"Kevin" wrote ...

If your asking ..."you can use an Access database to
authorize users trying to access your spreadsheet", yes
you can. You can query an Access DB using DAO methods.

Using ADO and the OLEDB 4.0 provider for JET in Excel VBA code, one
can execute DDL sql relating to security: groups, users, passwords.
See:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...l/acadvsql.asp

Jamie.

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