Frank,
Thanks for the help. I like the solution, although I am
curious about automating the process. Do you have any
tips or a suggestion on how to do so?

Matt
-----Original Message-----
Hi
one way to prevent data entry in cells C4-f4 would be to
use data
validation with the following formula:
try the following data validation for B4:
=AND(C4<"",D4<"",E4<"",F4<"")
this will prevent changing the value in B4. Though the
user has to
clear the values manually before entering data in B4. To
automate this
you have to use VBA code (process the worksheet_change
event).

Frank

Powlaz wrote:
I asked for help on this before but I'm afraid the
answer
was a little over my head. I have a timesheet set up.
If the user enters H or S or V in the very first column
he can not fill in his time card. The time will be
calculated based on the company's standard work day. I
used Data Validation to pop up an Error message if the
person tries.

The problem is, if the user fills in the day's hours
(c4,d4,e4,f4), and then returns to the first cell (b4)
he
can enter H, S, or V without affecting the contents of
the other cells (c4-f4).

I need to be able to put a check on b4 so that if, at
any
point, when that cell contains an H, S, or V data
cannot
be entered into the next 4 cells and if the data is
already there it is erased.

One last thing. These 5 cells represent 1 day of the
week. So I need this method to be something that I can
easily apply to every day of the week. Each week ends
in
a 3 row span of "Totals" so the days of the year are
not
contiguous.

Any ideas? I tried the sample of code that was
provided
last time but it didn't work for me and I don't know
how
to troubleshoot it.

Thanks again, you guys have helped me alot.

Matt


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