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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / September 2005How to perform a "pseudo" ActiveDocument.protect
I have a need to prevent changes from being made to an ActiveDocument. The limitation is I'm trying to "band-aid" a 3rd party application. It breaks if the ActiveDocument is protected. I know that I can capture the user moving the mouse (i.e making a selection) via WindowSelectionChange event. How can I then prevent the user from making any changes or additions (pseudo-protect)? Is there a built-in macro(s) that I could override? When you load the ActiveDocument, you can protect it by adding the following code to the startup of your document. Sub proToggleFormLock() 'Toggle the Protection on and off If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType = wdAllowOnlyFormFields Then ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="myPassword" Else ActiveDocument.Protect Password:="myPassword", NoReset:=True, Type:= _ wdAllowOnlyFormFields End If End Sub I am not aware of any built-in macro's which would help you with what you want to do other than to increase the security level to High or Very High depending on the version of Word you are running.  SignatureDawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well. I have a need to prevent changes from being made to an ActiveDocument. The limitation is I'm trying to "band-aid" a 3rd party application. It breaks if the ActiveDocument is protected. I know that I can capture the user moving the mouse (i.e making a selection) via WindowSelectionChange event. How can I then prevent the user from making any changes or additions (pseudo-protect)? Is there a built-in macro(s) that I could override? Unfortunately the 3rd party's ActiveX control that integrates with Word fails when the ActiveDocument is protected via ActiveDocument.Protect. Thus the need to override the ability to edit, delete, or insert text when the WindowSelectionChange event fires. > When you load the ActiveDocument, you can protect it by adding > the following code to the startup of your document. [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > built-in > macro(s) that I could override?
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