Thx for the reply.

If the workbook is Protected in the design mode then I won't be able to open
it in XLAM and work upon it i.e Paste Data and apply Report options, etc.

The flow is that the user uploads the Template ( a simple workbook empty
formulas and empty ranges where data would be pasted and formulas would
calculate on the data pasted) which is opened in XLAM and worked upon and
saved as the final report. So if the Template itself is protected then XLAM
wont be able to open it and work upon.

Please let me know if I am missing something.



"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Why do you need to protect the workbook dynamically, why not just set the
password in the design mode?

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Bob

"Anand Nichkaode" wrote in
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Hi all,

We are using Excel for reporting in our organization.
Basically there is a Java web application which instantiates Excel 2007
with
an XLAM. This XLAM opens a Report Template(an .xls, .xlsm file, name
supplied as
command line parameter). The Template has a data sheet where we have
multiple
ranges and the Report sheet which shows the final report based on the data
from the DataSheet. The ReportSheet contains formulas to show the final
output. It could contain Charts/Graphs also. The data is fetched from SQL
server and is pasted on the Ranges. And finally when all the data is
pasted
and Macro is run the Template is saved as a Final Report somewhere on the
Report Server.

The Excel runs in the background in all this process. There could be
multiple instances of Excel running on the same box. The instances run
under
separate WindowStation.

In this process depending on the options selected by the end user, the
Report
options are applied on the final report workbook. The some of the Report
options are Protect Workbook, Protect Worksheets, Protect Macro Code,
Delete Macro code, etc.

I am facing a problem when it comes to Protecting Macro Code.
I believe that there is no API/Excel Object Mode available to accomplish
this task.

Given below is the code I am using for protecting the macro code.

Sub protectMacroCode()

With Application
.CutCopyMode = False
.DisplayAlerts = False

.SendKeys "%{F11}", True
.SendKeys "%T", True
.SendKeys "E", True
.SendKeys "^{TAB}", True
.SendKeys "%V", True
.SendKeys "{TAB}" & Trim("XXXXXX"), True
.SendKeys "{TAB}" & Trim("XXXXXX"), True
.SendKeys "~", True
.SendKeys "%{F11}", True
End With
End Sub

The XLAM writes the above code to the Report Workbook and Excutes this
macro code. The macro is successfully written in the workbook but does
not work as expected when call from XLAM.

Whereas this particular piece of code works fine when the workbook has
this macro already present and the XLAM just executes it.

If anybody have any idea please let me know as it is a blocking issue in
our
process.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks in advance.