Can't view VBA project when moved from Windows

Hi Gary:

Sorry, the Mac VBE can't handle projects that are or ever were protected in
any way. It detects the digital signature, but since it can't handle it it
falls through to a catch-all that simply disables the project.

You need to take it across to the Mac as text and re-create the project
there.

I strongly suggest that you port that project to AppleScript on the Mac.
You will find that Mac Word VBA is simply not up to the task. Ping me
offline if you need more...

Cheers


On 14/3/06 4:25 AM, in article unab12d7fihi7ocou4letgu5jb0gg0nt7a.DeleteThis@4ax.com,
"Gary Hillerson" <garyh.DeleteThis@hillysun.net> wrote:

> I'm hitting a strange problem. I've got a large project that I'm
> porting from Office on Windows to Office on Mac OSX.
>
> On Windows, I open the project in the VBE, then tell it to remove
> protection, so it'll be viewable without a password. If I close Word,
> reopen that file, and go back into VBE, I can view the macros just
> fine.
>
> I move the file across my network to my Mac. Open it, and try to
> access the macros in VBE on the Mac, and I get a Project locked for
> Viewing message. Furthermore, there's no opportunity to enter a
> password and view the project.
>
> Can anyone help with this. I'm trying to debug on the mac, and can't
> get to my macros to see what's going on.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> gary hillerson

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John McGhie <john.DeleteThis@mcghie.name>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
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It's well beyond porting to AppleScript -- a very, very large piece of
code that's taken many years to evolve into its current state. I
simply haven't the time to port it, since the main customer base is on
the PC. I'm trying to make it available on the Mac, but don't have the
resources required to put a ton of effort into that.

The worst part is that it almost works fine. Most of it works fine.
But when I hit a little hitch, i pretty much have to work on the code
on my PC, and test on the Mac. VBE on the Mac sucks!

So, if i'm reading you correctly, I can on my PC export all of the
userforms and modules (about 100 in all), create a new, unprotected
project, import them all into that project, and then copy that over to
the Mac. I'll try that in a few minutes.

thanks,
g

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:28:14 +1100, "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word
Macintosh]" <john.RemoveThis@mcghie.name> wrote:

>Hi Gary:
>
>Sorry, the Mac VBE can't handle projects that are or ever were protected in
>any way. It detects the digital signature, but since it can't handle it it
>falls through to a catch-all that simply disables the project.
>
>You need to take it across to the Mac as text and re-create the project
>there.
>
>I strongly suggest that you port that project to AppleScript on the Mac.
>You will find that Mac Word VBA is simply not up to the task. Ping me
>offline if you need more...
>
>Cheers
>
>
>On 14/3/06 4:25 AM, in article unab12d7fihi7ocou4letgu5jb0gg0nt7a.RemoveThis@4ax.com,
>"Gary Hillerson" <garyh.RemoveThis@hillysun.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm hitting a strange problem. I've got a large project that I'm
>> porting from Office on Windows to Office on Mac OSX.
>>
>> On Windows, I open the project in the VBE, then tell it to remove
>> protection, so it'll be viewable without a password. If I close Word,
>> reopen that file, and go back into VBE, I can view the macros just
>> fine.
>>
>> I move the file across my network to my Mac. Open it, and try to
>> access the macros in VBE on the Mac, and I get a Project locked for
>> Viewing message. Furthermore, there's no opportunity to enter a
>> password and view the project.
>>
>> Can anyone help with this. I'm trying to debug on the mac, and can't
>> get to my macros to see what's going on.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> gary hillerson