Is this possible?

**neb** · 07-19-2005, 12:52 PM

I have a spreadsheet with active columns from A6:X6. Active rows are up to 10000.

I currently have the section linked and have made a sort macro. This works well if the sheet is unprotected. But I will need to protect the sheet in order for people to only enter data where I allow them to and to protect the formulas in the other cells. With protection on, I can't sort using the macro.

Is it possible: to write a macro that would select unprotect sheet, type in the password DSKM, perform the alphabetical sort based on colum B6, then reprotect the sheet using the same password? In other words, unprotect the sheet only long enough for the sort and then reprotect it.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

JEN

**neb** · 07-19-2005, 12:53 PM

Please forgive my poor use of terms. I have the selection grouped, not linked...sorry.

**dominicb** · 07-19-2005, 12:58 PM

Good afternoon Neb

This should certainly be possible. Put this line before the sort routine:

ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="DSKM"

and this line after the sort routine:

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

HTH

DominicB