To hide VBA code in Excel, you can use the following steps:
- First, open the Visual Basic Editor by pressing Alt + F11 or clicking on the “Developer” tab and then selecting “Visual Basic”.
- In the Visual Basic Editor, select the module or modules that contain the code you want to hide.
- Right-click on the selected modules and choose “Properties” from the context menu.
- In the properties window, locate the “Visible” property and change it to False.
- Click on the “File” menu and choose “Save” to save the changes.
By setting the “Visible” property to False, the module or modules will not be visible or accessible from the regular Excel interface.
Here’s an example to further illustrate the process:
Sub HideCode()
' This code will be hidden
MsgBox "This is a hidden message"
End Sub
After following the steps mentioned above and setting the “Visible” property to False for the above module, it won’t be visible in the Modules section of the Visual Basic Editor or accessible from regular Excel usage. The message box will still run as expected, but the code itself will remain hidden.