I've started building a workbook to be used by builders (basically Joe Public) to estimate building costs. So it basically lists building jobs (taken from a library) and there is an area where costs are inputted and a Gantt chart etc. There are scores of macros (nearly all event change) to build up lists, rename things, move things about in the list, delete them etc.
Protection is obviously important and I started out using protect/unprotect a lot and it got very messy. I've now changed to a different method of protection. All the cells are background coloured except cells which the user can input numbers into. They are xlnone. Clicking on any coloured cell either causes a particular relevant macro to start or it throws the cursor off the sheet into a hidden cell (e.g. if they click somewhere down on row 10000)
It seems to be working very well but I'm worried about unforseen problems. Particularly I'm not clear about what happens if the user has redefined their colour palette.
I'd value opinions on this whole thing
Heimir.
Protection is obviously important and I started out using protect/unprotect a lot and it got very messy. I've now changed to a different method of protection. All the cells are background coloured except cells which the user can input numbers into. They are xlnone. Clicking on any coloured cell either causes a particular relevant macro to start or it throws the cursor off the sheet into a hidden cell (e.g. if they click somewhere down on row 10000)
It seems to be working very well but I'm worried about unforseen problems. Particularly I'm not clear about what happens if the user has redefined their colour palette.
I'd value opinions on this whole thing
Heimir.