Excel To EXE, Make Secure Windows Applications From Excel

Excel To EXE, Make Secure Windows Applications From Excel, available at $199.99, has an average rating of 4.2, with 56 lectures, based on 105 reviews, and has 5923 subscribers.

You will learn about Create Secure Windows Application (EXE files) Directly From Your Excel Workbooks! Super Protect Your Excel Formulas Beyond Excel Native Functionality Convert VBA To Binary Code, Hidden within the EXE Create Activation Keys For You App So You Control Who Can Use It (and How Long) Master Advanced Licensing Features Hardware Lock Your Application To a Particular PC Enable Dongle/USB Protection Set Up a 'Nag Screen' and Demo/Trial Modes with Expiration Date, Number of Uses or Days! Optionally Allow Users To Save Secure Encrypted Files, Only Usable with Licensed EXE Control Excel Versions Your App Will Open With (Office 2000 and up!) Build EXE for 32-bit, 64-bit or Universal EXE That Works With Any Excel Bitness! Access External Files Using Special Codes or Simple Hyperlinks Utilize Hidden Companion Files, Buried Deep In Your EXE Disable Visual Basic Editor or Locl the Project BEYOND Excel Native Capabilities Remove Worksheet Tabs, Rendering them Completely Invisible Disable Loading/Saving Other Workbooks BEFORE or AFTER App Is Loaded… Deactivate Print Operations, PDF and XPS Operations Completely Hide and Disable All Ribbons & Toolbars Remove Right-Click (context menu) and Double Click Options Disable 'Cell Copy and Cust To Clipboard" Commands Shut Off and Hide The Excel Formula Bar Only Allow Whichever Add-ins You Specify (Or None At All!) Load Customized Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar Files To Your App Experience Design Custom Splash Screen or Logo At Startup for NNN Seconds (Free Design Resources too!) Hide Default 'Loading Workbook' Dialog Box in Excel Replace Excel Icon With Your Own Icon (Within Application AND In Windows Explorer) Set EXE Version Info and File Properties, such as FileVersion, LegalCopyright, Trademarks, ProductName, ProductVersion Expand To Other Languages With Editable Translation Files Create an End User License Agreement (EULA) that Must Be Accepted Prior To Use! (Samples Provided) Digitally Sign Your Application using Microsoft Authenticode Code Signing Certificate Free Online Resources and Training for Stock Images, Design Tools, Icons and More… Special Tips, Tricks and BONUS Macros To Interact With EXE and Windows Environment! This course is ideal for individuals who are This Excel course is for anyone who wants to learn Excel security secrets and create real Windows Applications (EXEs) directly from Excel files. No prior programming knowledge is needed. or This course is probably not for you if you’re looking to learn unrelated Excel VBA code as that is covered in other courses, specifically on the topic of programming. We will, however, make sure you know how to use any code we provide inside and out and many tricks to make your Excel projects into professional, polished and secured Apps. or If you're using Excel for Mac, you will have to virtualize Windows within Mac using programs like Parallels or Bootcamp, as XLSPadlock doesn't have a Mac version. It is particularly useful for This Excel course is for anyone who wants to learn Excel security secrets and create real Windows Applications (EXEs) directly from Excel files. No prior programming knowledge is needed. or This course is probably not for you if you’re looking to learn unrelated Excel VBA code as that is covered in other courses, specifically on the topic of programming. We will, however, make sure you know how to use any code we provide inside and out and many tricks to make your Excel projects into professional, polished and secured Apps. or If you're using Excel for Mac, you will have to virtualize Windows within Mac using programs like Parallels or Bootcamp, as XLSPadlock doesn't have a Mac version.

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Title: Excel To EXE, Make Secure Windows Applications From Excel

Price: $199.99

Average Rating: 4.2

Number of Lectures: 56

Number of Published Lectures: 56

Number of Curriculum Items: 56

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 56

Original Price: $199.99

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What You Will Learn

Create Secure Windows Application (EXE files) Directly From Your Excel Workbooks!
Super Protect Your Excel Formulas Beyond Excel Native Functionality
Convert VBA To Binary Code, Hidden within the EXE
Create Activation Keys For You App So You Control Who Can Use It (and How Long)
Master Advanced Licensing Features
Hardware Lock Your Application To a Particular PC
Enable Dongle/USB Protection
Set Up a 'Nag Screen' and Demo/Trial Modes with Expiration Date, Number of Uses or Days!
Optionally Allow Users To Save Secure Encrypted Files, Only Usable with Licensed EXE
Control Excel Versions Your App Will Open With (Office 2000 and up!)
Build EXE for 32-bit, 64-bit or Universal EXE That Works With Any Excel Bitness!
Access External Files Using Special Codes or Simple Hyperlinks
Utilize Hidden Companion Files, Buried Deep In Your EXE
Disable Visual Basic Editor or Locl the Project BEYOND Excel Native Capabilities
Remove Worksheet Tabs, Rendering them Completely Invisible
Disable Loading/Saving Other Workbooks BEFORE or AFTER App Is Loaded…
Deactivate Print Operations, PDF and XPS Operations
Completely Hide and Disable All Ribbons & Toolbars
Remove Right-Click (context menu) and Double Click Options
Disable 'Cell Copy and Cust To Clipboard" Commands
Shut Off and Hide The Excel Formula Bar
Only Allow Whichever Add-ins You Specify (Or None At All!)
Load Customized Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar Files To Your App Experience
Design Custom Splash Screen or Logo At Startup for NNN Seconds (Free Design Resources too!)
Hide Default 'Loading Workbook' Dialog Box in Excel
Replace Excel Icon With Your Own Icon (Within Application AND In Windows Explorer)
Set EXE Version Info and File Properties, such as FileVersion, LegalCopyright, Trademarks, ProductName, ProductVersion
Expand To Other Languages With Editable Translation Files
Create an End User License Agreement (EULA) that Must Be Accepted Prior To Use! (Samples Provided)
Digitally Sign Your Application using Microsoft Authenticode Code Signing Certificate
Free Online Resources and Training for Stock Images, Design Tools, Icons and More…
Special Tips, Tricks and BONUS Macros To Interact With EXE and Windows Environment!

Who Should Attend

This Excel course is for anyone who wants to learn Excel security secrets and create real Windows Applications (EXEs) directly from Excel files. No prior programming knowledge is needed.
This course is probably not for you if you’re looking to learn unrelated Excel VBA code as that is covered in other courses, specifically on the topic of programming. We will, however, make sure you know how to use any code we provide inside and out and many tricks to make your Excel projects into professional, polished and secured Apps.
If you're using Excel for Mac, you will have to virtualize Windows within Mac using programs like Parallels or Bootcamp, as XLSPadlock doesn't have a Mac version.

Target Audiences

This Excel course is for anyone who wants to learn Excel security secrets and create real Windows Applications (EXEs) directly from Excel files. No prior programming knowledge is needed.
This course is probably not for you if you’re looking to learn unrelated Excel VBA code as that is covered in other courses, specifically on the topic of programming. We will, however, make sure you know how to use any code we provide inside and out and many tricks to make your Excel projects into professional, polished and secured Apps.
If you're using Excel for Mac, you will have to virtualize Windows within Mac using programs like Parallels or Bootcamp, as XLSPadlock doesn't have a Mac version.

Microsoft Excel is the most widely used software for business and personal projects, ranging from simple calculators and models to advanced dashboards and even enterprise level applications with advanced forms and procedures! But while Excel is rich in features and Easy to use, it lacks one major component. SECURITY.

Excel passwords were designed to prevent accidents & user-error, but can easily be retrieved with cheap password cracking software.

In my course, I show you how to turn your Excel workbooks into actual Windows Executable programs (EXE FILES) using my secret Excel weapon – XLSPadlock! This course includes a complete walkthrough of XLSPadlock along with little known Excel security techniques.

At the basic level, we’ll protect your Content from theft with unique formula protection techniques and then learn to convert your confidential VBA code into binary and store it in the executable, making it impossible to discover!

Then, we’ll learn about Licensing and Locking your Secure Application with:

Activation keys
USB/dongle protection
Hardware locking (to a particular PC)
Using a key generator to create trial versions of your software that expire after a number of
1. uses
2. days or
3. specific expiration date
and even create a nag screen each time the trial version opens!

You’ll learn Advanced Save Options (such as) whether users can use secure save files (that only work with a licensed copy of your EXE) OR to disable saving entirely!

You can control which Excel versions are allowed, and can build 32-bit, 64-bit or BOTH binary types into a single EXE!

I’ll teach you how to restrict native Excel features, like right-click options, copy/paste, removing excel ribbons, controlling add-ins allowed, disable Visual basic access a number of ways.

I’ll demonstrate all the EXE Customizations, including making a professional splash screen that pops INSTEAD of the ‘Excel loading’ dialogue, creating and implementing custom icons, and customizing EXE version, title, authorship and copyright info.

We’ll demo how to make a simple End User License Agreement that MUST be accepted before someone can use your app! Lastly, we’ll take you through adding a Code-Signing Certificate to show end-users your software is from a Trusted Verified Publisher.

I’m also including special code samples you can use to interact with the EXE to access hidden companion files, read version info or even interact with other Windows files or workbooks in a secure way.

You’ve got to protect your proprietary content!

Don’t distribute another Excel file without maintaining absolute control of who’s using it and how – Grab my course on Building Secure Excel Apps today!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Intro and Basic Protection Is Easy to Hack – Demonstration

Lecture 2: DEMO – Formula Protection and Secure App Features

Chapter 2: Protection With XLSPadlock – First The Basics

Lecture 1: Installing XLSPadlock

Lecture 2: Installing XLSPadlock – Info Document & Links

Lecture 3: Formula Protection and How It Works

Lecture 4: Workbook To Secure App Basics and Recalculate Advance Option

Lecture 5: Converting VBA To Binary with the VBA Compiler

Chapter 3: Advanced Licensing Features

Lecture 1: Licensing Features Overview

Lecture 2: Activation Protection vs No Activation

Lecture 3: Key Generation with XLSPadlock

Lecture 4: Resetting Activation on a PC for Testing Purposes

Lecture 5: Hardware-Locked Activation Keys

Lecture 6: Dongle or USB Protection

Lecture 7: Activation Key Restriction Options

Lecture 8: More Options with Included 'Stand-Alone' Key Generator

Lecture 9: Additional Activation Options

Chapter 4: Secure Save Files

Lecture 1: Allowing Secure Save or Not…

Lecture 2: Disable Loading/Saving Other Workbooks (and how to Temp re-enable)

Lecture 3: Extended Save Options

Lecture 4: Decrypting a Secure Save File

Lecture 5: Use a Custom Secure Save File Extension!

Chapter 5: App Settings and File Management

Lecture 1: Control Excel Version(s) Allowed

Lecture 2: Build EXE for 32-bit, 64-bit or Universal

Lecture 3: Accessing "EXEPath" and Using Hyperlink To Open File

Lecture 4: Accessing EXEPath and Using Shell To Open Files in VBA

Lecture 5: Companion Files in VBA – Open Hidden Workbook

Lecture 6: Using SetOption Helper To Open Workbooks Despite Security Settings

Chapter 6: Advanced Security Settings

Lecture 1: Save and Load Options Overview

Lecture 2: Restriction Options

Lecture 3: VBA Security

Lecture 4: Formulas and Passwords

Lecture 5: Excel Add-ins

Lecture 6: OfficeIns Free Download Link

Lecture 7: Excel Custom UI

Chapter 7: Customize EXE

Lecture 1: Basic Splash Screen and Settings

Lecture 2: Make Your Own Better Splash Screen and Resources

Lecture 3: Custom Icon for Your App and How to Make One

Lecture 4: Free Online Icons for Your App

Lecture 5: Free Online Icons for Your App – Resources

Lecture 6: Customize EXE Version Info

Lecture 7: Display Product or File Version in WorksheetFunction and VBA

Lecture 8: Display Product or File Version in Userform Caption Dynamically

Lecture 9: Custom Localization and Language Files

Lecture 10: End User License Agreements or Terms

Lecture 11: Code Signing

Chapter 8: Special Tips, Tricks and Macros

Lecture 1: Function To Detect If Protection is Enabled

Lecture 2: Completely Hide Sheet Tabs and Set Up Navigation Buttons

Lecture 3: Detect TrialMode and Number of Uses or Days Remaining

Lecture 4: Removing Row and Column Headings and Cell Gridlines

Lecture 5: Real Life Consulting Protection DEMO 01 – Settings Dan Uses

Lecture 6: Real Life Consulting Protection DEMO 02 – Dropbox Stuff & Compiling a Nice Email

Lecture 7: Creating An Installer File with Paquet Builder

Lecture 8: Creating An Installer File with Paquet Builder – Info Document & Links

Lecture 9: Asking Questions Here and GDGSoft Forum

Lecture 10: Asking Questions Here and GDGSoft Forum – Info Documentation and Links

Chapter 9: BONUS

Lecture 1: BONUS LECTURE

Instructors

Daniel Strong
Excel Instructor/Programmer

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1 stars: 6 votes
2 stars: 3 votes
3 stars: 16 votes
4 stars: 28 votes
5 stars: 52 votes

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