Version makes the difference?!

[uglyvb]

Hi everyone,

I encounter a problem with running macro in Excel. Basically all works
fine with Excel 2003(tested on 2 machines) whilst a run-time error
'1004' was fired on Excel 2000( failed on 2 machines). Apparently
there's somethiing wrong with compatibility issues between these 2
vesions. The detailed message says:

run-time error '1004':
The cell or chart you are trying to change is protected and therefore
read only.

That's true and used to prevent certain cells being modified by users.
But it does run smoothly on Excel 2003 without any problem.

The piece of code causing the problem:

Range(\"K10\").Select
'Macro halts on the next line
ActiveCell.Formula =
\"=SUMIF($D$26:$D$65536,\"\"POOL\"\",$M$26:$M$65536)\"

I need to make it work on both versions...Any idea of the solution?
All
kinds of help will be appreciated.

Thanks
Frank

 

[JakeyC]

Tthe workaround would be to add

ActiveSheet.UnProtect Password:="Whatever"
<Your Code>
ActiveSheet.Protect Password:="Whatever"

but someone may have a 'real' answer!

 

[uglyvb]

Thanks jakeyC for the nice workaround, which dismisses the runtime
error!...May I also refer you to
http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?t=519532, where a proper
solution has also been supplied?...

Regards
Frank