Dear Monks,
I want to password protect a MS Word Document so that when someone opens up the file and tries to make a change, the document prompts them for a custom password. I looked up the Visual Basic code and it states the following:

myDoc.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyReading, Password:=strPassword

I'm using the following PERL code
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Office';
$path_1 = "C:/Documents/TEST/TEST.doc"; # main file
$path_2 = "C:/Documents/TEST"; # main directory
$password = "sample";
my $word = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit');
$word->Documents->Open("$path_1") || die("Unable to open document ", Win32::OLE->LastError());
$word->ActiveDocument->Protect({Type=>wdAllowOnlyReading});
$word->ActiveDocument->Protect({Password=>"$password"});
$word->ActiveDocument->SaveAs({FileName=>"$path_2/PROTECTED/TEST.doc"});
$word->ActiveDocument->Close;
$word->Quit;

After I run the PERL program, everything looks fine. I am able to open the MS Word document and as soon as I make a change to the document, the Protect Document section comes up like it is supposed to do. However, if I select Stop Protection, it does not authorize me for a password. How come it does not prompt me for a password when I do this? AM I transcribing the Visual Basic code correctly?
As always, Thanks!

In reply to Protecting A MS Word Document by njweatherman

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