Is there a way to refer to "protection" (its on/off condition), in a Macro
line?
A simple example would be -

If "protection is off" Then Worksheets("abc").Range("a5").Value = 0

I need to know the coding to use that would replace "protection is off" in
the above line. It could also be connected to whether or not there is a
password present.
I hope this can be done.
Ed

Look at help on

Protectcontents
ProtectDrawingObject
ProtectScenarios

If Worksheets("Sheet1").ProtectContents = True Then
MsgBox "The contents of Sheet1 are protected."
End If


In excel 2002 and later, also look at the protection object.

I am not away of any property that will tell you if a password is required.
No sure how useful it would be as you can try to unprotect the sheet without
one, then see if you were successful or check the error (using On Error
Resume Next to ignore an error response).

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Ed" wrote in message
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Is there a way to refer to "protection" (its on/off condition), in a Macro
line?
A simple example would be -

If "protection is off" Then Worksheets("abc").Range("a5").Value = 0

I need to know the coding to use that would replace "protection is off" in
the above line. It could also be connected to whether or not there is a
password present.
I hope this can be done.
Ed