Workbooks can be locked in a few different ways.

Do you mean that you have:

1. Worksheets that are portected via tools|protection?
2. The workbook is protected via Tools|protection?
3. The workbook is protected from opening via File|saveas|tools|...?
4. The VBA project is protected tools|vbaproject properties?

Each would have a different response.

And you may want to post a little more specifics (not a workbook) just for more
background.


guilhaume wrote:

hi all
I have a lot of excel file to unlock with a VB program
How can I know if a workbook is locked (not to try to treat them when
they are unlocked)
I tried to do:
Dim pass As String
pass= currentWorkbook.Password
If pass < "" Then
unlocking_treatment.....
End If
But even if the workbook is unlocked, the program passes into the If
condition and tries to unlock
While debuging, I saw that pass has the following value: "********"

what can I do?

Guilhaume

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the workbook is locked by the following way:

tools - protection - protect the workbook

(I think it is that , in my case the menu options are in french... ;)

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You could just try unprotecting, then check to see if you did it successfully:

Option Explicit
Sub testme01()

Dim wkbk As Workbook
Set wkbk = ActiveWorkbook

If wkbk.ProtectWindows _
Or wkbk.ProtectStructure Then
On Error Resume Next
wkbk.Unprotect Password:="aaa"
On Error GoTo 0
If wkbk.ProtectWindows _
Or wkbk.ProtectStructure Then
MsgBox "still protectected!"
Else
MsgBox "WooHoo, Found a password"
End If
Else
MsgBox "Not protected"
End If
End Sub


You may want to take a look at J.E. McGimpsey's code that will unprotect both
the workbook and worksheets:
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/removepwords.html

guilhaume wrote:

the workbook is locked by the following way:

tools - protection - protect the workbook

(I think it is that , in my case the menu options are in french... ;))

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