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Thread: How to create a password protected excel sheet....

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    Default How to create a password protected excel sheet....

    Hi all,

    I have created a excel sheet using java, but i need to set a password for that excel sheet.
    So that when ever i try to open the excel sheet it must ask for a password.

    Please help me on this issue..... Thanks in Advance


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    Default Re: How to create a password protected excel sheet....

    What library are you using to create the Excel file? Doesn't it have a method for protecting the worksheet? For example Apache POI has a promisingly named method "WorksheetProtectionBlock.protectSheet(...)"

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