Automatic Unprotect / Protect

[SamuelT]

Hi all,

I've got a spreadsheet that a number of people view. I've recorded a
macro so that each person can press a button and only their information
is displayed. This works fine and dandy.

My problem arises where I have protected sheets, which - in recording
the macro - I unprotected to run the autofilter, then reprotected once
the filtration was complete. I'd like Excel to automatically go through
this process rather than prompting the user for the password (the whole
point is so they can't change certain columns of data).

Here is the macro as it currently stands:

Sub PF()
'
' PF Macro
' Macro recorded 06/06/2006 by SamuelT
'

'
Sheets("Programme (2 Week)").Select
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=9, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True,
Scenarios:=True
Sheets("Programme (High Level)").Select
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=9, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True,
Scenarios:=True
Sheets("Capacity").Select
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=5, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True,
Scenarios:=True
Sheets("Components").Select
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True,
Scenarios:=True
Sheets("Billing").Select
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = 1
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True,
Scenarios:=True
ActiveWindow.ScrollWorkbookTabs Position:=xlLast
Sheets("Extra Fees Calculator").Select
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
Selection.AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True,
Scenarios:=True
ActiveWindow.ScrollWorkbookTabs Position:=xlFirst
Sheets("Programme (2 Week)").Select
End Sub

Can anyone suggest what I might alter/add/edit to automatically
unprotect and reprotect the worksheets?

TIA,

SamuelT

 

[DS]

Hi Samuel,

just add to your lines using ActiveSheet.Unprotect to read as follows:

ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="xxxx"

where xxxx is the password to unlock that sheet.

HTH
DS

 

[SamuelT]

Thanks DS - much obliged!

 

[macropod]

Hi Samuel,

Try this, which should run more quickly too, since there's no
selecting/changing sheets:

Sub PF()
Dim Pwd As String
Pwd = "drowssap"
With Sheets("Programme (2 Week)")
.Unprotect Password:=Pwd
.AutoFilter Field:=9, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
With Sheets("Programme (High Level)")
.Unprotect Password:=Pwd
.AutoFilter Field:=9, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
With Sheets("Capacity")
.Unprotect Password:=Pwd
.AutoFilter Field:=5, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
With Sheets("Components")
.Unprotect Password:=Pwd
.AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
With Sheets("Billing").Select
.Unprotect Password:=Pwd
.ScrollColumn = 1
.AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
With Sheets("Extra Fees Calculator").Select
.Unprotect Password:=Pwd
.AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
End Sub

Just change "drowssap" to your preferred password.

Cheers

 

[macropod]

Hi DS,

That leaves the sheets unprotected.

You'd need to add the same Password:="xxxx" to the .Protect line too to
re-protect the sheet afterwards.

Cheers

 

[DS]

Forgot to add!

ActiveSheet.Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True,
Password:="xxxx"

will reprotect the sheet after the filter's complete (OK, it might seem
self-evident, but sooooo many things in VBA aren't!)

HTH
DS

 

[SamuelT]

Hi macropod,

Thanks for that. I've just tried to run the macro, but get a run-time
error 448. It doesn't seem to like the highlighted line:

Sub PF()
Dim Pwd As String
Pwd = "drowssap"
With Sheets("Programme (2 Week)")
..Unprotect Password:=Pwd
..AutoFilter Field:=9, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
..Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
With Sheets("Programme (High Level)")
..Unprotect Password:=Pwd
..AutoFilter Field:=9, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
..Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
With Sheets("Capacity")
..Unprotect Password:=Pwd
..AutoFilter Field:=5, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
..Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
With Sheets("Components")
..Unprotect Password:=Pwd
..AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
..Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
With Sheets("Billing").Select
..Unprotect Password:=Pwd
..ScrollColumn = 1
..AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
..Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
With Sheets("Extra Fees Calculator").Select
..Unprotect Password:=Pwd
..AutoFilter Field:=3, Criteria1:="Peter Farrant"
..Protect DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, _
Scenarios:=True, Password:=Pwd
End With
End Sub

Any suggestions?

TIA,

SamuelT

 

[macropod]

Hi Samuel,

Which line is highlighted?

Cheers

 

[macropod]

Hi Samuel

I left two ".Select" statements in there that should be deleted. They're on
the lines:
With Sheets("Billing").Select
and
With Sheets("Extra Fees Calculator").Select

You might also need to delete the line:
..ScrollColumn = 1

Sorry, for the confusion.

Cheers