Capturing the password for form-protected documents

[DDawson]

Is there a way to capture the manually entered password so that I can assign
it to macros?

As you may already know, the document needs to be unprotected for the macros
to run. Currently, I'm use the following example code in my Macros to protect
and unprotect the document:

If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
bProtected = True
ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="password1"
End If

I would like to be able to capture any password that is entered and define
it as a string, or something, then use something like:

If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType ...
ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:= Defined Password
End If

Kind regards
Dylan

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Is there a way to capture the manually entered password so that I can assign
it to macros?

As you may already know, the document needs to be unprotected for the macros
to run. Currently, I'm use the following example code in my Macros to protect
and unprotect the document:

If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
bProtected = True
ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="password1"
End If

I would like to be able to capture any password that is entered and define
it as a string, or something, then use something like:

If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType ...
ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:= Defined Password
End If

If you want to capture a user-defined password on the fly, you have to
create your own password-setting utility and force users to use your utility
to protect the document.

Your utility can be in two parts:
1) When protecting the document, if no password is stored in memory, force
the user to create a password and then store it.
2) If a passowrd exists, offer a two-button option: "Protect" (Automatically
using the previously set password.) and "Change Password" (To change the
password before protecting the document.).

It is not too difficult. All you need are two little userforms.
You can store the password as a Document Variable.