Unlocking Locked Cells Based On Other Cell Text
Jul 5, 2012
I need to unlock and lock certain cells when other cells have data entered.
I also need to enforce in the unlocked cells a minimum value.
In my worksheet i have the below requirement
Initially Cells C6 and 7 are unlocked and Cells C5, 8 and 9 are locked
1. Cell C6 must have a value entered greater than or equal to 50, when this value is entered I need to unlock cells C5 and C9 and lock cell C7
2. Cell C7 must have a value entered greater than or equal to 50, when this value is entered I need to unlock cells C5 and C8 and lock cell C6
I also need to unlock cells C15 and 16 when C13 has "Yes" selected in the drop down menu.
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May 7, 2008
I'm using three different workbooks for the macro I've designed. The macro works exactly as I planned it would, but I'm getting a curious side-effect of running the macro. I have over 5,000 workbooks that I need to open, unprotect, change (mostly by copy/paste), and reprotect. It's a fairly straight forward macro, but it is my first, and I must be overlooking something. When the macro is complete, cells that were not modified via the macro in any planned/anticipated way are being unlocked. This has left me puzzled and frustrated. The files are opened, unprotected, the cells are copied over as planned, reprotected, and closed/saved. Everything works perfectly, but the cells in parts of the workbook (Filename) (which were locked before the macro ran) have been unlocked and are no longer protected when the workbook is reprotected. Again, these cells were not within the ranges modified, and I'd rather not have to format every cell in every one of the 5 sheets of (Filename) to be locked.
File names are:
"Finished Goods Inventory TREE (ToDMSI).xls" (alias: Workfile - sheet providing file path to be updated)
"Random_workbook_selected_from_previous_filename.xls" (alias: FileName - the copy-to file being updated)
"MACRO TEST BOM Master.xls" (the copy-from file always open)
Comma Delimited table layout in "Finished Goods Inventory TREE (ToDMSI).xls":
Col A, Col B, Col C, Col D
Customer ID,Item Code,File Name, Directory
4FRE01,4FRE01-0001,4FRE01-0001.xls,4FRONT
Here's the
Public FileName
Public Workfile
Public ItemCode
Public CustCode
Sub OpenBOMSeq()
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Aug 7, 2012
What I'm trying to do has been done before, However, all of the Code i am seeing online is not working for me...so maybe i'm missing something
I want a range of cells to remain locked unless SCP is entered. I need this done for four different selections (SCP, SD, MM, PP)
So if SCP is entered, then a certain range of cells remains locked, If SD is entered then another range of cells remains locked, so on and so forth for the 4 selections.
This was what I was working with.... However, i am not sure if i need to protect or unprotect the spreadsheet before i run the macro, also am i supposed to leave all cells locked or unlocked?
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If [B3] = "SCP" Then
ActiveSheet.Unprotect ("PASSWORD")
[Code].....
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Jan 29, 2007
I have copied from another post (here I believe) and modified for my situtation. I simply want a range of cells K13:U13 to stay locked unless there is an X in H13. This will repeat on down the spreadsheet, ie. K14:U14 will stay locked unless there is a X in H14. Using the script I found it seems to be working unless you go back and change one of the X's to a blank. The range stays unlocked.
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim strName As String
Dim strRange As String
strName = Me.Range("H13")
If strName = "" Then
Me.Cells.Locked = True
Me.Range("H13").Locked = False
End If
strName = Me.Range("H14")
If strName = "" Then
Me.Cells.Locked = True
Me.Range("H14").Locked = False
End If..................................
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May 29, 2014
I have worksheet that contain values in column E and G and the total in column K. E and G are unlocked for manual input and column K contains the formula for the total and is locked. From time to time a certain row will not be applicable and before I started locking the cells in column K i would just put "not applicable". Now that it's lock I can't do that. My only option now is to put O in column E and G but I would rather put "not applicable" in column K. Is there a way around this. I was thinking of something along the line of a macro that would unlock the worksheet input the text and re lock it. The macro would have to lunch when a locked cell is selected or have a button that would launch the macro an would prompt for which cell the text would be entered. Is this possible.
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Oct 25, 2007
I have had a look around and found some answers to this question but not quite as complex and I don't know enough to adapt them correctly.
Basically AX35:AX239 contain a formula which returns "TRUE" or "FALSE" dependant on certain values in the row, what I need is for the corresponding H, I & J cells to be unlocked on each row if the outcome is "TRUE" and no action if "FALSE".
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Oct 22, 2008
The process that will be used is that, I would set up the sheet every month and send it to a data entry person. Then they would send it back to me, and i would send it to certain people for approval. Once they respond with approval I then send it back to the data entry person for filing.
I'm hoping to create a button that will "flip" a switch to to speak.
When I send it to the data entry person the first time, I need certain cells locked and unlocked.
When I send it to the people for approval I need the whole thing locked as well as for when I send it back to the data entry person for filing.
I know how to do this manually, but my issue is that every time I need to send it back to the data entry person at the beginning of the month I have to go over every data entry cell and set it up so that when I lock the sheet they stay unlocked.
So that's where the button would come in...it could even be 2 buttons...Data Entry Locking and then a full Sheet Locking...I would need each password protected too.
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Feb 19, 2014
I have a workbook with multiple sheets interacting with one another. On one of them the user is prompted to make lists of expenses in multiple columns. The column labels are in row one, and row two has the sums of all the cells below. I have every sheet in the workbook protected, so that only the cells that need to be modified are unlocked. The problem is that the user can drag cells around and change the range of the functions in row two (locked cells).
For example, A2 has the function =sum(A3:A100). But if the user drags the values in A3:A5 to A6:A8, the formula in A2 changes to =sum(A6:A100). Is there anyway that I can allow the user to drag cells (this could be a useful feature), but keep the formulas in the second row fixed?
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Feb 22, 2013
I have created a worksheet with many calculations based on user input into several unlocked cells. I would like to create a cell that when selected, would clear the contents of this group of unlocked cells.
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Jan 12, 2010
I'm trying to make a spreadsheet more secure to prevent unintentional changes.
What i'm looking to do is to lock all cells so no changescan be made unless the user clicks column A.
Column A should remain unlocked and when the user clicks it i would like the entire row unlocked for editing (but only after column A is clicked)
I will run a macro to lock the entire sheet again once the sheet closes.
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Jun 7, 2014
I have this code:
Code:
Private Sub WorkSheet_Activate()
'Open workbook and default all main page dynamic data
Application.EnableEvents = False
With Worksheets("MAIN")
.Unprotect
.Range("F3").Value = ""
.Range("O5,T5, F6") = ""
[code]....
It is triggered when protected worksheet "MAIN" is activated. EnableEvents=False prevents any worksheet change triggers as cells are defaulted. Ranges F3. O5, T5, and F6 are cleared. Rows 5 and 6 are hidden (to be revealed again in later code).
Cell F3 is a cell in which user input is required via a validation list. Since the worksheet is protected, it is necessary to unlock range F3 to allow the user to enter data in the cell. EnableEvents is set backto true to allow the worksheet change to trigger when the user enters data in F3.
I am receiving an 'Application-defined or object-defined error' with the line highlighted in red above. (the line that is supposed to unlock cell F3)
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Sub PastSpec()
If Selection.Locked = True Then Exit Sub
On Error GoTo ErrHan
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
ErrHan:
Exit Sub
End Sub
I recorded part of it and adapted it afterwards. You will notice I have a line to check for locked cells, this does its job if the cell selected is locked. However if the cell selected is unlocked and the cell below is locked the code still excutes and pastes.
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how to create two buttons so that I can have a data entry specific protection and then a lock all button. Here's the link to the thread:
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-prog...-a-button.html
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