Excel 2003. I programmatically protect each sheet in a workbook as I
programmatically create the sheets. Moreover, I enable only the unlocked
cells in the sheets to be selected. I use:

WkSh.Protect
WkSh.EnableSelection = xlUnlockedCells

When I put breakpoints in while debugging I find that the protection is
working as expected (the sheet is protected and I can only select unlocked
cells).

When I am finished creating all the sheets, I then programmatically protect
the whole work book as:

WbNew.Protect

When I check the sheets after this operation, they still behave as desired.
HOWEVER, when I save the workbook using:

WbNew.Close SaveChanges:=True

and then open the workbook, I find the workbook protected (as expected), the
sheets protected (as expected), but I can select the locked cells in the
sheets

What could be causing this? Thanks for the help.

--
Dr. Doug Pruiett
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
www.goodnewsjail.org

That setting is not persistent, it's not saved with the file.
You have to set it each time the WB is open, probably in the Workbook_Open
event.

nickHK

"Chaplain Doug" ...
Excel 2003. I programmatically protect each sheet in a workbook as I
programmatically create the sheets. Moreover, I enable only the unlocked
cells in the sheets to be selected. I use:

WkSh.Protect
WkSh.EnableSelection = xlUnlockedCells

When I put breakpoints in while debugging I find that the protection is
working as expected (the sheet is protected and I can only select unlocked
cells).

When I am finished creating all the sheets, I then programmatically
protect
the whole work book as:

WbNew.Protect

When I check the sheets after this operation, they still behave as
desired.
HOWEVER, when I save the workbook using:

WbNew.Close SaveChanges:=True

and then open the workbook, I find the workbook protected (as expected),
the
sheets protected (as expected), but I can select the locked cells in the
sheets

What could be causing this? Thanks for the help.

--
Dr. Doug Pruiett
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
www.goodnewsjail.org

You have another response at your other thread.

Chaplain Doug wrote:

Excel 2003. I programmatically protect each sheet in a workbook as I
programmatically create the sheets. Moreover, I enable only the unlocked
cells in the sheets to be selected. I use:

WkSh.Protect
WkSh.EnableSelection = xlUnlockedCells

When I put breakpoints in while debugging I find that the protection is
working as expected (the sheet is protected and I can only select unlocked
cells).

When I am finished creating all the sheets, I then programmatically protect
the whole work book as:

WbNew.Protect

When I check the sheets after this operation, they still behave as desired.
HOWEVER, when I save the workbook using:

WbNew.Close SaveChanges:=True

and then open the workbook, I find the workbook protected (as expected), the
sheets protected (as expected), but I can select the locked cells in the
sheets

What could be causing this? Thanks for the help.

--
Dr. Doug Pruiett
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
www.goodnewsjail.org

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Dave Peterson