hash_password {xlcharts}

hash_password

Description

Create a password hash from a given string for protecting a worksheet

https://openpyxl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api/openpyxl.utils.protection.html

Usage

hash_password(plaintext_password = "", ...)

Arguments

plaintext_password

plaintext_password

...

Additional arguments, i.e. kwargs.

Details

only. This will not work for encrypting a workbook. This method is based on the algorithm provided by Daniel Rentz of OpenOffice and the PEAR package Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer by Xavier Noguer <[e-mail]>. See also http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericwhite/archive/2008/02/23/the-legacy-hashing-algorithm-in-open-xml.aspx

Value

An openpyxl Python object.

Examples

## Not run: 
hash_password(plaintext_password = "password")

## End(Not run)