On: Macro-Less Code Exec in MSWord

[upofadown]

Microsoft loves to execute code from unlikely places. What possible legitimate use would this particular "feature" be good for?

[kyberias → upofadown]

Yeah, what possibly use could there be to launch other programs from other programs? Come on now.

[ksk → upofadown]

I believe this unfortnuate idea was introduced in 1993 with windows 3.1. This was sold as a way for an application like powerpoint to script access to data for say, a chart, from a spreadsheet file. This way when the spreadsheet was updated, the powerpoint was as well.