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    How do i review who has opened a file with password and made changes?

    Hi All,

    this is quite technical so not very optimistic i'll be able to get an easy answer.

    I have a master file which users are able to open via read only or go in via password to edit.

    I'm not too bothered on the read only users more on person's entering the file via password, making any changes and then saving those changes.

    Is there a way to trace what changes they made and would their name be saved as the new "author" of the file?

    hope this makes sense, probably over complicated it slightly but the topic heading is basically what i need.

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    Re: How do i review who has opened a file with password and made changes?

    Hello Gti182
    Are you referring to using a shared workbook or not ?

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    Re: How do i review who has opened a file with password and made changes?

    No it's not a shared file

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    Re: How do i review who has opened a file with password and made changes?

    I suspect there's a faster/more elegant way, but off the top of my head:
    Function LastSavedBy(sFilePath As String) As String
    With Application
        .DisplayAlerts = False
        .ScreenUpdating = False
        
        With GetObject(sFilePath)
            LastSavedBy = .BuiltinDocumentProperties("Last Author")
            .Close False
        End With
        
        .DisplayAlerts = True
        .ScreenUpdating = True
    End With
    End Function

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    Re: How do i review who has opened a file with password and made changes?

    I cant delete password on excel file Please help me

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