You cannot stop them getting that message without setting your security
setting to low (which is a very bad idea), but you can take some defensive
action.

The standard way to approach this is as follows.
- create a worksheet with a message on explaining that for this workbook to
run it needs macros enabled, maybe even a few screenshots
- hide all other worksheets]
- add some code in the Workbook_Open event that un hides the other sheets,
but hides that sheet.


What happens is that if they do not enable macros, they will only see the
warning sheet, telling them how to do it. If the enable macros, it will
startup as the workbook it should be.



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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"John Calder" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your response.

The problem that I am having is that although the code works fine, some of
the users of this spreadsheet take the option of disabling the macros when
opening the file. As the code is designed to enforce capitals in column 12
when the "disable macros" option is taken when opening the spreadsheet,
the
enforced capitals no longer works. What I would like is that when the
spreadsheet opens, that the user does not get the option of enable/disable
macros but the code still runs.

If there is some code that could do this and if I knew where to put it
then
maybe this would solve my problem.

Thanks

John




"Gord Dibben" wrote:

John

This is event code.

The code does run automatically whenever you enter text in any cell in
column 12
which is column L.

No need to remove anything from the code.

On August 9th you posted that you had everything worked out.

What transpired since then?

Are you having a problem?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:14:02 -0700, John Calder
wrote:

Hi

I run Win 2K with Excel 2K

Question 1

I have some VB code in the "Sheet 1" module of my excel file.

The code is as follows:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)
If Target.Column < 12 Then Exit Sub
On Error GoTo ErrHandler
Application.EnableEvents = False
Target.Formula = UCase(Target.Formula)
ErrHandler:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

I would like this code to run automatically whenever the file is
opened. (I
am assuming that this would remove the enable/disable dialog box option
when
opening the file)

Can someone tell me how I might be able to do this?


Question 2

The worksheet I have is protected and contains a number of cells that
allow
data entry. The problem I have is that a number of people use this
spreadsheet and some of these users change the formatting in the cells
that
allow data entry.

Is there any code that I can add that would still allow the data entry
but
not allow changes to the formatting?

Any help is much appreciated.

John