Okay, then change this:

ActiveSheet.Shapes("Text Box 1").Select
If Selection.Characters.Text = "MyPass" Then

to

If Me.TextBox1.Text = "MyPass" Then

Does that work for you?
Matthew Pfluger

"pswanie" wrote:

i have the said textbox on a userform. the aplication (excell workbook) is
set to visible = valse

now if i enter "mypass" in the textbox it enable commandbutton1.

commandbutton1_click make the application visible = true and unload userform1.

then i can get to my macros etc..