Companion file when there are 2 excel instances

Hello,

I am using XLS Padlock to secure an excel file.
In the VBA code of this file I am using the following lines to have a second instance of Excel and open with it another excel file. This other file is included in the EXE as a companion file.
See below VBA code :

Dim appExcel As Excel.Application
Dim wbExcel As Excel.Workbook
Dim wsExcel As Excel.Worksheet
…

another_file = PathToFile(“another.xls”)

Set appExcel = CreateObject(“Excel.Application”)
Set wbExcel = appExcel.Workbooks.Open(another_file, False, True)
Set wsExcel = wbExcel.Worksheets(“Sheet1”)
…

where PathToFile is coming from XLS Padlock manual:

Public Function PathToFile(Filename As String)
Dim XLSPadlock As Object
On Error GoTo Err
Set XLSPadlock = Application.COMAddIns(“GXLSForm.GXLSFormula”).Object
PathToFile = XLSPadlock.PLEvalVar(“XLSPath”) & Filename
Exit Function
Err:
PathToFile = ""
End Function

However it seems that second instance of Excel is not able to reach the companion file in its virtual location.
I confirm that the first instance of excel (the secured EXE) can access to it.
Is there a way to fix this and enable the second excel instance to also access the virtual location?

Regard,

Alain

Currently it’s not possible to do it. However, we added your suggestion to our TODO list.