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Permission.RequestPermissionURL property (Office)

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Gets or sets the file or website URL to visit or the email address to contact for users who need additional permissions on the active document. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.RequestPermissionURL

expression A variable that represents a Permission object.

Remarks

The RequestPermissionURL setting corresponds to the Users can request additional permissions from option in the permissions user interface. Use the RequestPermissionURL property to specify a file, a website, or an email contact from which users can request, or learn how to request, additional permissions on the active document; for example:

  • A web address: https://companyserver/request_permissions.asp

  • A file: \\companyserver\share\requesting_permissions.txt

  • An email address: mailto:permissionsmgr@example.com?Subject=Request%20permissions

Example

The following example displays information about the permissions settings of the active document, including the RequestPermissionURL setting.

 Dim irmPermission As Office.Permission 
 Dim strIRMInfo As String 
 Set irmPermission = ActiveWorkbook.Permission 
 If irmPermission.Enabled Then 
 strIRMInfo = "Permissions are restricted on this document." & vbCrLf 
 strIRMInfo = strIRMInfo & " View in trusted browser: " & _ 
 irmPermission.EnableTrustedBrowser & vbCrLf & _ 
 " Document author: " & irmPermission.DocumentAuthor & vbCrLf & _ 
 " Users with permissions: " & irmPermission.Count & vbCrLf & _ 
 " Cache licenses locally: " & irmPermission.StoreLicenses & vbCrLf & _ 
 " Request permission URL: " & irmPermission.RequestPermissionURL & vbCrLf 
 If irmPermission.PermissionFromPolicy Then 
 strIRMInfo = strIRMInfo & " Permissions applied from policy:" & vbCrLf & _ 
 " Policy name: " & irmPermission.PolicyName & vbCrLf & _ 
 " Policy description: " & irmPermission.PolicyDescription 
 Else 
 strIRMInfo = strIRMInfo & " Default permissions applied." 
 End If 
 Else 
 strIRMInfo = "Permissions are NOT restricted on this document." 
 End If 
 MsgBox strIRMInfo, vbInformation + vbOKOnly, "IRM Information" 
 Set irmPermission = Nothing

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