So here is the real question ... with the removal of vba from the mix, will Autodesk and MS eventually remove COM support from the product as well, thereby pushing development fully into managed code ... and if so, will VB.NET eventually see its demise as a close cousin of VBA? I don't have a problem with using C# or C++/ARX for that matter, but it would be nice to know the lifespan of these other development platforms so we don't waste time dealing with code that will be obsolete in the very near future.