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VBA Lock and protect cells

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    VBA Lock and protect cells

    Hello,

    I will try and explain this the bext I can.
    The attached sheet is an example sheet of what I am trying to do.
    All cells are 'Locked' and 'Hidden' with the exception of W3:X45.

    I have a VBA script that, when I save the document, it looks at the cells W3:X45, adds the 'Locked' atribute to the non-empty cells and then protects the sheet. This bit is working but it is also unlocking all the empty cells.

    I want to leave all the other cells 'Locked', protected and untouched, I only want the VBA script to work on the section of W3:X45; locking the cells that containing something.

    I have tried a few varitions of the script but I am no expert at VBA so decided to go to those that are :-)

    Instead of adding all my code attempts to this I have added them all to the VBA Script editor for you to look at and compare.


    Thank you all in advance.
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    Re: VBA Lock and protect cells

    Hi mowens74,

    Thank you for providing a sample workbook. It makes testing the code a lot easier.

    Try the following code:
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    Lewis

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