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recovering macros from a corrupt excel file

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    recovering macros from a corrupt excel file

    is there a way to recover the vba code within a excel file that will no longer open?

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    Re: recovering macros from a corrupt excel file

    You could try opening the file in a text editor e.g. Notepad, Wordpad, Notepad++.

    No guarantees it will work - just depends what the format and corruption are.
    Martin

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    Re: recovering macros from a corrupt excel file

    Try opening with OpenOffice
    Hope that helps.

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