Check whether PowerPoint or Word file is Password Protected

azizrasul

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I am trying to figure out what the vba code would be to determine whether a PPTX or DOCX files are password protected. The following (for PPTX file) isn't working but it's what I have so far. I hope that if I get error 1004 then it's not password protected but if it reaches the end then it is.
It doesn't like the Password:= bit. However similar code for Excel files work.
I don't want the password dialog box to appear, I just want a value of True or False to be returned.

VBA Code:
    Dim objPowerPoint As Object

    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

    Set objPowerPoint = CreateObject("PowerPoint.Application")

    With objPowerPoint
        .Presentations.Open FileName:=strPowerPointFile, Password:="", ReadOnly:=msoFalse, untitled:=msoTrue, withwindow:=msoFalse
        .Quit
    End With

    Set objPowerPoint = Nothing

    PowerPointFileProtection1 = False

ErrorHandler:
If Err.Number = 1004 Then
       PowerPointFileProtection1 = True
End If
 
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