This article series will show you how to utilise the Next Generation Cryptography (CNG) API from Microsoft for modern hashing and encrypting/decrypting in VBA.
In this part: Encryption.
Not too long ago I wrote this article on doing the same thing in MS Access (https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/38421/Making-your-Database-More-User-Friendly.html). I found that a similar "Welcome" screen makes Excel worksheets "friendlier" a…