How to: Permit Code to Run Behind Documents with Restricted Permissions
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You can use the Information Rights Management (IRM) feature of Microsoft Office to restrict permissions to a document or workbook. By default, the code behind a restricted Microsoft Office Word document or Microsoft Office Excel workbook is not permitted to run. You can change the default so that your managed code extensions can access the object model, and your solution will work.
You must be the author of the document or workbook or have Full Control access to be able to change the permission settings.
To permit code to run behind documents with restricted permissions in Microsoft Office 2003
Open the document or workbook in Word or Excel.
On the File menu, point to Permission, and then click Do Not Distribute.
In the Permission dialog box, click More Options.
Under Additional permissions for users, select Access content programmatically.
Word or Excel will permit programmatic access to the object model.
To permit code to run behind documents with restricted permissions in the 2007 Microsoft Office system
Open the document or workbook in Word or Excel.
Click the Microsoft Office Button, point to Prepare, point to Restrict Permission, and then click Restricted Access.
Note
On first use, you are prompted to install the Windows Rights Management client. After you install the client, you might need to repeat the steps.
In the Permission dialog box, select Restrict permission to this document, and then click More Options.
Under Additional permissions for users, select Access content programmatically.
Word or Excel will permit programmatic access to the object model.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Deploy Office Solutions (2003 System)
Concepts
Information Rights Management and Managed Code Extensions Overview
Document Protection in Document-Level Solutions
Password Protection on Office Documents
Creating Office Solutions in Visual Studio