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I see lots of excel password cracker programs on the net. Should I be
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Sunil, if somebody wants to see your code it is not that hard, excel is not
a very secure program

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If someone wants to get access to your VBA code, they most certanily can...
Excel is not a secure environment. If you want more security, write a COM
Addin or a dll.

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