What are the differences between VBA 6.0 and VBA 7.0?
This piece on MSDN has more on the changes in VBA 7 for Office 2010:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee691831(loband).aspx#odc_office2010_Compatibility32bit64bit_IntroducingVBA7CodeBase
There's not a whole lot that has changed between VBA6 and VBA7. VBA7 was introduced to support 64-bit versions of both Office and Windows (see below on what those differences are). Here are the key changes:
64-bit support, primarily for API calls. This is both used to make your code work with your OS/Office version as well as others' (i.e. someone on Office 2003/WinXP)
If you are on a 64-bit version of Windows, but are on a 32-bit version of Office, you can declare API calls like below. .
#If Win64 Then Declare PtrSafe Function GetTickCount64 Lib "kernel32"() As LongLong #Else Declare PtrSafe Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" () As Long #End If
If you are on a 64-bit version of Windows, and are on a 64-bit version of Office, you can declare API calls like: .
#If VBA7 Then Declare PtrSafe Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" ( _ ByVal lpClassName As String, _ ByVal lpWindowName As String) As LongPtr #Else Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal _ lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long #End If
To support this, there are:
Three new keywords (2 data types and 1 modifier):
LongPtr
,LongLong
andPtrSafe
One new function:
CLngLng()
(i.e. Int64)The new compilation constants as used above:
VBA7
andWin64
VBA7 is compatible with 64-bit versions of Office.