Workbook.ChangeFileAccess Method

Changes the access permissions for the workbook. This might require an updated version to be loaded from the disk.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub ChangeFileAccess ( _
    Mode As XlFileAccess, _
    WritePassword As Object, _
    Notify As Object _
)
void ChangeFileAccess(
    XlFileAccess Mode,
    Object WritePassword,
    Object Notify
)

Parameters

  • WritePassword
    Type: System.Object
    Specifies the write-reserved password if the file is write reserved and Mode is xlReadWrite. Ignored if there is no password for the file or if Mode is xlReadOnly.
  • Notify
    Type: System.Object
    true to notify the user if the file cannot be immediately accessed.

Remarks

If you have a file open in read-only mode, you do not have exclusive access to the file. If you change a file from read-only to read/write, Microsoft Office 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.

Optional Parameters

For information on optional parameters, see Optional Parameters in Office Solutions.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Workbook Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace