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Watch how VBA Padlock protects your VBA code - from compilation to distribution.

Note: this tutorial was recorded before version 2026.2. Since then, protection is automatic: you open your Office file, review the analysis, and click Produce - the wrapper and bridge steps shown in the video now happen for you. See the Automatic Protection Workflow for the current flow. A new tutorial is in preparation.

Stop VBA Code Theft - Compile and Protect Your Excel VBA Code - Tutorial

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Step-by-step tutorial showing how to compile your VBA code into a secure, encrypted DLL using VBA Padlock. Learn how the compiled DLL replaces your source code in the Office file, how the VBA Bridge connects Office to the DLL, and how to distribute your protected Excel workbook. Recorded with the pre-2026.2 manual workflow: since version 2026.2, the analysis, wrapper generation, and bridge injection shown here happen automatically when you click Produce.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 Why VBA password protection is broken
  2. 1:45 Step-by-step tutorial begins
  3. 1:53 Opening the source Excel file
  4. 2:48 Launching VBA Padlock Studio
  5. 3:12 Entering project information
  6. 3:36 Pasting VBA code into the compiler
  7. 3:57 Compiling the code
  8. 4:11 Viewing the generated DLL files
  9. 4:47 Creating the VBA Bridge
  10. 5:44 What is the VBA Bridge?
  11. 6:17 Injecting the bridge into Excel
  12. 6:49 Testing the protected code
  13. 8:06 Compiling real Excel code (Application object)
  14. 9:22 Hot reloading - instant updates
  15. 9:40 Generating wrapper code automatically
  16. 10:33 Verifying everything works
  17. 10:57 Publishing the final DLL
  18. 11:27 Distributing as a ZIP archive
  19. 12:29 End-user test - the macro works!
  20. 12:55 VBA project is locked - code is protected

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