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Default autosorting protected data with macros

chuck

See Debra Dalgleish's site for info on why you can't create an autofilter on a
protected sheet.

Also a couple of work-arounds to allow it.

http://www.contextures.com/xlautofilter03.html#Protect




On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:23:01 -0700, dr chuck
wrote:

I have a set of data that i share with other users and allow them to autosort
through. The data is protected so that the other users cannot corrupt the
data.

I recently wrote some macros that include detailed multilevel autosorts of
the same data. i wrote and tested the macros with no protection and they
function well.

When i reprotect my data and then attempt to run my macro i get a run time
error telling me i cannot do an autosort on a protected sheet on lines like
the one below...

Selection.AutoFilter Field:=8, Criteria1:="0"

Any suggestions ???


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP