From df.waters at outlook.com Fri May 4 10:26:21 2018 From: df.waters at outlook.com (Dan Waters) Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 15:26:21 +0000 Subject: [dba-VS] [AccessD] Unlock/Unprotect VBA Project In-Reply-To: <01f401d3e3b9$b15ccbe0$141663a0$@verizon.net> References: <01f401d3e3b9$b15ccbe0$141663a0$@verizon.net> Message-ID: I wish there was an MDE equivalent for a Windows Forms app. Dan -----Original Message----- From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman Sent: May 4, 2018 10:08 To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Unlock/Unprotect VBA Project Yeah, that one has actually been out there a while :( Found it somewhere a couple years back. Suffice to say, the only real way left to protect your code is with a MDE. Wayne is the only one I know of that can pull source text from VBA p-code and he's adamant about proof of ownership. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 10:28 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] Unlock/Unprotect VBA Project Hi all This was new to me: Open a ?protected? VBE project in minutes: Open the db in the Hex Editor of your choosing and replace any DPB= with DPX=, then use SaveAs ?. Open the newly created db, go into the VBE (you?ll get error messages, just dismiss them), go into the project properties and set a new password, save, close, reopen and all is good! https://www.devhut.net/2018/05/03/access-unlocking-an-access-vba-project/ The same is true for Excel, ? /gustav -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com