[dba-VS] [AccessD] Unlock/Unprotect VBA Project

[Dan Waters]

I wish there was an MDE equivalent for a Windows Forms app.

Dan

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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
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