All,

Just wanted to share what finally came out of the guidance I received
from this ng. Maybe this will help someone else. Feedback
appreciated.:

This macro can be run from personal.xls or your self-created
MacroBook. For this macro, the user can select a workbook and the code
generates a msgbox showing the sheetname and whether the sheet is
protected or unprotected. Another msgbox is used to show the protected/
unprotected status of the target workbook.
VR/
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Sub ProtectedStatus()
Dim wks As Worksheet
Dim myList As String
NewFN = Application.GetOpenFilename(FileFilter:="Excel Files (*.xls),
*.xls", Title:="Please select a file")
If NewFN = False Then
' They pressed Cancel
MsgBox "Stopping because you did not select a file"
Exit Sub
Else
On Error GoTo Erro
Workbooks.Open Filename:=NewFN
End If
Set oldbk = Workbooks.Open(Filename:=NewFN)
result = ""
For Each wks In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
myList = myList + wks.Name
myList = myList + " " + IIf(wks.ProtectContents, "is protected.", "is
NOT PROTECTED!") + vbCr
Next wks
MsgBox myList
X = False
If ActiveWorkbook.ProtectWindows Then X = True
If ActiveWorkbook.ProtectStructure Then X = True
If X = False Then
MsgBox "The workbook is NOT PROTECTED!"
Else
MsgBox "The workbook is protected."
End If
oldbk.Close savechanges:=False
Erro:

Select Case Err
Case 0
MsgBox "Macro completed successfully (or was cancelled by user)."
Case Else
MsgBox "There is something wrong: " & Chr(10) & _
Err & ": " & Err.Description
End Select

Err.Clear
End Sub