macOS: missing libs

[ylluminate]

When trying to use this on macOS MS Excel, it appears the following libraries are not provided:

• MISSING: Microsoft Scripting Runtime#Microsoft Scripting Runtime
• MISSING: Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5#Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5

Any chance we can figure out how to make this work without these or another workaround?

[bskinn]

Wow, a Mac user - cool! 🤩

Sorry this isn't working smoothly. I've only ever developed/used this on Windows, so I had no way to know this would happen.

I don't think I'll be able to help much on this, since I don't have access to a Mac, much less a Mac with Office. The project might need to be forked to a Mac-dedicated version and maintained by someone else.

That said, the first step is to look through the references that are available and try to find replacements for the two that are missing.

• The Microsoft Scripting Runtime is what provides access to the filesystem, and reading/writing files.
• Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5 provides regex functionality.

If you can find these replacements, you can try disabling these Windows-specific ones and enabling the Mac-specific ones. I rather doubt that will be all that's needed for a fix, though -- the interfaces are likely different.

I'm happy to advise on any efforts working toward a Mac version...just let me know.