Hello All
Anyone know how to lock cells using VBA, also unlock others currently locked.
Page protection will be in use at the time this needs to be done.

Also, is there anywhere on the net with a complete list of VBA functions,
including a short statement of what each one does, with or without examples.

If not, any good books that cover the above area. I'm really (strange as it
might seem), enjoying playing with VBA and seeing exactly what it can do.

Regards
Peter

The easy questions...

Excel's Help is a very good source.

take a look at Peter Nonely's workbook that describes lots of functions:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/noneley/
Peter's site isn't working, but Ron deBruin has a copy at:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/files/xlfdic01.zip

Debra Dalgleish has some of Norman Harker's files at:
http://www.contextures.com/functions.html

Debra also has a list of books:
http://www.contextures.com/xlbooks.html

Lot's of people swear by John Walkenbach's books.

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You can record a macro in excel when you do this kind of stuff.

Turn on the macro recorder:
tools|macro|record new macro
unprotect the worksheet
change a cell from Locked to unlocked and a different cell from unlocked to
locked.
reprotect the workbook.
stop the recorder.

Inspect/generalize the code...

this was my recorded code:

Option Explicit
Sub Macro1()
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
Selection.Locked = True
Selection.FormulaHidden = False
Range("A24").Select
Selection.Locked = False
Selection.FormulaHidden = False
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True
End Sub

Notice that the recorder doesn't display the passwords you entered.

One way of modifying the code is:

Option Explicit
Sub Macro1A
ActiveSheet.Unprotect password:="hi"
range("a1").Locked = True
range("a24").locked = false
ActiveSheet.Protect password:="hi",DrawingObjects:=True, _
Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True
End Sub

But it would really depend on what cells are being locked/unlocked.


Peter wrote:

Hello All
Anyone know how to lock cells using VBA, also unlock others currently locked.
Page protection will be in use at the time this needs to be done.

Also, is there anywhere on the net with a complete list of VBA functions,
including a short statement of what each one does, with or without examples.

If not, any good books that cover the above area. I'm really (strange as it
might seem), enjoying playing with VBA and seeing exactly what it can do.

Regards
Peter

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Dave Peterson