Stronger Excel formula protection
Mark a formula as protected, compile, and see the formula bar return an opaque PLEvalForm call while the cell value stays correct.
Video tutorials
Watch XLS Padlock at work,
from compile to ship.
Short screencasts on the features that shape an XLS Padlock build: formula encryption, the VBA Compiler, hardware-locked activation, and packaging into a Windows EXE.
Excel to EXE: a 4.5 hour video course.
A community-made paid course by ExcelVBAIsFun walks through every XLS Padlock feature with hands-on examples. Affiliate link included so you support the author.
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Feature tours and tutorials.
Each video focuses on one piece of the protection chain. Watch them in any order.
Hardware locking Excel spreadsheets
Bind a compiled workbook to a customer's machine. Issue an activation key, fail-over to manual activation on air-gapped PCs.
XLS Padlock presentation
A short overview of the manager: project settings, security, save options, build, distribution.
How the VBA Compiler works
Move a VBA function into the compiled module, replace its body with a CallXLSPadlockVBA stub, ship the EXE without the source.
Convert Excel files to EXE (part 1)
Dan from ExcelVBAIsFun walks through the project flow: from a plain XLSM to a code-signed Windows EXE.
Convert Excel files to EXE (part 2)
The second part of the walkthrough covers VBA compilation and the activation flow with the WooCommerce kit.