You have your sheet protected, don't you? Try these 3 lines instead...

ActiveSheet.Unprotect
Columns("X:IV").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
ActiveSheet.Protect

or, if not running from worksheet's code window, change the ActiveSheet
reference to the worksheet's name reference...

Worksheets("Sheet1").Unprotect
Worksheets("Sheet1").Columns("X:IV").EntireColumn. Hidden = True
Worksheets("Sheet1").Protect


Rick



"PO" <h wrote in message ...
That doesn't work either. If I try the same code on a new worksheet it
works. It's just this sheet which contains some formulas and formatting -
nothing special. As I said, the cells are empty, they don't contain any
named ranges and they aren't part of any print area. It's some kind of a
mystery really :(

Regards
Pete


"Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" skrev i
meddelandet ...
Try this...

Columns("X:IV").EntireColumn.Hidden = True

Rick


"PO" <h wrote in message ...
Excel 2003, sp2

Hi,

I'm trying to hide columns X:IV so that the user only can see columns
A:W. However Selection.EntireColumn.Hidden = True raises an error - "The
hidden property cannot be set for the range class" (roughly translated
from swedish). As far as I can see there aren't any objects in those
columns. I also tried selection.clear but it still doesn't work. The
area is totaly empty. If I try to hide the columns manualy from within
excel I get the error message "Object cannot be moved outside sheet".

Any ideas?

Regards
Pete