Changes the access permissions for the workbook. This may require an updated version to be loaded from the disk.
Syntax
expression.ChangeFileAccess (Mode, WritePassword, Notify)
expression A variable that represents a Workbook object.
Parameters
| Name | Required/Optional | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | Required | XlFileAccess | Specifies the new access mode. |
| WritePassword | Optional | Variant | Specifies the write-reserved password if the file is write reserved and Mode is xlReadWrite. Ignored if there's no password for the file or if Mode is xlReadOnly. |
| Notify | Optional | Variant | True (or omitted) to notify the user if the file cannot be immediately accessed. |
Remarks
If you have a file open in read-only mode, you don't have exclusive access to the file. If you change a file from read-only to read/write, Microsoft Excel must load a new copy of the file to ensure that no changes were made while you had the file open as read-only.
Example
This example sets the active workbook to read-only.
ActiveWorkbook.ChangeFileAccess Mode:=xlReadOnly