Most developers think of VBA when they hear "macros in Office" or "automation in legacy apps." But for those building or maintaining high-stakes line-of-business applications—think CAD software, industrial automation, or ERP systems—there’s a far more powerful, modern option:
And with its latest version , VSTA has quietly become a bridge between legacy customization and modern .NET development. Unlike VBA (which is stuck in COM-based, single-threaded apartment land), VSTA is a runtime that lets you embed a full Visual Studio .NET customization environment inside your own application. Your users—or your internal dev team—can write scripts and add-ons using C# or VB.NET , targeting .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later (depending on the exact build). Most developers think of VBA when they hear
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