automation to run Word though
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    Re: windows api commands on mac excel 2011

    You cannot use Win API on a Mac, so you have to run windows in a virtual machine, for which you need software such as Parallels, VMWare Fusion or Virtualbox. You also of course need a licensed copy of Windows for each machine.
    I don't see why, or how, you would use API rather than automation to run Word though

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    Re: windows api commands on mac excel 2011

    Hi RS,

    So I guess it is possible to work around certain code and write it in a way that can be used on both mac and pc. Here is an example of a module I think will trip up, I can't remember exactly which bits fail as I was borrowing a friends mac when I tested it, but I have a feeling this won't work as it is. What can I do to get the same result but use it on a mac as well?

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    Re: windows api commands on mac excel 2011

    I also think that this save string won't work either?

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    Re: windows api commands on mac excel 2011

    Is this an alternative that will work or not? CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    And I guess you can't call "ping.exe" in a mac either, is there an alternative to this also?

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    Re: windows api commands on mac excel 2011

    I don't believe you can use the Scripting objects either since they are provided with Internet Explorer and as far as I know there is no Mac equivalent. (I don't use my Mac for work as the compatibility is too much hassle and VBA runs too slowly)

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    Re: windows api commands on mac excel 2011

    Thanks RS, I think I will just tell IT to install VMWARE on anyones mac who needs to use it then they can just run windows.

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