Lock A Sheet But Still Make Some Edits/run Macro
Oct 18, 2009
Some of the sheets in my spreadsheet contain some data and graphs with a few macros that are run when a button is pressed. At the bottom I have some comments with a macro that is run to timestamp when these comments are updated or edited.
What I would like to do is lock the entire sheet so that the data and graphs can't be tampered with, apart from the comments part at the bottom because I'd like to be able to have the comments editable. So far I have managed to do that, but when I edit a comment and the timestamp code is run it creates a run-time error 1004. I could just remove the timestamp code I guess but I'd like to keep it there... figuring that there must be a solution.
How can I work around this problem ? Either by being able to keep the sheet locked and still have the timestamp code run, or have it temporarily unlock the sheet - run the code - and then re-lock the sheet.
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Mar 29, 2014
am making Excel for private use, i need the following makro to be active, here is the idea because i didnt yet work with makros at all:
If A1 = False
then Range B1:D1 will be locked cells
If A1 = True
then Range B1:D1 will be unlocked cells
Those rules apply to 1 day in the year.
the range A1:D1 will be copied about 400 so the makro should be active to each day separatly.
Check the picture attached for example of one day
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Jul 19, 2006
When I click this button, a new row is inserted. Depending on whether this checkbox is checked, I want some of the formulas to adjust.
Public Sub AddEntry()
thisone = ActiveSheet. Name
FinalRow = Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Row
Range("A" & FinalRow + 1).Select
Selection.EntireRow.Insert 'just inserted a new row
x = Range("T1").Value
Sheets("Calculator").Select
Rows(x + 3).Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets(thisone).Select
Rows(FinalRow + 1).Select...........................
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Feb 23, 2007
I've got a work book with numourous password protected sheets which i quite often have to update (as i use around 10 of these with at least 10 sheets in each its time consuming). I've had several goes at creating 2 macros to unlock and then lock the sheets (with my password). I've managed to create on that unlocks the sheets using the password but i can't get a macro to lock the sheets up again using the password.
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Dec 13, 2007
I have a Workbook that I use to log invoices and credit notes and it is password protected so that the cells that contain formulas are locked and therefore not selectable.
What I wanted to know is. Is it possible to lock other cells depending on what values are in certain cells?
Let me explain. I have Columns G & H which contain the heading 'Credit Note Number' & 'Credit Note Amount'. Now in columns I & J I have the heading 'Invoice Number' & 'Invoice Amount' respectively.
What I have done is to make a condional formatting so that If I put a value in cells in column G it will change the colour of the adjacent cells in columns I & J, likewise If I fill in cells in column I the conditional formatting will change the colour of adjacent cells in coulumn G & H. This helps me to see whether a row contains a credit note or an invoice.
What I would ideally like is for a Macro that would automatically locks cells G & H in a particular row that I am currently working on if I enter data into the cell in column I. Likewise if I am entering data in column G in the row I am currently working on for a credit note, then lock columns I & J in the row I am currently in.
Any Ideas how this can be done? Also can locking and unlocking of cells be done in VBA while the sheet is protected or would the macro need to temporarily unprotect sheet, lock the cells then protect sheet again?
PS: I have uploaded a Jpeg of what my conditional formatting does to try and illustrate what it is I need.
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Jul 8, 2014
I am trying to take the tables you will see in the dummy page on the second and third sheet and have them output onto the first sheet based on the parameters of the drop down menus. Is there a way to have a button on the first page that controls a macro to do this?
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Jul 24, 2013
In my database I am often inserting a new row in between two rows of data and then entering information across 8 cells. I have to manually enter all of the same information on sheet 2, again between two rows that already have data. Is there a macro or formula that would work so that I don't have to enter it twice?
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May 18, 2014
I have a work book with 4 sheets in it. Now i want to make a summery sheet for this.
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Feb 3, 2010
I want to create a macro that will allow me to create a set number of copies of a specific sheet within the workbook. I have one sheet within my workbook entitled "Tab". I want to create a macro that will ask me how many copies I want to create and then proceed to create all the copies. i.e.: select to create 4 copies, with the result being: Tab[original], Tab(2), Tab(3), Tab(4), Tab(5)
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Jan 28, 2010
I am trying to put together multiple userforms that perform separate tasks. I have been using code found on this forum, and it's helped out a lot, but i'm still having trouble on one of the userforms. the one that i'm having the biggest trouble with called frmEditData. What it is designed to do is pull data from different fields and display them in the textboxes on the different sheets. then, the user has the option of updating those tabs and saving the changes. For the life of me, i cannot get the data to change. it always reverts back to the original information in the cells.
i have to say again that I don't really know how to read the code too well just yet, and i've been copying code that appears to work on other sheets, but it might not necessarily work here. I have attached a rough copy of what i've been working on.
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Jun 22, 2008
I am looking to identify when
a) New comments are entered in cells
b) When changes are made to existing comments
c) New cell entries
d) Changes to existing cell entries
I have mocked up a typical example between sheet 1 and 2. I have found tools that will identify cell entry changes (i.e. c & d) but not on cell comment changes (i.e. a & b).
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May 14, 2009
how to lock a sheet in Excel 2007 so that no one can navigate to that sheet.
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Feb 27, 2008
1. I dont want this to auto send. I want it to compose the mail and leave it ready to hit the send button in lotus notes. How do I do that?
2. Would like to include multiple emails. If I put two emails (separated by comma or semicolon into cell C19, Lotus notes sends as one address and it bounces. (This is not terribly important, but would be a nice feature)
3. Would like to insert the signature line that's already configured on lotus notes. Since this auto sends the email, the signature is not added. Any idea how to do this?
4. Now this would be really nice, tell the macro which database to use. The one I want to use is not "my" email, but a shared email. It lives on server "Notes1/recovery" , in folder "mail" with a database named "company.nsf". Is there a way to do this?
Here is my code that works, but needs the above features.
Sub SendNotesMail()
Dim Maildb As Object
Dim UserName As String
Dim MailDbName As String
Dim MailDoc As Object
Dim Session As Object
Dim Recipient As String
Dim Subject1 As String
Dim ccRecipient As String
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Oct 13, 2008
I need to get rid of the option to DELETE a sheet. However, when I password protect the WORKBOOK (which does this fine) none of the Macro buttons will execute, even with Macro security settings set to ENABLE ALL.
Looks like I will need some VBA code to not allow any of the sheets in the workbook to be deleted.
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Jan 25, 2012
I have a sheet. At the top I have a pivot that essentially lists all our Depts. Below is all kinds of data and calculations dervided via: vlookups on the dept chosen above. The sheet rerfreshes itself each time a new dept is chosen.
Well, they wanted certain cells protected. I did the ole: Tools then: Protection: then: Allow Users to Edt ranges and added the ranges that should be left unprotected after protection is applied. Of course the pivot was left unprotected.
Once you do the: Protect Sheet and and try to click the pivot dropdown to select a dept...it remains locked!!! An error pops up and says you can not have a pivot open on a protected sheet. WHY!! The range is open!!!
I need the user to be able to select their Dept from a dropdown and then my vlookups work off that.
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Sep 12, 2012
I have a matrix that calculate lenght of the sides in a triangle, this is for the purpose of a camera and the pixelsize/inchsize.
Is it possible to create a chart that will give the user an visual control on how the cameras detection area looks like?
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Nov 27, 2011
I have Book having 11 Tables.
In each Tables in Column F i have formula like., =INDEX(Sheet2!A:A,MATCH(Jyotindra!G10,Sheet2!B:B,0))
I want to lock only column F for all Tables. and hide formula
All other columns and cell should be free to excess or edit.
How can i do that for all sheet at once?
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Oct 22, 2012
If a user changes some data in a pivot table and then refreshes the table, the changed values are supposed to revert to the source data, right? This does not happen in my pivot table.
Any changes made in the underlying data get transferred to the pivot table refresh, as expected. But if I change some values in the pivot table, followed by a refresh, then the cells that I changed remain the same unless I happened to modify the corresponding values in the underlying source data too. In other words, the refresh operation does not touch the pivot table except specifically where an update is driven by a change in the underlying data.
This behavior is different from what i remember from, say, excel 97 / 2000.
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Jan 16, 2014
I am trying to Protect a Sheet to lock the width of just one column. Does the lock apply to all the columns in the worksheet or can it apply to a single column only. I can't seem to get this to lock just one column-if it is possible.
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Jul 18, 2007
I have a worksheet with employees names and their overtime hours worked that week. I would like to add some code to a button that will prompt for a password. If that password matches a predefiened password then lock a range of cells and place a time stamp next to the button and maybe change the button color of the button to Red. Now if the person with the password wants to change the locked cells, they can click the button again and enter the password and the button will turn green so they can make the changes. I would like the time stamp to be updated every time the cells are locked. Also wanted to have one button for every work week so about four buttons per worksheet. Here is an example of the worksheet. The range of cells I want to lock are the ones in bold.
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Feb 10, 2014
I'm currently using this macro:
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim Rng
Dim MyCell
Set Rng = Range("A1:AA7672")
For Each MyCell In Rng
[Code] ....
The problem is that it is not dynamic and it's super slow. The larger my range is the slower it operates and right now it's almost unusable.
The workbook I am using gets touched by 10 different people and I want to prevent tampering. I want for the workbook to be, when protected, have all the blank cells editable and once a value is inserted, it cannot be edited again and not work so unbelievably slow.
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Oct 6, 2008
I have a macro in Module1 of workbook "BAU" called "ExtractToSheets" which exports data depending on the contents of a cell (Thanks royUK et al)
At the moment however, you must run the macro manually to export the data.
Now, i have put some simple validation in column K of worksheet "BAU Data" within the "BAU" workbook. Whenever a cell within a predefined range with column K is changed to "Yes" i want the macro to run AND i want the row the cell is in to be locked so it cannot be edited further by the user. I have had too many users mess up previous sheets i have made to collect my data, and i wish to make this one somewhat more idiot-proof!
Any pearls of wisdom folks?
I would have attached a representation of my sheet, unfortunately because there is now a macro in my spreadsheet, our trigger-happy security software won't let me post it!
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Oct 18, 2012
I have a search form that will filter the result based on the requested category. Is it possible to lock the cells once it has been filtered and then remove the lock after they close the workbook?
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Mar 22, 2007
I need a macro which will lock the cells after data is entered in the cell once. Cell should become non editable and should be only edited after a password is provided.
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Jul 23, 2014
I have been searching for a macro that would lock all the non blank cells (cells that have any value/text) after the workbook is saved.
When the user clicks on save a message box should prompt stating that "The data you entered has been locked successfully".
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Jan 30, 2012
I'm using Excel 2011 for MAC.
What I need is to clear and lock some cells based on a drop down list selection.
The case is like this:
In Cell [E14] is a drop down list : 0,1,2 or 3
Cells: (D19:E19), (D21:E21), (D23,E23) Merged are PART DESCRIPTION
Cells: [G19], [G21], [G23] are COST
So I need when 0 is selected in the dropdown list, all of the above cells are cleared and no input is permitted, Cells locked.
If 1 is selected, just the first row is allowed for data entry and the other 2 are cleared and locked as this values populate another worksheet for calculations.
So far I did this code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If [E14] = "0" Then
ActiveSheet.Unprotect ("")
ActiveSheet.Range("D19:E19").Locked = True
ActiveSheet.Range("G19").Locked = True
ActiveSheet.Range("D21:E21").Locked = True
ActiveSheet.Range("G21").Locked = True
ActiveSheet.Range("D23:E23").Locked = True
[code]...
It works fine to lock the cells, but I can not fined the way to clear the values previously stored before locking the cells.
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Jan 5, 2009
I have an excel sheet which is protected (mainly so that the users will not change any formulas) the excel sheet is basically a list
Just to put you in the picture
Column B Is PO Number
Column C Is Remarks
Column D Date
Column E Description
Column F Supplier
Column G Amount
I would like that when Column C changes to "OK Checked" column B C D E F G are protected and locked. But obviously for that particular row.
For example the input of Cell C15 changes to "OK Checked" then B15, C15,E15,F15,G15.
the macro must NOT be fixed to a particular row (in this case 15)
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Apr 23, 2008
I have an excel sheet which has a macro which captures the current time in a cell with the formula =now(). What I am looking for is that once a user runs a macro and the time is inserted into that cell then that cell should be locked and cannot be changed then. If this can be done by any formula / function or VBA.
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Sep 16, 2012
I am new to VBA but I am trying to insert text and lock all duplicate cells except for the first one. Below is the macro I am trying to make. I keep getting an error on the line:
If(COUNTIF($A$9:$A$76,A9)=1,FALSE,NOT(COUNTIF($A$9:A9,A9)=1))
This is my macro:
Sub SetVoters()
'
' SetVoters Macro
'
'
Sub SetVoters()
'
' SetVoters Macro
'
'
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
[Code] ......
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Oct 30, 2012
I have a spreadsheet that allows users to paste set data from a PDF Image (using OCR) straight into Excel and then use the MID function to split the data accordingly.
Unfortunately, the OCR isn’t too intuitive and gets it wrong sometimes.
So to counter this, in another sheet (in the same workbook) I have a manual input section, and a simple macro button that pastes this data into the same fields where the OCR text would be, so that the main sheet works exactly the same way as before.
The problem is, and most likely due to the simplicity of the sheet, if a combination of OCR pasting and manual inputting is used, when I hit the paste button, it over rides the OCR data with blank cells
In the link below I have shown what is currently happening (1, 2, 3), and an example of what I would actually like it to do (4, 5, 6).
Example - Online Spreadsheets - EditGrid
So, in the 2nd scenario, I would like “5” to recognise that the respective cells in “4” already contain data and fill them ‘Grey’. This I have already achieved with basic conditional formatting.
However, I need to take it 1 step further and say that if the parent sheets cell (Auto OCR) contains data, as well as filling cells (in sheet Manual) lock these cells off and prevent the end user from adding data and/ or being copied over to the parent sheet.
Is this possible?
The result then being the parent sheet with both OCR text and copied text from the manual input sheet.
Both sheets are protected anyway and only allow for user input in certain areas, so is it even possible to apply further protection once the sheet is locked already?
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