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can anyone guide me how to crack vba project password

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Actually Earl, the VBA Project PW is much harder to crack than worksheet and
workbook PW.

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JimKing,

You can lock the project (Tools - VBAProject Properties) - Protection tab -
Lock project for viewing. The password algorigthm it uses is likely no more
secure than other passwords in Excel, but will keep out the mildly curious).



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Many people make their living by writing code. If they (and others) choose to
try to protect their intellectual property, why should you have access to it?

Even if you say this is for your own project, how would anyone know if that's
true?

linto wrote:

can anyone guide me how to crack vba project password

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Actually Earl, the VBA Project PW is much harder to crack than worksheet and
workbook PW.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:29:21 -0400, "Earl Kiosterud"
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JimKing,

You can lock the project (Tools - VBAProject Properties) - Protection tab -
Lock project for viewing. The password algorigthm it uses is likely no more
secure than other passwords in Excel, but will keep out the mildly curious).




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