title: So my Excel-VBA project password can easily be cracked... What are other options?
body: <p>Now that I know that there is an <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1026483/is-there-a-way-to-crack-the-password-on-an-excel-vba-project">easy workaround</a> to the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa165442(office.10).aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">standard way</a> of locking and password-protecting VBA code, I'd like to move on to more effective ways of protecting code. I am to deliver an Excel-based tool to a client, but would like something more than simple annoyance-type protection that will only deter the laziest of hackers. </p>
  
  <p>Are there any options in Excel-VBA, or do we really have to compile a separate application and forget about our Excel-based interface? </p>