need to programatically password protect for Excel file

[kishore123]

I have created an Excel file using PYExcelerator API. I need to programatically password protect
the file so that it can't be read unless the password is entered.

working in Linux environment.


Any code examples?
Python

[jkmyoung]

Can you password zip the file?

[kishore123]

I have tried to Password the ZIP file

zipFile=zipfile .ZipFile(zipFil eName,"w",zipfi le.ZIP_DEFLATED )
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zipFile.setpass word("kishore12 3")

but i am not sure why it is not working.
when i tried to open the Zip it is simply opening with out prompting for Password

Please suggest me

Thanks
Kishore

[Rossouw]

Hi there,

Whenever you password protect a zip file (doesn't matter the method), whenever you open up the zip file, it won't prompt you for a password (unlike with any other password protected file), but when you unzip or try to open a file in the zip file, it will prompt you for a password.

Hope this is helpful,
Kind Regards