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Welcome Screen

The Welcome Screen is the first thing you see when launching VBA Padlock Studio. It is designed to be your launchpad, getting you into your workspace as quickly as possible.

VBA Padlock Studio Welcome Screen

🚀 Jumpstart Your Project

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Whether you’re starting from scratch or returning to a masterpiece, the Welcome Screen provides direct routes to your goal:

  • Open Office File: The heart of the workflow. Select your Excel, Word, Access, or PowerPoint file to instantly initialize a protection project.
  • Recent Files: Resume work on your active projects. The interface keeps a curated list of your most recently accessed files for one-click access.
  • Browse Examples: Explore the bundled sample projects: HelloWorld, DataCleaning, an XLAM add-in, a licensing demo, a class-module demo, and one example per Office host, each with a README preview. Pick one and it opens ready to produce.

The Browse Examples dialog: sample projects grouped by Office host, with a README preview

🔄 The Initialization Workflow

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  1. Launch: Start VBA Padlock Studio from your desktop or start menu.
  2. Import: Select or drop your target Office document onto the workspace.
  3. Detect: The Studio automatically scans for existing project metadata or initializes a new .vbapadlock project.
  4. Analyze: The first time a file is opened, its VBA modules are extracted and analyzed automatically; you’ll see the message “First open: analyzing <file> automatically…”.
  5. Enter: You land in the Main Window with the Protection Review ready to inspect.

See Also

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