Macro Password
Macro Password
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Howdy,
I've come across an old SW macro in our company files that our CAD administrator would like to reactivate. Unfortunately it's set up in a way that requires a password to edit it. I've never run across this before. I can't believe somebody put a password on an open source (.swp) file. I can open it with NotePad++, but can't seem to find the password part of the code.
Does anybody know a way around or do I just start over?
I've come across an old SW macro in our company files that our CAD administrator would like to reactivate. Unfortunately it's set up in a way that requires a password to edit it. I've never run across this before. I can't believe somebody put a password on an open source (.swp) file. I can open it with NotePad++, but can't seem to find the password part of the code.
Does anybody know a way around or do I just start over?
Tobin Sparks
www.nov.com






RE: Macro Password
Unfortunately, I believe you're probably SOL unless you can find (and trust!) a VBA password recovery software package. It's possible you might be able to find someone on Tek-Tips that already has such a utility, but I'm not so familiar with that community.
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: Macro Password
Thanks for your reply. I've thought about somebody changing the code before. I've taken only minor measures to keep track of this. I have all my released macro files in a network folder that only I (and IT) have access to. Anyone can change anything they want, but, can't blame me for it :-) . It's a shame we have to think about somebody doing something malicious.
Thanks Again
Tobin Sparks
www.nov.com
RE: Macro Password
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: Macro Password
LOL
Tobin Sparks
www.nov.com
RE: Macro Password
Don't ask how.
RE: Macro Password
WOW!!! - Thank you very much!!! - that's very helpful. You'll probably have to change your name after this though
Thanks Again
Tobin Sparks
www.nov.com
RE: Macro Password
Seriously???
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: Macro Password
His website is the 9th one down on the second list, and you will see that the link is now dead and for sale:
http://www.eng-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=118
That said, can someone remove the password to this macro?
Flores
RE: Macro Password
Tobin Sparks
www.nov.com
RE: Macro Password
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Macro Password
I'm sure everybody would agree with you. It was also was written a few years ago and can be simplified. I'm supposed to fix it
Thanks
Tobin Sparks
www.nov.com
RE: Macro Password
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Macro Password
LOL LOL LOL - Yes - I'll replace it - just don't tell anybody
Thanks
Tobin Sparks
www.nov.com
RE: Macro Password
Just tell them that while you were fixing it, you renamed it RigidCustomProperties. LOL
Joe
SW Office 2006 SP5.1
P4 3.0Ghz 1GB
ATI FireGL X1
RE: Macro Password
Very Nice - Not sure I could tell him that with a straight face
Thanks
Tobin Sparks
www.nov.com
RE: Macro Password
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group