Protect VBA project using VBA

Question

When my VB project finishes running, it saves a new copy of the excel workbook, and then e-mails this to a provided distribution. When the code is run, the VB project should be unprotected, allowing any error thrown by the VBE to be "debugged" (which is not possible for locked projects - unfortunately the reasons for debugging cannot be accounted for within the error handler; it's mainly relating to a query which runs against a SQL server database).

However, I wish for the VB project to be protected once it's saved down as the new copy, preventing anyone who receives the distributed copy being able to access the VB project.

I've had a search, and couldn't seem to find any answer relating to locking a VB project using VBA. Any guidance is appreciated.

Answer 1

Based on this thread :

Sub ProtectVBProject(WB As Workbook, ByVal Password As String) 

    Dim VBP As VBProject, oWin As VBIDE.Window 
    Dim wbActive As Workbook 
    Dim i As Integer 

    Set VBP = WB.VBProject 
    Set wbActive = ActiveWorkbook 

    ' Close any code windows To ensure we hit the right project 
    For Each oWin In VBP.VBE.Windows 
        If InStr(oWin.Caption, "(") > 0 Then oWin.Close 
    Next oWin 

    WB.Activate 
    ' now use lovely SendKeys To unprotect 
    Application.OnKey "%{F11}" 
    SendKeys "+{TAB}{RIGHT}%V{+}{TAB}" & Password & "{TAB}" & Password & "~" 
    Application.VBE.CommandBars(1).FindControl(Id:=2578, recursive:=True).Execute 
    WB.Save 
End Sub