# Compile for Win on Mac

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/compile-for-win-on-mac/27836>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 5, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/compile-for-win-on-mac/27836 "2015-11-05T07:34:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Tullin](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/jeff_tullin/32/693_2.png) [@Jeff\_Tullin](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jeff_Tullin)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/compile-for-win-on-mac/27836/1 "2015-11-05T07:34:21Z")

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I dont usually do this, but today using 2015, I decided to build a Windows executable on the Mac  
It barfed at a section which uses OLE to drive Word, saying that the WordApplication et al don’t exist.

But they do on Windows, so why wouldnt it compile ‘for’ Windows on the Mac side?

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**Author:** ![Alexander\_van\_der\_Linden](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/alexander_van_der_linden/32/323_2.png) [@Alexander\_van\_der\_Linden](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alexander_van_der_Linden)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/compile-for-win-on-mac/27836/2 "2015-11-05T07:40:17Z")

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Office plugins?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Tullin](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/jeff_tullin/32/693_2.png) [@Jeff\_Tullin](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Jeff_Tullin)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/compile-for-win-on-mac/27836/3 "2015-11-05T07:42:29Z")

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Probably.  
I’ll check that out.

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**Author:** ![Sascha\_S](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/sascha_s/32/22328_2.png) [@Sascha\_S](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sascha_S)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/compile-for-win-on-mac/27836/4 "2015-11-05T08:23:53Z")

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Most probably.  
You find them in the Extras Folder of Xojo 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/compile-for-win-on-mac/27836/5 "2020-10-29T18:02:42Z")

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