Enable grouping in protected worksheet

[malik641]

I'm mainly working with Excel 2000, but I also noticed this is the sam
for 2003. When you protect a sheet that has grouped columns/rows, ther
is no option to enable "Group" and "Ungroup". Does anybody know how t
enable this feature to a protected sheet?

Thanks in advanc

 

[Dave Peterson]

If you already have the outlining applied, you can protect the worksheet in code
(auto_open/workbook_open??).

Option Explicit
Sub auto_open()
With Worksheets("sheet1")
.Protect Password:="hi", userinterfaceonly:=True
.EnableOutlining = True
End With
End Sub

It needs to be reset each time you open the workbook. (excel doesn't remember
it after closing the workbook.)

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

 

[malik641]

Dave,
I have the worksheets protected on a workbook_open event, I just didn'
know what the syntax was for enabling the Group featur
(.EnableOutlining = True)

Thanks a lot! And thanks for the link