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Hello,
Does anyone know if you can create a spreadsheet and give it a timeline to delete itself or maybe after so many uses it can't be used anymore? Thanks, Harold |
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what you ask for mounts to a macro virus. such things are frowned on in this news group. what you ask can be done but it is not generally viewed as a not good thing. I suggest that you contact a reputable consulting firm for further processing. regards FSt1 "Rockhead_67" wrote: Hello, Does anyone know if you can create a spreadsheet and give it a timeline to delete itself or maybe after so many uses it can't be used anymore? Thanks, Harold |
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correction:
what you ask can be done but it is generally viewed as a not good thing. sorry. FSt1 "FSt1" wrote: hi what you ask for mounts to a macro virus. such things are frowned on in this news group. what you ask can be done but it is not generally viewed as a not good thing. I suggest that you contact a reputable consulting firm for further processing. regards FSt1 "Rockhead_67" wrote: Hello, Does anyone know if you can create a spreadsheet and give it a timeline to delete itself or maybe after so many uses it can't be used anymore? Thanks, Harold |
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Does anyone know if you can create a spreadsheet and give it a timeline to delete itself what you ask for mounts to a macro virus. I would disagree with the characterization of such code as a 'virus'. It isn't a virus (it doesn't affect any other workbook that the one containing the code), and it is perfectly legitimate to delete the file after time period has passed **provided you have warned the user that this will happen**. I wouldn't take such an extreme action, but I don't see anything wrong with it. I have a method on my time-bomb page that describes how to delete the workbook containing the code. www.cpearson.com/Excel/WorkbookTimeBomb.aspx , in the "Time bomb With Suicide" section. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "FSt1" wrote in message ... hi what you ask for mounts to a macro virus. such things are frowned on in this news group. what you ask can be done but it is not generally viewed as a not good thing. I suggest that you contact a reputable consulting firm for further processing. regards FSt1 "Rockhead_67" wrote: Hello, Does anyone know if you can create a spreadsheet and give it a timeline to delete itself or maybe after so many uses it can't be used anymore? Thanks, Harold |
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