Question

I have the below stored in excel macro:-

Sub Sales()

Dim StrSQl As String

Con = "Provider=IBMDA400;Data Source=192.168.2.2;User Id=boss;Password=1we56"

Set Db = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")
Db.connectionSTring = Con
Db.Open
StrSQl = "select myuc, sum (myac) as Amount from myabc.myqwerty where mydt >= 20100101 and mydt <= 20100831 group by (mycl)"
rs.Open StrSQl, Db, 3, 3
Sheet1.Cells(10, 1).CopyFromRecordset rs
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set cn = Nothing
End Sub

I wish to mask the above User ID & Password ie. User Id=****;Password=***** as part of security.

Is that possible?

Answer 1

Your most secure option – regardless of whether the user needs to type a password in or not – is to protect your entire macro code

• Enter the Visual Basic Editor (VBE)
• select the project you wish to protect in the Project Explorer window
• right cliick then ….VBAProject Properties
• click the Protection tab and then check “Lock project from viewing” and verify your password
• Save your workbook, close it and re-open it to establish the protection

Short of writing a COM addin this is secure as your code will get. Be warned that there are products available that will crack VBA code