In order to protect sheets (e.g. Prevent sheets being deleted, hidden or moved), you actually need to protect the workbook (ALT + T + P + W in all versions of Excel): Protect Workbook Dialog Box These are the three stages of protection in Excel: cell, worksheet and workbook. The ComponentOne Excel Viewer allows people who do not have Microsoft Excel to view Excel workbook files. The ComponentOne Excel Viewer is a app that lets you view Microsoft Excel workbook files (xls, xlsx files).The ComponentOne Excel Viewer can open Microsoft Excel files but it will not display all features of Microsoft Excel.
I agree with @Richard Morgan. What you are doing should be working, so more information may be needed. Microsoft has some suggestions on. Here is a little more info. From help files (Protect Method): expression.Protect(Password, Structure, Windows) expression Required. An expression that returns a Workbook object. Password Optional Variant.
A string that specifies a case-sensitive password for the worksheet or workbook. If this argument is omitted, you can unprotect the worksheet or workbook without using a password. Otherwise, you must specify the password to unprotect the worksheet or workbook. If you forget the password, you cannot unprotect the worksheet or workbook. It's a good idea to keep a list of your passwords and their corresponding document names in a safe place. Structure Optional Variant.
True to protect the structure of the workbook (the relative position of the sheets). The default value is False. Windows Optional Variant. True to protect the workbook windows. If this argument is omitted, the windows aren’t protected.
ActiveWorkbook.Protect Password:='password', Structure:=True, Windows:=True If you want to work at the worksheet level, I used something similar years ago when I needed to protect/unprotect: Sub ProtectSheet ActiveSheet.Protect 'password', True, True End Sub Sub UnProtectSheet ActiveSheet.Unprotect 'password' End Sub Sub protectAll Dim myCount Dim i myCount = Application.Sheets.Count Sheets(1).Select For i = 1 To myCount ActiveSheet.Protect 'password', true, true If i = myCount Then End End If ActiveSheet.Next.Select Next i End Sub. in your sample code you must remove the brackets, because it's not a functional assignment; also for documentary reasons I would suggest you use the:= notation (see code sample below).
Application.Thisworkbook refers to the book containing the VBA code, not necessarily the book containing the data, so be cautious. Express the sheet you're working on as a sheet object and pass it, together with a logical variable to the following sub: Sub SetProtectionMode(MySheet As Worksheet, ProtectionMode As Boolean) If ProtectionMode Then MySheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=TrueAllowSorting:=True, AllowFiltering:=True Else MySheet.Unprotect End If End Sub Within the.Protect method you can define what you want to allow/disallow. This code block will switch protection on/off - without password in this example, you can add it as a parameter or hardcoded within the Sub. Anyway somewhere the PW will be hardcoded. If you don't want this, just call the Protection Dialog window and let the user decide what to do: Application.Dialogs(xlDialogProtectDocument).Show Hope that helps Good luck - MikeD.
As you may know, Microsoft Excel has built-in features that allow you to control who can edit data, format cells, run reports, and even select cells and ranges. These protection features have applications where they can be very useful. For instance, if you have several people working on a complex workbook, they help to ensure that no formulas get misplaced or removed and, generally, that nobody makes unwanted changes that undo hard work you’ve completed to keep things in order. That said, Excel’s protection features can be an inconvenience if you aren’t used to them or if they are used imprecisely in workbooks you need to edit. So you will need to understand how these features work and how you can go about unprotecting data to make edits in your work. For a comprehensive understanding of this tool, you can take.
This guide, though, will focus on how you can unprotect your data, so you can keep moving with the spreadsheets you’re working on. Basic method for unprotecting data As of Office 2007, and in later versions, you will handle protection settings by accessing the Review tab from the main ribbon. The labeling is intuitive. The Protect Workbook feature handles protection for the entire workbook and protect sheet handles protection for the sheet that is currently active. If you are unable to change the size or position of the window or if you are can’t change the order of tabs in the workbook, that is because the workbook is protected. If, on the other hand, you can’t select or edit cells or their content, that is due to sheet protection.
Toggling protection for the workbook When you click on Protect Workbook, you will either be prompted for a password or, if a password is not enabled, you will see the workbook’s protection menu. In Excel 2007, this menu will give you the option to protect the workbook for structure (the arrangement of sheets) and windows (the size and placement of the workbook’s window). If you were able to access the menu, you can unprotect the workbook simply by making sure the options are unchecked and clicking OK. If, however, the workbook is password protected, you will need to enter the password before you can make adjustments (more on that in a moment).
Toggling protection for the sheet The Protect Sheet feature has the same basic structure as the Protect Workbook feature. If a password is set, you will need to enter it before you can proceed, and if not, you will go straight to the pop-up window where you can select and de-select protection options. This menu looks similar to the one for the workbook, but you use it a bit differently. If you want to unprotect the sheet outright, you simply need to uncheck the box at the top, which says “Protect worksheet and contents of locked cells.” Alternatively, you can keep some protections in place for the sheet by enabling individual editing rights in the scrolling options menu underneath.
Ultimately, when dealing with options such as these, it can be helpful to have a thorough understanding of the Microsoft Office Suite in general. For that reason, you might gain an advantage by taking. Managing locked cells In some cases, you may want to preserve protection for your sheet or workbook, but you are struggling with how to manage locked cells. There may, for instance, be cells that you want to be able to select and edit but are currently inaccessible. For that reason, you want to be familiar with how locking and unlocking cells operates in the program. If you want certain cells to be unlocked within a protected sheet, here are the steps you can take: 1. Select the cells or range that you want to have unlocked.
Right click and select Format cells from the menu. Click on the Protection tab at the far right. The Locked option should be checked by default. Click OK Locking or unlocking cells, as you have done here, will have no effect until you enable protection for the sheet. If you are interested to learn more tricks for managing data in Excel, you should find what you are looking for in. Regarding Passwords Clearly, if you are working with password protection in Excel and you want to override the protection features, you are going to have to input the password. Simple enough if you were the one to create it and you know what it is.
But what if you forgot your password, or perhaps one of your associates lost their password on a workbook you are working on together? Are you simply out of luck? Well, the short answer is no.
But dealing with this scenario can be tricky. You have a few options: 1. You can recreate the workbook, which is obviously an intensive and unrealistic option in many cases. You can look for a third-party password recovery tool.
There are a number of products, usually offered by small software development companies. You can use a macro. The third option is possible. Keep in mind that you should not use this on workbooks you do not own or where you do not have permission.
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Essentially, Excel converts passwords into a simplified string of characters that is fairly simple to recover using a macro. You will need to use the VBA functions and developer tab, so you might want to get familiar with those tools if you are not already. You can started on that with.