When I try to edit or step into my VBA code for debugging purpose I get «Project is Unviewable». I have created .dotm file at location (C:UsersUserNameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWordSTARTUP).
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asked May 23, 2014 at 5:04
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When launched automatically at startup the VBA project in .DOTM files are not viewable. I couldn’t find this clearly documented by Microsoft but I tested/replicated it across multiple OS and versions of Office to conclude it was «by design»
There is some ways around it:
Option #1
Copy template OUT of Start Up Folder, right click file and select «Open» You can debug it.
Option #2
Ensure you have write permission to file in startup folder. Even if you are Admin, if UAC is ON you won’t have access — grant your user «full control» or «write access to file» to DOTM file in startup folder.
Close all instances of Word, right click .DOTM file and Open, you can now debug it.
However you can’t save changes — to save changes you must grant permissions for the user to write to the STARTUP folder.
answered Jun 23, 2014 at 1:41
Update 2022
When editing macro-enabled Word documents (for example, .docm files) that are stored on OneDrive, you may receive the following warning:
SECURITY WARNING
Macros have been disabled.
Enabled Content
After clicking Enabled Content, and opening the VBA editor, attempting to view the project may result in the error:
Project is unviewable
After closing and reopening the document, again open the VBA editor. Within the Word document, you will then receive the following message:
EDITING MACROS
Check out this document to view and edit its macros.
Check Out
After checking out out the document, macros may be edited.
answered Feb 22, 2020 at 17:51
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this is not a bug. This is a feature of Microsoft Templates when you open a template it never opens original file rather opens a copy of the template. to modify or debug a template right click on template itself and say open or open word and use Open file dialog to modify the code of the template.
answered Aug 26, 2016 at 16:57
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Open the .dotm from …/STARTUP location and do modifications and saves there.
answered Apr 9, 2015 at 11:27
Open your DOTM file and on Developer Tab (you will need to enable Dev Tab first 1) and choose Document Template and uncheck items that are currently loaded in under Global templates and add-ins.
answered Jun 30, 2016 at 15:37
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To expand on https://stackoverflow.com/a/39171282/5025060, in my case (Windows 7 Pro, MS Word 2007), left-clicking on a .dot file from Windows File Explorer (Win+E) causes MS Word to create a new document (namedDocument5in my case). The macros from the .dot file I opened are active inDocument5, but when I attempt to edit these macros (MS Word Developer tab, Macros button, Edit button) this message pops up:
However, if I right-click on the .dot file from Windows File Explorer, select Open With, and choose Microsoft Office Word from File Explorer’s menu, MS Word opens the file for editing rather than creating a new Document (the name in Word’s Title Bar is that of the .dot file I opened). From this instance of Word I can view and edit the macros contained in the .dot file.
answered Jan 9, 2017 at 15:35
CODE-REaDCODE-REaD
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Go to Review > share workbook > Editing > disable the checkbox
answered Oct 31, 2018 at 15:45
For anyone having this issue that uses Office 365 with OneDrive, please note that if your docm document was previously synced to your OneDrive, but your OneDrive is currently logged out, this will cause the «Project is unviewable» error. If you log back into OneDrive and sync the docm file, you should be able to edit the VBA as normal. In my case, this fixed the issue.
answered May 10, 2022 at 13:41
For editing VBA you have to go to Review/Share workbook. Need to disable checkbox.
Good luck =)
answered Jul 28, 2017 at 8:41
Удалить пароли с проектов VBA – удаление паролей с проектов VBA, в том числе «Project is UNVIEWABLE», и обратная установка UNVIEWABLE
- “Установить пароль Unviewable” – устанавливает пароль на проект VBA выбранной книги
- “Снять пароль Unviewable” – снимает пароль с проекта VBA выбранной книги
- “Снять пароль VBA” – удаляет пароли со всех активных книг, кроме защищенных паролем “Project is UNVIEWABLE”
“Установить пароль Unviewable” – устанавливает пароль на проект VBA выбранной книги Excel и Word
При использовании инструмента открывается диалоговое окно выбора файла для установки пароля – “Project unviewable”
Снятие паролей с проектов VBA
Данный инструмент создает резервную копию используемого файла.
“Снять пароль Unviewable” – снимает пароль с проекта VBA выбранной книги Excel и Word
При использовании инструмента открывается диалоговое окно выбора файла для снятия пароля – “Project unviewable”
После использования инструмента, при открытии файла, должны появиться сообщения в диалоговом окне. Жмем кнопку “Да” до полного закрытия диалогового окна. По завершению переходим в проект VBA – пароль снят!
Снятие паролей с проектов VBA
Данный инструмент создает резервную копию используемого файла.
“Снять пароль VBA” – удаляет пароли с проектов VBA, активных книг Excel
Снятие паролей с проектов VBA
Для активации снятия пароля необходимо раскрыть папку проекта VBA
Снятие паролей с проектов VBA
Пароли не снимаются с проектов, защищенных ошибкой — «Project unviewable»
While in Visual Basic Editor (VBE), you click on a VBA project and receive the ‘Project is unviewable‘ error, instead of a password input prompt. You can neither view, nor edit macros.
This article presents the 2 main reasons behind this message. We will also show you how you may be able to gain access to the VBA code inside the locked project.
If you have received the file from another person, the most likely scenario is that the workbook or add-in author locked macros to prevent users from viewing or editing his or hers VBA code.
Software tools, such as our popular Unviewable+ VBA application, can protect macros, by making a VBA project unviewable in VBE. In addition, VBA debug mode is disabled, so macros cannot be traced when an error occurs.
If the author locked the project using the Unviewable+ VbaDiff level (lowest security), you can use the VbaDiff Windows application to review the code, even if macros are not accessible in Excel.
If the project has been locked with a higher level of protection, it means that the author would like to protect his or hers intellectual property from all 3rd parties. Any attempt to view or extract VBA code from Unviewable+ protected projects may be a violation of your software license agreement. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may be liable for civil compensation or subject to criminal charges.
Workbook Is In Shared Mode
Several Excel features are unavailable in Shared workbooks. Developers cannot write, record, change, view or assign macros, as VBA is unviewable. Users can only run existing macros that don’t access unavailable features.
Here is what to do in order to view macros:
- Use our Macro Mover add-in to unlock VBA in a Shared workbook
- Unshare the workbook from: Review Tab > Unshare Workbook
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I am using Access 2010 and I am working on an access file created in 2003 in .mdb format. When I try click on the AfterUpdate event of a text field, I got the error message saying «project is unviewable». I followed the MS support to remove
the digital signature, but it isn’t there. There is no certificate to remove. I try to add my certificate, it says it can not save my certificate. I also try to publish and package in Access 2010; it doesn’t work either. Please
help! Thank you.
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At the top of the Access 2010 window, you should see a tab on the ribbon called «Database Tools».
Inside that tab, there should be a button called «Visual Basic».
if you click that button, it will open the Visual Basic Editor Window.
Now, in the upper left area of the VBE Window, you should see a «Project» sub window.
If you do not see that, then click VIEW>PROJECT EXPLORER
Once you see the Project Explorer Sub Window, you should see the VBA Project associated woith your database.
It is displayed in a hierarchy type format (with little + and — signs) but all of it is contained within the main project group for your database.
If the main project group is already shown as open, you will see inside that group «Microsoft Access Class Objects» and «Modules» if any modules have been added.
If you see any of these items right away, then your VBA project is not locked.
HOWEVER, if it is all shown as collapsed inside the main VBA Project group (with a +sign next to it) then click the + sign to open it.
If it opens, your VBA project is not locked.
If you are prompted for a password, then your VBA project is locked.
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