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Old 04-06-04, 04:43
queequeg queequeg is offline
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Hi all,

I know that excel can track changes for shared workbook but I am looking for something more foolproof.

Are there anyway for excel to notify me of any changes made to my shared excel workbook through outlook? Or Can I prevent other users from saving my workbook under another name? Or....

My workbook is being shared by a lot of people, both from my dept as well as other depts. My main concern is unauthorise tampering or sabotage.

Please help.


Thanks,
Mus
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Old 04-06-04, 08:22
DavidCoutts DavidCoutts is offline
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Re: Track changes

I have a Way of e-mailing via VBA

Code:
'Uses Microsoft Outlook 8 reference
Sub Sendmail()
    Dim appOutLook As Outlook.MAPIFolder
    Dim oMailItem As Outlook.MailItem
    Dim oContact As Outlook.Recipient
    
    'create application and Mail Item
    Set appOutLook = GetObject("", "Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
    Set oMailItem = appOutLook.Items.Add
    
    'set mail properties
    With oMailItem
        .Subject = "Message Subject"
        Set oContact = .Recipients.Add("user@email.com")
        oContact.Type = olTo
        .Body = "Message Subject"
        .Send
    End With
    'dispose of objects
    Set oContact = Nothing
    Set oMailItem = Nothing
    Set appOutLook = Nothing
End Sub
if you set the refrence to Outlook from the tools menu.
you could set a routine to call this from a worksheet_change event.

To stop saving you could investigate the Workbook_Beforesave Event.
Possibly by Password protecting the save event.

Hope this Helps

David
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Old 04-06-04, 22:34
queequeg queequeg is offline
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Re: Track changes

Hi David,

Thanks for the response. Will give your suggestion a whirl!

Mus
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