Macro does not work with protected sheet

Hi Ken,

I assume I need a macro that unprotects the sheets, run the macro, and then re-protect the sheets again?

Yes and note the following as well:

1. There is no worksheet tab using Excel's GUI called "Sheet2". I think you mean the code name so I have changed that line of code accordingly.
2. There were two "TestKen" macros - one at the workbook level and the other at the module level. I deleted the workbook version and put the following into "Module1" which ran without issue. Note, I think one (or both) of these were causing the Error 400 message as usually the error number when sheet protection clashes with code is 1004.

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Regards,

Robert

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You're welcome. Always happy to try and help a fellow Aussie and thanks for rep

This line of code...

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...loops through all the sheets in workbook.

This line of code...

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...tells the code to ignore the code name of "Sheet2" as this tab is where the results are consolidated so it makes sense not to filter and copy its data. The code name of a sheet is found in the left-hand panel of the Visual Basic Editor (where the macros are housed). In your workbook's VBE you will see Sheet2 (Disposed) where Sheet2 is the code name and Disposed is the actual tab name you see from Excel's front end. The benefit of referencing sheets via their code name is that the tab name can change but the underlying code will still work. You can also change the code name of the tab if you wish via the VBE.

This line of code...

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...sets the level of protection for the sheet. You see these options from the Protect Sheet dialog i.e. when you manually protect a sheet via the Protect Sheet option of the Protect tab from the Review ribbon. These are the default selections.

Hope that helps.

Robert

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