DocumentBase.Password Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll

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Sets a password that must be supplied to open the document.

public:
 property System::String ^ Password {  void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string Password { set; }

member this.Password : string

Public Property Password As String

Property Value

String

A password that must be supplied to open the document.

Examples

The following code example sets the password of the document to text passed in by the user. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

private void DocumentPassword(string PasswordFromUser)
{
    this.Password = PasswordFromUser;
}

Private Sub DocumentPassword(ByVal PasswordFromUser As String)
    Me.Password = PasswordFromUser
End Sub

Remarks

Avoid using hard-coded passwords in your applications. If a password is required in a procedure, request the password from the user, store it in a variable, and then use the variable in your code.

Applies to