Prohibit Saving an Excel Files if Conditions not Completed

**piermyn** · 03-20-2013, 04:36 PM

hello,
I have an Excel 2003 file where I would like to forbid people to save it unless some particular cell have "0" (zero) as a value.

with a msgBox that would say that those cells need to be at zero in order for them to be able to save the file.

Looking around i found the Workbook_BeforeSave but do not really know how to use it : i have come so far to a code that look like this :

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thanks everyone for your help

**hafizimran** · 03-20-2013, 04:48 PM

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**TMS** · 03-20-2013, 04:57 PM

Maybe, something like:

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Beware that a combination of positive and negative values in the range could result in a zero total ... and allow the workbook to be saved.

Regards, TMS

**piermyn** · 03-20-2013, 05:04 PM

Thanks, i just added

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in order to have it with the first sheet.

Thanks a lot

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**piermyn** · 03-20-2013, 05:40 PM

The Good Solution is the one from hafizimran

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Thanks to you too TMShucks but your Solution was too complicated and as you underligned it yourself, it was a Sum of the Range so...
But thank you very much for your quick answer.

**TMS** · 03-20-2013, 08:46 PM

You're welcome. It's always good to have choices and you learn from the different options presented.

Glad you have a solution you like.

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