DocumentBase.Password Property

Sets a password that must be supplied to open the document.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public WriteOnly Property Password As String
    Set

public string Password { set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
A password that must be supplied to open the document.

Remarks

Avoid using hard-coded passwords in your applications. If a password is required in a procedure, request the password from the user, store it in a variable, and then use the variable in your code.

Examples

The following code example sets the password of the document to text passed in by the user. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

Private Sub DocumentPassword(ByVal PasswordFromUser As String)
    Me.Password = PasswordFromUser
End Sub 

private void DocumentPassword(string PasswordFromUser)
{
    this.Password = PasswordFromUser;
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

DocumentBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace