ADO to open a "Password protected" XLS or XLSM file

skillilea

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Office Version
  1. 365
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  1. Windows
I currently have an issue trying to open PW protected file.

My question is this: "Has anyone successfully opened either and XLS or XLSM file with ADO?" AND not had to actually open the workbook up in code first?

Everything runs fine without a PW.

I've tried moving the password location in the connection string to different spots in the string. I've removed the HDR and IMEX.

Nothing seems to work.


VBA Code:
Private Function GetConnectionString(nFilePath As String, nWithPassword As Boolean) As String
    Dim nPw As String
    
    nPw = IIf(nWithPassword, "Jet OLEDB:Database Password=" & Core.ProtectionPassword & ";", "")
    GetConnectionString = _
            "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" _
            & "Data Source=" & nFilePath & ";" & nPw _
            & "Extended Properties='Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=NO;IMEX=1';"
End Function
 

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