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cell locking via VBA
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how can a cell be locked via VB scriprting in excel. to say, Cell A1 must be locked if cell B1's value is less then (or any other conditions), say 35. also, depending upon some condition, can the whole range of cells say renge(A1:A40) also be locked??? as such the only way what am doing is: select the cell - format - cells - protection tab - check-mark locked. this is manual setting, can this work be done programatically??? that is what am on to. i have tried by going to all the things like VB's programming codes that i can go but just cant get the result. any help will be truely appreciated. taken |
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Cell or Cells (a range) can only be protected by applying protection to the
worksheet. If the cells in question are locked then protecting the worksheet will protect the cells (and all other cells that are locked!). Normally you would unlock the cell(s) you wish the user to change then apply protection to the worksheet. Switching the cell locking and worksheet protection on and off under programme control based on conditions or events in the workbook or worksheet are all possible. The following will unlock the range A1 to B3, allowing the user to edit the cells after the worksheet is protected. ActiveSheet.Unprotect Range("A1:B3").Locked = False ActiveSheet.Protect The following reverese this situation ActiveSheet.Unprotect Range("A1:B3").Locked = True ActiveSheet.Protect -- Cheers Nigel "aken" wrote in message ... hi, how can a cell be locked via VB scriprting in excel. to say, Cell A1 must be locked if cell B1's value is less then (or any other conditions), say 35. also, depending upon some condition, can the whole range of cells say renge(A1:A40) also be locked??? as such the only way what am doing is: select the cell - format - cells - protection tab - check-mark locked. this is manual setting, can this work be done programatically??? that is what am on to. i have tried by going to all the things like VB's programming codes that i can go but just cant get the result. any help will be truely appreciated. taken |
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hi,
so, thnks for the prompt Re. anyway, you have given the code but where do i put the codes? is there any way wherein i can put the codes in formulae or is it that VBA components needs to be always present? here the solution is solved but my problem still exists. i would like to do this: if cell A1 is less then say 33 or greater then 100, then cells B1:B45 should be locked automatically. now the question is... where do i put the events code? can it be not made as a conditional formatting type of thing where instead of locking, colors are used depending on number values at real time. hope that the question is clear from my end. tnks "Nigel" wrote: Cell or Cells (a range) can only be protected by applying protection to the worksheet. If the cells in question are locked then protecting the worksheet will protect the cells (and all other cells that are locked!). Normally you would unlock the cell(s) you wish the user to change then apply protection to the worksheet. Switching the cell locking and worksheet protection on and off under programme control based on conditions or events in the workbook or worksheet are all possible. The following will unlock the range A1 to B3, allowing the user to edit the cells after the worksheet is protected. ActiveSheet.Unprotect Range("A1:B3").Locked = False ActiveSheet.Protect The following reverese this situation ActiveSheet.Unprotect Range("A1:B3").Locked = True ActiveSheet.Protect -- Cheers Nigel "aken" wrote in message ... hi, how can a cell be locked via VB scriprting in excel. to say, Cell A1 must be locked if cell B1's value is less then (or any other conditions), say 35. also, depending upon some condition, can the whole range of cells say renge(A1:A40) also be locked??? as such the only way what am doing is: select the cell - format - cells - protection tab - check-mark locked. this is manual setting, can this work be done programatically??? that is what am on to. i have tried by going to all the things like VB's programming codes that i can go but just cant get the result. any help will be truely appreciated. taken |
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hi,
so lastly i could do the work partially. so... when i run this code, though the cells/range get locked and data editing prohibited, the cursor movement is possible. how can i restrict even the cursor movement over it. as seen in the protect sheet, "select locked cells " is usally unchecked manually which makes cursor movement not possible. the same thing needs to be incorporated in the VBA. as a test i tried this: ActiveSheet.selectlockedcells = False though there is no such thing, i want you to suggest what is the correct one. aken "Nigel" wrote: Cell or Cells (a range) can only be protected by applying protection to the worksheet. If the cells in question are locked then protecting the worksheet will protect the cells (and all other cells that are locked!). Normally you would unlock the cell(s) you wish the user to change then apply protection to the worksheet. Switching the cell locking and worksheet protection on and off under programme control based on conditions or events in the workbook or worksheet are all possible. The following will unlock the range A1 to B3, allowing the user to edit the cells after the worksheet is protected. ActiveSheet.Unprotect Range("A1:B3").Locked = False ActiveSheet.Protect The following reverese this situation ActiveSheet.Unprotect Range("A1:B3").Locked = True ActiveSheet.Protect -- Cheers Nigel "aken" wrote in message ... hi, how can a cell be locked via VB scriprting in excel. to say, Cell A1 must be locked if cell B1's value is less then (or any other conditions), say 35. also, depending upon some condition, can the whole range of cells say renge(A1:A40) also be locked??? as such the only way what am doing is: select the cell - format - cells - protection tab - check-mark locked. this is manual setting, can this work be done programatically??? that is what am on to. i have tried by going to all the things like VB's programming codes that i can go but just cant get the result. any help will be truely appreciated. taken |
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