I don't know the answer to the problem. You may want to repost the question
asking how to supply a wiondow pasword when opening a workbook using vba.

I don't know why the project can't give you read permission to the file that
doesn't require a password. Another thing you may tru is performing a query
of the file to get the data. Try going to the worksheet an use the following
menu

Data - Import External Data - New Database Query (or import data). if this
works there are other methods to get the data. You can read a workbook
without opening the workbook using database access like ADO and DAO. A
workbook and an Access database have the same structure.

"Frank Situmorang" wrote:

OK Joel, I reread again your explanation, since wehn we run the macro, it
deos not prompt us to fill in the password, so it must be a window password.
How can we we do it I know the password if we open it manually.

I appreciate your help. Unfortunately operation people make to kind of
folder of their project summary. One folder has files with password and the
other folder with password ( the same password for all the files). For each
file, every time we open it with Window Explorer it prompt us fo key in the
password.

Thanks for your kind help.

Frank

"joel" wrote:

As I said previously you can't circumvent the windows security protection
using VBA. If you can't open the file using a windows explorer you won't be
able to open the file from a macro.

OPen a window explorer (START - Right Click - Explorer) and find the file.
If yo can't see the file then yo don't have protection to open it. If yo can
see the file then try to open it and it won't open.

Youcan have the owner of the file change the permission to read only so you
can open the file. the owner may not have the priviledge and may require an
administrator to change the permission. Te protection feature in excel is a
2nd level of prtection after the windows protection is adjusted.

"Frank Situmorang" wrote:

Joel,

Mine is excel password and for every ecxel file has the same password. The
problem of error message saying " Cannot open file - Existing Macro" still
persist.

I appreciate your more explanantion.

Thanks very much,

Frank

"joel" wrote:

There are two different type of passwords. An Excel Password and a window
password. I think the password on your file is a window password. I you
have an excel password the macro will prompt for a passwrod if you don't have
one in the open statement. Try taking the passwrod out of the open statement
and see what happens

from
Set FileNameXls = Workbooks.Open( _
Filename:=FName, _
UpdateLinks:=0, _
Password:="topsecret", _
WriteResPassword:="topsecret")

to
Set FileNameXls = Workbooks.Open( _
Filename:=FName, _
UpdateLinks:=0)


If yo have a window password the password need to be handled differntly then
the code yo present have. If so you will need to go into window explorer and
select the file, then right click and select property to find out what
windows passwords are set in the file (provided you have thge permission to
see the protection).

The multiselect option is true on the filedialog box so you can select
multiple files. Is ther a different password for differnt files. It isn't
clear from your last posting.

"Frank Situmorang" wrote:

Thanks Joel for your suggestion, there is no more debugging, but the error
message said " Can not open the file - Existing Macro" then I click OK,
nothing happeed.

Moreover, can we make it to open several files?, because we want to use the
good thing on Getopen file.

I do not know why for the non password files, it works perfectly and can
open many files and then create the worksheet.

Thanks for your more explanation.

Frank

"joel" wrote:

I did a visula inspection of your code and found lots of errors. the changes
I made should get you past the place where you prevviously had errors. You
where trying to open up an arrays of file names. You need to open ech file
individually.




Sub Rectangle2_Click()
Dim FileNameXls As Variant
Dim SummWks As Worksheet
Dim ColNum As Integer
Dim myCell As Range, Rng As Range
Dim RwNum As Long, FNum As Long, FinalSlash As Long
Dim ShName As String, PathStr As String
Dim SheetCheck As String, JustFileName As String
Dim JustFolder As String

ShName = "SUMMARY" '<---- Change
Set Rng = Range("C7,C8,E7,D114,H4,D59,E59,D66,F66," & _
"D73,F73,D95,F95,D103,D104") '<----Change


'Select the files with GetOpenFilename
OpenFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename( _
filefilter:="Excel Files,*.xl*", MultiSelect:=True)

If FileNameXls = False Then
MsgBox ("Cannot Open file - Exiting Macro")
Exit Sub
End If

With Application
.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
.ScreenUpdating = False
End With

If IsArray(FileNameXls) = False Then
'if Only one file selected do nothing
MsgBox ("Only one file selected")
Else

'Add a new workbook with one sheet for the Summary
Set SummWks = Workbooks.Add(xlWBATWorksheet)
'The links to the first workbook will start in row 2
RwNum = 1

For FName = LBound(FileNameXls) To UBound(FileNameXls)

Set FileNameXls = Workbooks.Open( _
Filename:=FName, _
UpdateLinks:=0, _
Password:="topsecret", _
WriteResPassword:="topsecret")

ColNum = 1
RwNum = RwNum + 1
FinalSlash = InStrRev(FileNameXls(FName), "\")
JustFileName = Mid(FileNameXls(FName), FinalSlash + 1)
JustFolder = Left(FileNameXls(FName), FinalSlash - 1)

'copy the workbook name in column A
SummWks.Cells(RwNum, 1).Value = JustFileName

'build the formula string
JustFileName = WorksheetFunction.Substitute( _
JustFileName, "'", "''")
PathStr = "'" & JustFolder & "\[" & JustFileName & "]" & _
ShName & "'!"

MsgBox ("running Macro from workbook : " & PathStr)
On Error Resume Next
SheetCheck = ExecuteExcel4Macro( _
PathStr & Range("A1").Address(, , xlR1C1))
If Err.Number < 0 Then
'If the sheet not exist in the workbook
'the row color will be Yellow.
SummWks.Cells(RwNum, 1).Resize(1, Rng.Cells.Count + 1) _
.Interior.Color = vbYellow
Else
For Each myCell In Rng.Cells
ColNum = ColNum + 1
SummWks.Cells(RwNum, ColNum).Formula = _
"=" & PathStr & myCell.Address
Next myCell
End If
On Error GoTo 0
FileNameXls.close savechanges:=False
Next FName

' Use AutoFit to set the column width in the new workbook
SummWks.UsedRange.Columns.AutoFit
End If

MsgBox "The Summary is ready, save the file if you want to keep it"

With Application
.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
.ScreenUpdating = True
End With

End Sub




"Frank Situmorang" wrote:

Hello Joel,

I have added your suggestion but still debugging at your suggetion, could
you please explain more, here is my complete VBA:

Sub Rectangle2_Click()
Dim FileNameXls As Variant
Dim SummWks As Worksheet
Dim ColNum As Integer
Dim myCell As Range, Rng As Range
Dim RwNum As Long, FNum As Long, FinalSlash As Long
Dim ShName As String, PathStr As String
Dim SheetCheck As String, JustFileName As String
Dim JustFolder As String

ShName = "SUMMARY" '<---- Change
Set Rng =
Range("C7,C8,E7,D114,H4,D59,E59,D66,F66,D73,F73,D9 5,F95,D103,D104") '<----
Change


'Select the files with GetOpenFilename
FileNameXls = Application.GetOpenFilename(filefilter:="Excel Files,
*.xl*", _
MultiSelect:=True)
Set FileNameXls = Workbooks.Open( _
Filename:=PathStr & FileNameXls, _
UpdateLinks:=0, _
Password:="topsecret", _
WriteResPassword:="topsecret")

Set FileNameXls = ActiveWorkbook


If IsArray(FileNameXls) = False Then
'do nothing
Else
With Application
.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
.ScreenUpdating = False
End With

'Add a new workbook with one sheet for the Summary
Set SummWks = Workbooks.Add(1).Worksheets(1)

'The links to the first workbook will start in row 2
RwNum = 1

For FNum = LBound(FileNameXls) To UBound(FileNameXls)
ColNum = 1
RwNum = RwNum + 1
FinalSlash = InStrRev(FileNameXls(FNum), "\")
JustFileName = Mid(FileNameXls(FNum), FinalSlash + 1)
JustFolder = Left(FileNameXls(FNum), FinalSlash - 1)

'copy the workbook name in column A
SummWks.Cells(RwNum, 1).Value = JustFileName

'build the formula string
JustFileName = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(JustFileName, "'",
"''")
PathStr = "'" & JustFolder & "\[" & JustFileName & "]" & ShName
& "'!"

On Error Resume Next
SheetCheck = ExecuteExcel4Macro(PathStr & Range("A1").Address(,
, xlR1C1))
If Err.Number < 0 Then
'If the sheet not exist in the workbook the row color will
be Yellow.
SummWks.Cells(RwNum, 1).Resize(1, Rng.Cells.Count + 1) _
.Interior.Color = vbYellow
Else
For Each myCell In Rng.Cells
ColNum = ColNum + 1
SummWks.Cells(RwNum, ColNum).Formula = _
"=" & PathStr & myCell.Address
Next myCell
End If
On Error GoTo 0
Next FNum

' Use AutoFit to set the column width in the new workbook
SummWks.UsedRange.Columns.AutoFit

MsgBox "The Summary is ready, save the file if you want to keep it"

With Application
.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
.ScreenUpdating = True
End With
End If
End Sub

Thanks for your help.

Frank
"joel" wrote:

You had a typeo in the line