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    hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    hi,

    anybody knows how to hide formulas and lock that cell with formula using a macro? is this possible to do for the entire worksheets of the workbook?

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    A possible way without looping the cells
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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    thanks for the quick reply bob and maarcol,

    i dont really know where to put the coding from Bob so i tried marcol's macro...I clicked Thisworkbook from the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor window and selected (General) followed by (Declarations) before placing the code...but it did not work...i can still see the formulas...i might be doing something wrong here...please help

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    The code should be in a standard module not the workbook module.

    1/. In Excel press Alt+f11 this will open the VBa editor.

    2/. Select the "Insert" tab > Module

    3/. Paste all of the given code in the resultant pane/window.

    4/. Save the file and close the VBa editor

    5/. In Excel (2007) Developer > Macros.... select the one you need then Press "Run"

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    alright just did your instructions marcol and i received an error message it says "Run time error 1004: no cells were found...any idea?

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    when i click on debug it points right here
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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    Okay that means there are no formulae in that particular worksheet.

    Try this code
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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    You can put this into any module (sheet, workbook or macro module)
    Remove 'Option Explicit'

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    Do you have any cells with formulas in them? If not then you are going to get an error message. You can get around this by adding:

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    right after the declarations, but you should be sure that this is your only problem before supressing all error messages.

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    I have to learn to type faster . My post is just a redundancy of what Marcol already said.

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    whoa! i was so overwhelm with all of you guys thank you very much for helping me...

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    @ snb
    You can put this into any module (sheet, workbook or macro module)
    Remove 'Option Explicit'
    There are many authoritative Excel coders that consider that to be bad practice.

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    I consider it to be a superstition.
    Arguments can convince me, authority can't.
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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    Quote Originally Posted by snb View Post
    I consider it to be a superstition.

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    Quote Originally Posted by snb View Post
    I consider it [Option Explicit] to be a superstition.
    Arguments can convince me, authority can't.
    The number of misspellings that Option Explicit has caught for me have convinced me to use it.

    I could see someone who didn't feel they needed it, but I can't think of any argument why its presence is a bad idea.
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    @ snb
    I look forward to your treatise on this subject, on the back of a postage stamp should suffice.

    @ mikerickson if you can't spell "j" what hope is there for you? ...

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    Its not a lack of hope that misspells J, its an excess of hop.

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    Re: hide and lock cells with formula using vba

    Beer? ... yum yum! ... burp ... ...

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