He said it's NOT IMpossible.

Though, honestly, rather than trying to set up a whole .NET-based stack of crap, I would just use VBA and get on with it.
Simple stuff is still fairly easy in VB-based languages. It's just difficult to go beyond trivial uses. The language's limits start to show, badly.
If you're such a "programmer" that you can't comprehend scripting languages, you're just as bad as a scripter that can't (but tries to) program. (- Not directed at anyone in particular. Settle down.)