VBA Project default ivb password protected

[ckuester]

Hello,

i wrote a little vba Programm within the drawing application of Inventor 2016.

Now i installed Inventor 2017 and copied the Default.ivb file.

Now this Programm  has some difficulties to run and i want to Change it.

Unfortunately the code ist suddenly protected by a Password!!  I never ever defined a Password ...

Is there a Chance reset the pasword?

Thanks

Greetings

Christian

[ekinsb]

Truthfully, I wasn't even aware you could set a password for a VBA project.  It's something built-in to VBA and is not something that Inventor has added.  We don't have any special way to remove a password.  However, I did do some research online and others have run into the same problem with other applications that use VBA; primarily Excel.

Can you send me your project and I'll see if what I found will work.  I can't make any guarantees but I'll give it a shot.  You can send your project directly to me at brian.ekins at autodesk.com.

[NachoShaw]

VBA project files don't just assign themselves a password. Furthermore, you have to enter the same password twice in order to set the password. I know that some people here provide vba project files for others to use but pw protect them to protect their work? Maybe you have selected that in 'error'. I know that I wouldn't be very happy if I kindly provided a vba project file and someone went ahead and cracked it open.

Nacho

[ekinsb · Accepted solution]

Nacho, Good point.  I'll do a little due diligence before I attempt to crack the file.