Protect all cells containing formulas in a worksheet
2009-12-17 Worksheets 0 281
The procedure below can be used to protect all cells containing formulas in a worksheet.
Sub ProtectFormulasInWS(ws As Worksheet) ' ws must be unprotected before running this procedure ' protect ws afterwards for the protection to take effect Dim objRange As Range If ws Is Nothing Then Exit Sub With ws If .ProtectContents Then Exit Sub .Cells.Locked = False .Cells.FormulaHidden = False On Error Resume Next Set objRange = .UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas) On Error GoTo 0 If Not objRange Is Nothing Then With objRange .Locked = True .FormulaHidden = True End With Set objRange = Nothing End If End With End Sub Sub ExampleProtectFormulasInWS() ActiveSheet.Unprotect ProtectFormulasInWS ActiveSheet ActiveSheet.Protect End Sub