v2.3 [Jul 21, 2016]
Fixed access violation in protection DLL due to Large Address Aware capability change for Excel (bug specific to Office 365 Windows 7/8 users).
Improved behavior with some Excel versions (missing XLS Padlock ribbon for instance).
You can now import a list of system IDs in the key generator to batch generate serials with hardware ID support.
Improvement: XLS Padlock displays [Unsaved Project for %s] in its window title when no XLS Padlock project file is found for the current Excel workbook.
Improvement: an error message is now displayed if you don't provide the required system ID in the key generator.
Fix for rare bug "Trusted folder could not be registered".
New advanced option to allow F11 and F12 keystrokes.
You can now retrieve command-line parameters passed to the EXE with VBA code.
XLS Padlock verifies that the EXE is available before running it.
Updated user guide.
Minor improvements.
v1.4 [Oct 31, 2014]
- "Lock VBA Project (simple VBA protection)" lets you prevent access to the VBA project of your workbooks secured by XLS Padlock.
- a "Get Key Online" button can be displayed on the activation screen, opening the user's web browser to a dedicated page and passing the unique system ID.
- Decrypt Save File - lets you restore a save file (.XLSC) of the compiled Excel workbook without running it. Can restore saves created with versions prior to v1.3.0.
- EXE Code signing. You can digitally sign your protected Excel workbook EXE files with a code signing certificate. This lets you disable the "Unknown publisher" warning and reduce possible false positives from antivirus programs.
- make Setup programs for your protected Excel workbooks. This will require Paquet Builder, our installer tool software.
- Fixed: "Do Not Disable Add-In" list was read-only.
- Fixed: file version in EXE was always set to 1.0.0.0.
- Improved detection of corrupted saves or saves not compatible with compiled application.
- Updated user guide.
- Minor improvements.
This program lets you block pornography, gambling, or specific websites.
It can help you recover passwords of the password protected VBA files.