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Alex Lush
Iron Contributor
Apr 04, 2018
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Can no longer refresh data in a Protected Workbook since Excel version 1803

Seems to have been a functionality change introduced in version 1803.   We have a protected workbook with some data connections to pull in data from SQL. Since updating to version 1803 the messag...
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  • Guy Hunkin's avatar
    Guy Hunkin
    Jun 04, 2018

    Hi there,

     

    The fix was deployed for the following Office versions:

    1. Version 1803 (Build 9126.2196) and later
    2. Version 1804 (Build 9226.2135) and later
    3. Version 1805 (Build 9330.2017) and later

    Hope this helps.

     

    Guy.

    - Excel Team

Andrew Nevard's avatar
Andrew Nevard
Copper Contributor
Apr 13, 2018

Hi David,

 

Correct me if I am wrong, but shouldn't the last line in your RefreshQuery sub actually be:

 

ThisWorkbook.Protect strAdminPassword
David Brander's avatar
David Brander
Brass Contributor
Apr 13, 2018
Yes, it should! I realised my mistake when I deployed it to a couple of our tools today.

It isn't as elegant solution as I'd like, preferably I wouldn't want to have to implement a solution, but it does the job for the moment.

David