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Excel To EXE, Make Secure Windows Applications From Excel

Go Beyond Excel's Built-In Security Tools, Boost Features, Lock Down & Create Windows Applications (EXE) with XLSPadlock
Rating: 4.2 out of 54.2 (92 ratings)
5,771 students
Created by Daniel Strong
Last updated 4/2021
English
English [Auto]

What you'll 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!

Requirements

  • You should already have Microsoft Excel (preferably version 2007 and up).
  • You'll need a tool called XLSPadlock to unlock much of the Security potential and cool tricks, but we will cover this in lecture 3.
  • If you want to use the Installation Maker program, you'll need to get that but we cover this in detail in section 8.
  • XLSPadlock is a Windows Application and the course is regarding making Windows Executables (EXE), so one would have to use Bootstrap, Parallels or some virtualization of Windows if using a Mac...

Description

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!

Who this course is 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.
  • 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.

Featured review

Endang Ismaya
Endang I.
1462 courses
60 reviews
Rating: 4.5 out of 5hace 2 años
Great Content. Nice to know how to secure our excel app, Dan describes almost everything here and also the link for the resources are cool. The information about a little design in our app is also really helpful.

Instructor

Daniel Strong
Excel Instructor/Programmer
Daniel Strong
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 17,353 Reviews
  • 131,124 Students
  • 10 Courses

Hi! My name is Daniel and i'm 31. I've lived most my life in Missouri, United States. I've been using Excel since my early teens, and very early on realized that I absolutely love it. After working on various projects in my spare time for years, improving the lives of those that used my programs, I knew this was more than just a hobby for me; it's my passion. A few years back, I got my first opportunity to program in Excel, but when I landed the job I was asked to re-write my predecessor's coded programs with fancy databases and automated Crystal reports! I found my Excel skills somewhat lacking. I HAD TO LEARN VBA! I studied and studied what I could online and in books, but I wasn't able to learn much that way. I had to dive into my first project for months and months - basically just teaching myself and "figuring it out". I realized that if only someone was out there teaching Excel VBA like Mike Girvin (ExcelIsFun) taught Excel, making everything simple and visual - then Anyone could learn VBA! I started a YouTube channel, mostly for myself as a reference tool, but people started to bite. People flooded my inbox with questions and comments that I was literally changing their lives for the better. My passion is and always has been teaching, and I've turned thousands of people into Excel programmers. Now, with Udemy, I'm going to teach the good stuff - the stuff I kept secret; the Advanced and "not-so-Advanced-but-Awesome" Excel VBA. The things that make people hire you - that make you irresistable and irreplacable. Building REAL Programs, Advanced Reporting and Data Analysis. Dashboards and live data. Automation. My main focus is to create an online community of professional Excel VBA developers and beginners who create Real Programs, solve Real Problems and change Real Lives.

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