Thanks for that, good workaround,

rgd, Mark


"Ken Macksey" wrote in message
...
Hi

One way around it is to use another workbook to open your read only
workbook.

Use code like this in another blank workbook that does nothing but open
your read-only workbook.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Workbooks.Open "your_workbooks_name.xls"
End Sub


HTH

Ken