I'm only half way thru one good post after another. But I don't see many posts about: can VB be extended, expanded, developed? Truly, I am far behind most, and currently I am working on an app, in Excel, that helps the voiceless (like me), speak. I worked w/ Access VB for a short while, but, it, at the very least, needs Sql Server. Also, there are issues with threading, but is that the end of it? Since VB is a high level environment, speed is an issue. I have not yet heard that Excel is really headed toward .net or any other framework, but I keep checking. If anyone at MS wants to appologize for the Ribbon, don't bother. I will never accept! But can VB, in some way, be fixed or rehabilitated or improved, or whatever? I do hope so, but I can be persuaded otherwise.