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Reading password protected Excel sheets

  • June 29, 2016
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Is it possible to read from Excel documents that are protected by a password?

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david_r
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  • June 29, 2016

If the Excel sheets or regions are marked as proctected you should be ok, as the protection is only for modifications.

If the entire Excel file is encrypted, however, it seems like FME is unable to read it at all.