hi
I am working on this project where my supervisor wants me to add a content control that triggers a password check using vba.



is there anyway this can be done?

You are best off using Word's built-in security rather than trying to write something. However, you can use a MacroButton Field to run a macro that would simulate a password check. You could store the password as a document variable and close the document if the proper response is not given. This is far from the security offered by Word's password to open or even its password to edit.

You can protect a document by restricting editing and requiring a password to edit protected portions.

You can trap the OnEnter event for a content control. This macro would fire every time you enter a Content Control and you can simply test the properties of the CC so that if someone enters that particular one, password check part of the macro can run.

See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib.../ff196332.aspx

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia

The problem with these methods is that they require the use of macros. You cannot force a user to run a macro.

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Graham Mayor - MS MVP (Word) (2002-2019)
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That's true Graham but the original poster said 'my supervisor wants me to add a content control that triggers a password check using vba'.

They will find it hard to come up with a different solution that uses vba but doesn't force a user to run a macro

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia

Exactly - which is why the aim is not viable.

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Graham Mayor - MS MVP (Word) (2002-2019)
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