lock & unlock cells

davidhall80

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If cell A5 = accept, I want to lock range b5:g5
If cell A5 = change, I want to unlock range b5:g5


I need my sheet to update accordingly as i make changes. Does anyone know how to write this
 

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davidhall80,
Something like this?
Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Target = Range("A5") Then
        If Target = "accept" Then Range("B5:G5").Locked = True
        If Target = "change" Then Range("B5:G5").Locked = False
    End If
End Sub
 
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try
Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim x As Boolean
With Target
   If .Address(0,0) <> "A5" Then Exit Sub
   If .Count>1 Then Exit Sub
   Select Case UCase(.Value)
      Case "ACCEPT" : x = True
      Case "CHANGE" : x = False
      Case Else : Exit Sub
   End Select
End With
   Range("b5:g5).Locked = x
End Sub
 
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You bet. Just a small change if you need to accomodate the possiblility that someone selects more than one cell at a time:
Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
    If Target = Range("A5") Then
        If Target = "accept" Then Range("B5:G5").Locked = True
        If Target = "change" Then Range("B5:G5").Locked = False
    End If
End Sub
 
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You bet. Just a small change if you need to accomodate the possiblility that someone selects more than one cell at a time:
Code:
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
    If Target = Range("A5") Then
        If Target = "accept" Then Range("B5:G5").Locked = True
        If Target = "change" Then Range("B5:G5").Locked = False
    End If
End Sub

Change in any cell to Range("a5").Value will execute the code all the way
because the line of

If Target = Range("A5")
 
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Hi Jindon,

You're right. That's weird because it does work. Your's handles the case that the range isn't just one cell as well as if the word isn't typed in lower case. Thanks for the upgrade.

Dufus
 
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Hi Jindon,

You're right. That's weird because it does work. Your's handles the case that the range isn't just one cell as well as if the word isn't typed in lower case. Thanks for the upgrade.

Dufus
If you don't mind about unneeded execution of whole code, Yes it does in this case.

But you can't do like

If Target = Range("a5:a10")

Do you understand what I mean?
 
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can this be done with radio buttons. lets say i had two radio buttons. One to lock that range. one to unlock it, how would that code look?
 
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