Remove protected view from Excel sheet opened programmatically in Access

Question

I have a spreadsheet I open programmatically using the VBA in Access:

Set xl = CreateObject(\"Excel.Application\")
With xl
    Call RunASCFormatting(xl, wb,          


        

Answer 1

You can try turning off protected view settings in the Trust Center

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/what-is-protected-view-HA010355931.aspx#BM5

http://www.howtogeek.com/60310/enable-editing-for-all-office-2010-documents-by-disabling-protected-view/

This may be harmful.

Additionally you should set trusted locations.