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ryguy7272

I want to Protect VBA Code
 
I go to the VBA Editor, go to the Tools menu, choose VBA Project Properties,
then the Protection tab, then check the "Lock Project For Viewing" option and
supply a password with like 16 characters, or 20 characters, or some such
thing. How secure is this from cracking software that uses a brute force
method? How secure is it from anything?

Regards,
Ryan--

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RyGuy

Mike H

I want to Protect VBA Code
 
It's considerably better then workbook/worksheet protection but still not
good. I use passware to open files for clients

http://www.lostpassword.com/kit.htm

and the only time it let me down was a Portuguese language password which
included special characters and only then because I lost patience.


Mike

"ryguy7272" wrote:

I go to the VBA Editor, go to the Tools menu, choose VBA Project Properties,
then the Protection tab, then check the "Lock Project For Viewing" option and
supply a password with like 16 characters, or 20 characters, or some such
thing. How secure is this from cracking software that uses a brute force
method? How secure is it from anything?

Regards,
Ryan--

--
RyGuy


Dave Peterson

I want to Protect VBA Code
 
It's not secure at all.

It protects your code from people who can't seach google or people who don't
want to pay for a piece of software or from people who don't really care to see
your code.



ryguy7272 wrote:

I go to the VBA Editor, go to the Tools menu, choose VBA Project Properties,
then the Protection tab, then check the "Lock Project For Viewing" option and
supply a password with like 16 characters, or 20 characters, or some such
thing. How secure is this from cracking software that uses a brute force
method? How secure is it from anything?

Regards,
Ryan--

--
RyGuy


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Dave Peterson

Dave Peterson

I want to Protect VBA Code
 
I don't agree.

There are techniques that remove the password from the project--not even bother
attempting to break the password.

Mike H wrote:

It's considerably better then workbook/worksheet protection but still not
good. I use passware to open files for clients

http://www.lostpassword.com/kit.htm

and the only time it let me down was a Portuguese language password which
included special characters and only then because I lost patience.

Mike

"ryguy7272" wrote:

I go to the VBA Editor, go to the Tools menu, choose VBA Project Properties,
then the Protection tab, then check the "Lock Project For Viewing" option and
supply a password with like 16 characters, or 20 characters, or some such
thing. How secure is this from cracking software that uses a brute force
method? How secure is it from anything?

Regards,
Ryan--

--
RyGuy


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Dave Peterson

JMB

I want to Protect VBA Code
 
It's not secure from anyone who can search the net and wants to break the
password. I got this to work on the first try:

http://shorterlink.co.uk/12699


"ryguy7272" wrote:

I go to the VBA Editor, go to the Tools menu, choose VBA Project Properties,
then the Protection tab, then check the "Lock Project For Viewing" option and
supply a password with like 16 characters, or 20 characters, or some such
thing. How secure is this from cracking software that uses a brute force
method? How secure is it from anything?

Regards,
Ryan--

--
RyGuy


ryguy7272

I want to Protect VBA Code
 
Thanks to all who responded!!

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RyGuy


"JMB" wrote:

It's not secure from anyone who can search the net and wants to break the
password. I got this to work on the first try:

http://shorterlink.co.uk/12699


"ryguy7272" wrote:

I go to the VBA Editor, go to the Tools menu, choose VBA Project Properties,
then the Protection tab, then check the "Lock Project For Viewing" option and
supply a password with like 16 characters, or 20 characters, or some such
thing. How secure is this from cracking software that uses a brute force
method? How secure is it from anything?

Regards,
Ryan--

--
RyGuy



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