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Name: mherber2
Date: June 14, 2008 at 08:08:32 Pacific
OS: windows xp
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i have a workbook some what password protected but need some code to finish it up and was wondering if someone could help???

what i have now is when the workbook opens a useform opens and request a password when the correct password is entered and ok is clicked all sheets are unhidden, when the workbook closes all sheets are hidden and the workbook saves. everything is wokring great the only problem is that when the user types in their password you can clearly see what the password is, what im looking to do is cover char entered in the user for with an astric. can anyone help me acheive my goal?



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Name: mherber2
Date: June 14, 2008 at 10:50:10 Pacific
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i want to thank everyone that might have been working on this... i did find a solution, in vba properties for the text box i set passwordchar to * and now everything i type into that text box shows as *.


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