VBA Read-only when Opening Excel from Outlook

Question

I tried to open an excel file from Outlook but I can only open it in Read-only mode. I wrote this code:

strFile = "C:\Users\My File.XLSX"  
Set sourceWB = XLApp.Workbooks.Open(strFile, True, False)

But it didnt work.

I would like to open it in Read mode.

Thank you very much in advance,

Lorenzo

Answer 1

Your syntax is ok. I think the problem is that 'C:\\Users\\' is a System Directory and NTFS restricts to readonly. Try putting the file in a different location. for example '%UserProfile%'

Answer 2

There is an attribute for read-only. If you set the attribute to vbNormal it should open normally. But you have to set it before the file opens.

SetAttr "C:\Blank.xls", vbNormal