Hiding Code

[Jean Pereira]

Using Office XP 2003.

Have created a macro to password protect a Word document but when I look in
the code I can see the password used. I am sure there must be a way to hide
the actual password in the code but don't know how?

 

[Graham Mayor]

You could protect the project with a password so no-one without the password
could view the code, but if it is only a password to protect a form the
password is easily circumvented and is only really there to prevent
accidental changes to the form.

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[Pablo Cardellino]

Hi, Graham,

You could protect the project with a password so no-one without the
password could view the code, but if it is only a password to protect a
form the password is easily circumvented and is only really there to
prevent accidental changes to the form.

Dou you mean the password that protects the project is easily circumvented
or the password that protects the final doc?

Regards

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Graham,



Dou you mean the password that protects the project is easily
circumvented or the password that protects the final doc?

Regards

It's specifically the password for "protect document for filling in forms"
that's easy to remove. The passwords for opening or editing the document and
the password for viewing the macro project are all quite strong.

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[Karl E. Peterson]

It's specifically the password for "protect document for filling in forms"
that's easy to remove. The passwords for opening or editing the document and
the password for viewing the macro project are all quite strong.

Ummmm, the passwords for "protecting" the project are pretty easily cracked,
actually.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Ummmm, the passwords for "protecting" the project are pretty easily cracked,
actually.

Interesting, that's the first time I've heard that. We can discuss it in a less
public setting...

 

[Karl E. Peterson]

Interesting, that's the first time I've heard that. We can discuss it in a less
public setting...

Sure, this is no place for details, I suppose. But believe me, it's googleable.

It's only fair to warn people that they need to compile code into a VB6 DLL if they
don't want others getting at it. This applies to Office 2000-2003, and *probably*
the old-format docs from Office 2007 but I haven't tried that.

(I've had very good luck at breaking the document-level passwords in Excel and
Access, as well. Can't remember if I ever tried it with Word. Fwiw.)

 

[Gordon Bentley-Mix]

Jean,

You could also put the password into a document variable and use that in
your code - something like this (which assumes that the password is stored
in a doc var called "MyPassword"):

ActiveDocument.Unprotect ActiveDocument.Variables("MyPassword").Value

At least the password wouldn't be right out in the open, and it would take a
bit more work for someone to find it.
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Cheers!

Gordon Bentley-Mix
Word MVP

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