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macro password
howdy,
i've come across an old sw macro in our company files that our cad administrator would like to reactivate. unfortunately it's set up in a way that requires a password to edit it. i've never run across this before. i can't believe somebody put a password on an open source (.swp) file. i can open it with notepad++, but can't seem to find the password part of the code.
does anybody know a way around or do i just start over?
tobin sparks
i can certainly believe it. you don't want people screwing up your code, especially if it's used in a production type environment. i have a couple of excel spreadsheets with password protected code in them.
unfortunately, i believe you're probably sol unless you can find (and trust!) a vba password recovery software package. it's possible you might be able to find someone on tek-tips that already has such a utility, but i'm not so familiar with that community.
-handleman, cswp (the new, easy test)
handleman,
thanks for your reply. i've thought about somebody changing the code before. i've taken only minor measures to keep track of this. i have all my released macro files in a network folder that only i (and it) have access to. anyone can change anything they want, but, can't blame me for it :-) . it's a shame we have to think about somebody doing something malicious.
thanks again
tobin sparks
i certainly didn't intend to imply any malicious intent on the part of my co-workers here. however, well-meaning bumbling incompetence often causes the same level of damage!
-handleman, cswp (the new, easy test)
handleman,
lol , point taken. not intentionally malicious, of course .
tobin sparks
attached macro without password.
don't ask how.
usiko,
wow!!! - thank you very much!!! - that's very helpful. you'll probably have to change your name after this though .
thanks again
tobin sparks
"weapons grade uranium"???
seriously???
-handleman, cswp (the new, easy test)
i could use help with a password-protected macro. i purchased propertylist from kent contract for $20. whenever his website closed, the macro quit working.
his website is the 9th one down on the second list, and you will see that the link is now dead and for sale:
oops!!! didn't know this would start something! sorry!
tobin sparks
i don't like the custom prop form. yuk.
matt lorono
cad engineer/ecn analyst
silicon valley, ca