variable stored in Excel - read only from VBA

[Guest]

I thought I read that there was a way to store data in an xls file - this data was only readable from within VBA. The data was stored and retrieved via key-value pair.

For example: "totalOpened", 356

I can't find the documentation on this now. Did I imagine this?

Bob Mooney

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

Sounds like you are talking about a collection or a dictionary object (from
the scripting runtime I believe).

However, neither are stored in a workbook as persistent data.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

I thought I read that there was a way to store data in an xls file - this

data was only readable from within VBA. The data was stored and retrieved
via key-value pair.

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

Sounds like you are talking about the hidden name space that Laurent Longre
explains on Chip Pearon's site.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/hidden.htm

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

Your post triggered a new thought. I can store persistent data through

CustomDocumentProperties. This will work for the time being. But this data
is accessible through the normal Excel macros. I still remember reading of
a way to store variables that could only be read from VBA.

 

[TroyW]

Bob,

Maybe this is what you were thinking/confusing?

GetSetting
SaveSetting

These functions will get and save key-value pairs to a special VBA section
of the Registry. The information is not stored in an Excel file but can be
retrieved via VBA code.

Troy

I thought I read that there was a way to store data in an xls file - this

data was only readable from within VBA. The data was stored and retrieved
via key-value pair.