Password embedded documents

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andy

I have a master file that has read and modify passwords
set, however i would then like to further have it request
a password to open the embedded document (also a word
file). Is this possible???? Currently if you enter the
read password for the master file you can also view the
embedded document.

Any clues or ideas on this would be great.

Using MS Word 2003
 
Hi Andy,

About the only thing I can imagine would be a macro in the
"container" document that uses an event that fires when the
selected window changes to check if it's the embedded
document, and display a message box to ask for the password.
If the password is correct, then it allows the document to
be viewed, otherwise it closes the window.

I've never tried this, so I don't know whether you'd need to
format the embedded document with "hidden" text, and have
the macro change that formatting. Or whether you could get
away with just supressing the screen updating until the
macro has finished running.
I have a master file that has read and modify passwords
set, however i would then like to further have it request
a password to open the embedded document (also a word
file). Is this possible???? Currently if you enter the
read password for the master file you can also view the
embedded document.

Any clues or ideas on this would be great.
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Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun
8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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