Set to Read Only

  • Thread starter Thread starter Eric
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If you mean that you want to open a workbook and then change it to
read-only, you can do it like this:

On Error Resume Next
ActiveWorkbook.Saved = True
ActiveWorkbook.ChangeFileAccess Mode:=xlReadOnly

The On Error is in case the workbook is already RO.
 
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