"shift" key

[skadan]

With Xl & Access, and I assume most MS Office applications, holding down the "Shift" key when opening a file disables/stops any autoexec routine running.

Any idea how to disable the effect of the "shift key"?

Thank you.

 

[Damon Ostrander]

Hi skadan,

I don't know how to disable the effect of the shift key, but if your goal is to prevent a user from disabling your Autpen or ThisWorkbook_Open event there is at least a way to force the user to both enable macros and to let the Open event run. This is simply to password protect and hide (I recommend setting the Visible property of the sheets to xlVeryHidden) all the worksheets in your workbook (save one blank sheet) and have your Open event unhide and unprotect them. Thus the workbook is unusable until the Open event runs. Of course the VBAProject must also be password protected so the user cannot see the code containing the password.

I hope this is helpful.

Damon

 

[skadan]

excellent suggestion, thanks Damon.
I do protect the sheets, but never thought of forcing the user to have macros enabled in this method. I'll give it a try.

Mike