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maker340
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May 17, 2021

automating locking of group of cells

Hey Excel Nerds. I need to know if excel has this capacity. We have an excel workbook that has multiple sheets labeled as months and repeating tables on each sheet representing each day. Is there any...
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maker340
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May 18, 2021
Hey Rajesh-S! Thanks for the response. I watched some videos on VBA Macro. I don't think I'm equipped to figure it out and make it do what I need. Can you advise about where I can get outside help on this? Much appreciated!
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Rajesh_Sinha
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May 19, 2021
If possible attach the WB having the sheet has Group of Cells then I'll show you how to work with VBA macro !!
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    maker340
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    May 24, 2021

    Rajesh_Sinha  Hey!  Thanks for the offer, I appreciate the help very much. I've attached a blank version of the workbook that need help with. Maybe you could use it to instruct me. Go to the Oct 2021 tab and see the tables at the very top that are labled. Each repeating row of tables represent a day in the month of October. Everyday data gets put into the empty cells by multiple people.  At the end of the day at 11pm, I would like those tables to become locked for security reasons and continue to automatically lock as each day passes at 11pm.   I've attached the workbook and a pdf showing exactly which group of cells (circled in red) that needs to be locked with each passing day. Let me know if there is a way to make this happen in VBA Macros. I am eager to have more knowledge under my belt, so again, much appreciated!

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      Rajesh_Sinha
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      May 25, 2021

      maker340 

       

      This will help you, protects particular Sheet at particular TIME.

       

      Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("11:00:00"), "ProtectMysheets"
End Sub

      Where ProtectMysheets is also VBA macro.

       

      This code has Sheet name along with Passcode.

      Sub ProtectMysheets()
   Sheets("Sheet1").Protect Password:="YourPassword"
   Sheets("Sheet5").Protect Password:="YourPassword"
End Sub

       

      • You may add as many Sheets & replace YourPassword with a Pass code of your choice, remember Pass code is Case sensitive. 
      • Suggested to protect entire sheet instead of TABLE since sheet has many Tables.

       

      But if you are disparately looking to lock the Table then use the following VBA code, lock Range of cells, you need to use the cell range to lock particular Table. 

       

      Private Sub workbook_open()

Dim systime As String
Dim mypassword As String

systime = Format(Now, "hh:mm:ss")
mypassword = "abcd"

If TimeValue(systime) > TimeValue("11:00:00") Then

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet

    .Unprotect Password:=mypassword
    .Range("B2:F40").Locked = True
    .Protect Password:=mypassword

End With

ThisWorkbook.Save

End If

End Sub

       

      • Where Pass code abcd, Time 11:00:00 & Range for Table B2:F40 are editable.

       

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        maker340
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        May 27, 2021

        Rajesh_Sinha 

        Hey! Thanks for the codes. I am going to attempt to make this happen with the last one you provided. I've been trying to put the code into a module, but nothing is happening and I can't seem to be able to run the macro. Am I doing something wrong? Should I be inputting this elsewhere? I'm selecting the sheet labeled MAY 2021 in the excel file, right-clicking and selecting View Code, which bring up the VBA window. see image.

        Then I select Sheet 6(MAY 2021) from the project box and right click on INSERT to select MODULE. Once the module box pops up, I copy the code you provided with adjustments to the password and time as needed.   After that, I don't know how to test it or run it to make it work. 

        Can you help me out?  I have never worked with VBA Macro before 🙂

        Thank you!

         

         

         

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