Hi there, I have searched for this problem and whilst I can see several "round-about" ways to achieve what I want, none quite do it in a way I would like.
Essentially, I have a dropdown box, with a list of water types. What is selected from the dropdown determines the data from a lookup table that gets utilised in subsequent calculations.
The lookup table is protected and cannot be edited, however what I would like to do is for the last entry on the dropdown box, which could be called "special water" would then prompt for a password. If the correct password is entered than the last row of data corresponding to "special water" in the lookup, becomes unlocked and can be edited. If the password is not forthcoming the user cannot select special water and consequently cannot edit the corresponding row in the lookup.
I can think of a few long-winded ways to achieve the basic result, but nothing seems elegant....or fool proof
I had thought about a simple check box against the appropriate row in the lookup called "unlock" which would require a password to use. Once the password is entered, then it can remain open until the check box is clicked again whereby a password is required to "lock" it again
I have set a password under the permissions tab but all it does is protect the structure and not the content. I want all users to be able to view the file, but have to have the password to edit any of the sheets or data on the sheets. I can still protect the individual sheets, but that doesnt quite do what I want.
I'm required by my manager to produce password protected dropdown list (I use the data validation feature) for purchase order requester. I have been working on it for 2 days now, I somehow got it but it doesnt seem foolproof; as i often get error message after running it a few times.
Basically, all I need is to come up with a unique password for each name for listed in the "Requester". Whenever I click on it, it will prompt me to enter password.Different names requires different password, otherwise it will return as a blank cell.
What are the steps how to edit data validation if possible.
Attached is the requester list : Requester List.xlsx
I have an the excel book with sheets that are password protected so that the users cannot delete rows or columns.
In each sheet I gave permissions for certain ranges that need to be filled out only to specific users that need to fill out those cells.
The users are located and managed in the Active Directory.
The point is that each user can only update his/her sheet within the Excel book.
It was working for a day or two and then all of a sudden without any changes all the permissions were gone and every user was able to edit every sheet.
I am putting together a corporate document which requires many different peoples access. It also requires these people to update/comment within specific columns to them.
I am really struggling with editing the columns to ensure only these specific people can access them.
Essentially I want to the document to be accessed by everyone, but column A can only be edited by Person A, column B can only be edited by Person B etc.
I've used 'Allow Users to Edit Ranges' and added a new range with a specified person - but this has not cured the problem, other people can still edit the column I'm trying to prevent them to.
Is it a case of just 'allowing' the specific person, or do I also need to 'deny' absolutely every other person to ensure that it works?
I have a file I created which works fine for me, on my machine at least but there are two issues I'm trying to sort out.
The first issue is I need to share the file with others who may not have the same access rights. I have something loading in the Workbook_Open event which I want to bypass for users who do not have access to a specific folder. So I was trying to check their access using Dir(path) = "" at the top level folder to see if any files are present (which there are). My assumption was that if it finds files it's safe to assume they have permission and it's ok to continue, otherwise they don't in which case I want abort the rest of the code. This seems to work fine for me but I tried testing with someone I know does not have access and it gave her a compile error.
Part of the code in macro utilizes FileSystemObject which seems to be the line where the code bombs on my coworkers machine. The FSO seems related to appears related to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime reference, but it's not enabled on my machine or any of the others. I vaguely remember having to do something on my machine awhile back for the life of me don't remember what it was.
The second issue is an MS Forms error: "Could not load some objects because they are not available on this machine." appears when opening the file on three of the machines I tested but it does not appear on my machine. I've tried looking at the references and could not find any differences between the machines. I pored through various postings online and it appears it might be worth re-registering the DLL/OCX files but we need admin rights to do that so I will need to open a request with our support team.
I'm using VBA to query file information (path, name, size, dates, etc.) on files on a SharePoint site and returns them to Excel. I'm curious if also returning the document's permissions is possible. If not for the document, can one programmatically get the folder's permissions?
I need to get the data from an MDB file. No problems normally but in this case the MDB is protected with a workgroup file (MDW) from the old user level permissions that was available in Access.
Is it it possible to get data from the Data ribbon from a protected file or do I need to resort to vba?
I have been tasked with trying to find out the permissions on a set of folders on a company network. I know write vba code to manipulate a excel spreadsheet without any problems, but it is when i'm using objects that it starts to go beyond my capability. whilst searching i found this code:
It does a perfect job but puts the data into an html file. i managed to get it to input the data into the spreadsheet as well but i would like to clean this code up so that it is not producing another file (namely the text file or the html file) and just put the results into the excel file I have entered the module into.
I did start to remove the references to any file name, but that is where i run into trouble and it wouldn't run any more due to object not found.
I am having an issue with Excel creating a duplicate file when logged in as a user with restricted permissions on our network. If I modify a file while logged in as another user, excel will save the file but will also create a duplicate file with an eight character random name and no file extension. For example if user "Dave" opens a file called test.xls and saves it, in that same folder on the server a file named 296E9E20 will be created. Users are using Windows XP SP3 boxes and the server is running Win 2003. I am not sure why this only happens with Excel.
I currently have a password secured excel file on my departs Q drive, which everyone can access unfortunately only 1 person can edit at a time. I tried to turn it into a workbook so we could all edit it at the same time but now some of the other users can't access the file at our other buildings throughout the county. This is for excel 2010. And I did select the share workbook, and allow multiple users to edit box. everything else is unchanged.
When opening a new Excel file, it is asking me for a password to an old excel file that was password protected, which I have deleted from my computer. It is still asking for this password every time I open a new or existing file. When I hit cancel it lets me open the file.
I have a spreadsheet, which has certain worksheets that are password protected. I need to make changes to some of the formulas, and the VBA modules, however I cannot remember the password!! Is there a way of identifying the password??
Range("G7").Select Selection.Copy Workbooks.Open Filename:= _ "Q:PublicPAYMENTS Q&RREPORTSSuspense Activity BUSINESS2008 - Suspense BUSINESS - Activity Reports2008 Avon.xls" Application.CutCopyMode = False ActiveWorkbook.Save ActiveWindow.Close End Sub
When i open the workbook it requires me to insert a password, i tried to type this but excel will not follow keystrokes, i then inserted the password in cell G7 which i then copy and paste, which you can see the copy at the beginning of the macro.
Is there a way where you can get it to insert the password so i can open the workbook in a macro.
What im trying to do is save 26 suspense spreadsheets by just clicking on a macro.
I have a sheet that is password protected. I have this code attached to a command button. It will unlock the worksheet, autofilter it, print it, unfilter it, and password protect the sheet again. However it is protecting it without a password. I need to have it protected with the password so that someone will not be able to just go to tools to unprotect the sheet.
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() ActiveSheet.Unprotect "rainforest" Columns("O:O").Select Selection.AutoFilter Selection.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:=">0", Operator:=xlAnd ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=1, Collate:=True Selection.AutoFilter Field:=1 Selection.AutoFilter ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True _ , AllowSorting:=True, AllowFiltering:=True End Sub
When using the a file with VBA based on a button is there any way to add a password to that file at the same time?
That way it can be opened by anyone?
The code below works fine but the user can open the file in fact anyone can once they press the command button I want to add a password so when the file is reopened it requires a password?
Is this some thing vba even does?
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() Const PTHNAME As String = "C:Feedback" Dim FileNameWithDate As String, x As Integer
FileNameWithDate = Format(Date, "yyyymmdd")
x = 1
If Dir(PTHNAME & FileNameWithDate & ".xls") = "" Then ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=PTHNAME & FileNameWithDate & ".xls" Else Do Until Dir(PTHNAME & FileNameWithDate & x & ".xls") = "" x = x + 1 Loop ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=PTHNAME & FileNameWithDate & x & ".xls" End If SendMailtoBDTT SendMailtoPerson End Sub
First, I know passwords are easy to break. The point is only to keep the average Excel user in a dept of 3 from accidentally damaging the data.
Normally I hardcode passwords to view xlveryhidden sheets.
But this workbook is for a dept head who has standard password(s) he uses to open or edit a file. I would like to capture these passwords and make it the same password(s) to view a hidden sheet.
This way if he ever changes the password to open/edit it will automatically change the password to view the hidden sheet(s).
How to set a password before executing any action.
For example, I have "cancel" button in my userform. If i click "cancel" it unloads the form. Instead of that i need a password prompt. so when i click the "cancel" button ,it should ask for a password. only if i provide the correct password then only the form should be unloaded.
when i run this marco, i get a Password msgs box appear, now is there away of running it so that it does not ask for a password, I have tried to unprotect the sheet with a password which works, but it never re-protected it self,
I don't know that much about VBA and my programming knowledge is very limited. I dont want the code re-written, as its someone elses work and it does what i want, i just need to know if an extra line can be entered to stop the password msg box. I.E. it needs to run without asking for the password
I have a 3 2 user forms, plus a calandar pop-up user form. One is a Log In Screen with a user id combo box and a password textbox referenced to ranges in a very-hidden sheet.
My second form is a spend tracker with mulitple fileds, text boxes, combo boxes, etc.
One of the fields in the spend tracker is user name, what I would like to do is when a user enters their user name and password the entered user name as long as it matches one in the database be populated in the user name field and not allow it to be edited. Is there a way to do this, if so, what is the code and where do I put it.
I will attach my file so you can check it out. Log in: tester
I was working on a workbook that unhides certain sheets depending on who's logged in. It seems to work fine. However, after it's run (and sheet2 has been unhidden), when I go to unprotect the workbook, the password ("test") no longer works.
I have an excel spreadsheet that has password to open it as well a read only prompt. What I would like to happen is after the user has typed in the password, clicked ok, and then clicked either "yes" or "no" for read only or not that a specific named macro immediately is run.
I have a workbook where each tab represents a 'base.' You can select which base to view by selecting an option from a drop down box on a menu page.
The data for each base is of a confidential nature so I would like to password protect each tab so that it asks for a password BEFORE the page opens. I don't think Excel has the functionality to do this unless I make the pages 'Very Hidden'?
I have a excel document with 5 tabs (sheets) and, because different people work with a different tab (sheet), I want to lock each tab (sheet). I want the tab to be visible on the tab bar but when you click on it you will not be able to see the content of that tab (sheet) until you provide the right password (each tab with a different pasword).
I have a worksheet that is password protected. The userforms used to input all the data have an initialize event that unprotects the sheet to input the data and then before protect the sheet upon closing the userform. This works perfect so that input data cannot be changed once entered; however, the problem I have is that I need to allow autofiltering so users can sort through their input data. I have a command button that unprotects the sheet and places the autofilters in the correct locations, but once this is activated the worksheet then is open for modifications by the users. Is there a way that I can allow autofiltering while still keeping the data protected? If .
I use the following piece of code to show/hide certain worksheets in a workbook. To access the hidden sheets, a command button runs the code. It works very well, except that the password is openly displayed in the message box (as opposed to returning asterisks for the typed characters).
Sub togglesheets() Dim Ws As Worksheet Dim strPassword As String strPassword = InputBox("Enter Password") If strPassword "Password" Then MsgBox "Wrong Password": Exit Sub Application.ScreenUpdating = False For Each Ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets If Ws.Name = "Apr-Sep" And Ws.Visible = xlSheetVisible Then Ws.Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden
ElseIf Ws.Name = "Apr-Sep" And Ws.Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden Then Ws.Visible = xlSheetVisible End If..............
