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Click here to read part one of this answer.Sub Main()
Dim Stg As Storage
Dim PropSetStg As PropertySetStorage
Dim PropStg As PropertyStorage
Dim theFilename As String
Dim theMessage As String
theMessage = "ON"
theFilename = "c:test.xls"
' The steps are first to attach to the file creating a
' storage object. Then you retrieve the property set
' collection and from that the specific property set that
' you are interested in. In our case, the password protection
' information is in the summary information. Once we have
' fetched this information, we retrieve the specific item
' that we are interested in. The property is 0 when the
' file is not password protected and 1 when it is.
' Create our objects and fetch our info
Stg = New Storage(theFilename)
PropSetStg = Stg.PropertySetStorage()
PropStg = PropSetStg.Open(PropSetStg.FMTID_SummaryInformation)
' Test the result. Here we set a simple message as the action.
If PropStg(SummaryProperty.DocSecurity) = 0 Then
theMessage = "OFF"
End If
Stg.Close()
PropSetStg.Close()
Console.WriteLine("Password protection for """ & theFilename & """ is " & theMessage & ".")
' For debugging. Wait for user to hit CR before letting the
' letting the app terminate.
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
If you want more information about structured storage you can visit the following links. MSDN information on structured storage
VB unsupported utility object from Microsoft (Dsofile.exe self installer)
C++ code sample
This was first published in December 2002
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