"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

Based on the whole thread, I would say he was just being cute. Of course,
that is just my opinion.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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Hi Tom,

I read it that way too, but he ended with

... Where do we go from here?

That is where I got confused.

Bob


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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Bob,
That's what he said. If he disables macros it stops the code from
executing. So he was saying he found the answer himself.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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What exactly is the question? Your addition doesn't answer Norman's
questions IMO.

The only event that fires on opening is workbook open. You cannot stop
that
except by disabling macros, with the effect that no macros run. If you
want
to stop a user from having access to your workbook if they disable
macros,
you cannot, but you can take some mitigating action.

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HTH

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Bob Phillips
"Ronbo" wrote in message
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"Norman Jones" wrote:

Hi Ronbo,

I think you ned to give a little more detail.

For example, when do you want to prevent execution and why? Are
there
any
other salient factors?


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Regards,
Norman



"Ronbo" wrote in message
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How do I stop "Private Subs" in "ThisWorkbook" on opening from
executing.

Thanks

Norman

1) I loved your response.

2) I appreciated your questions.

3) I was just getting ready to update my post by adding that if you
do
not
enable macros, you are done.

Where do we go from here?







First of all, let me state that what I am trying to do is protect my work. I know that this is not possible, but I am trying to make it as difficult as possible.

Through the help of this discussion group and individuals such as Tom and
Bob, I believe that I have created a workbook that would be very difficult to
obtain the formulas or code from (hopefully impossible, as a newbie I think
it is).

Since the worksheet is run/protected by routines I do not want to let
someone open it without macros running - by "Disable Macros" upon opening.

Thomas Ramel provided me a round about way to prevent one from opening w/o
macros with an addin procedure in Private Sub Workbook_Open. It works great.
If one clicks "Disable Macros" it stops. They are done.

However last night when trying to break into it (and I have no idea how to
do it) I did something that let me get into the workbook without enabling
macros. I do not know what I did but it seems to me that the workbook opened
without executing the code in "Private Sub Workbook_Open". Thus my question;

How do I stop "Private Subs" in "ThisWorkbook" on opening from executing.

I liked Norms response because I read it to question my intent with, "why
and are there any other salient (silent) factors". To many times I see
someone asking how to break into or bypass protection and someone here
provides answers. I believe that If someone wants to bypass protection, let
them figure it out on their own or better yet take it to their programming
professionals who can verify ownership and use their skills to open the
workbook.

As alway, thanks for your help and help in the past.