Macro to protect Cells on all sheets

[howard]

I have the following code below to protect cells on all sheets

However when running the macro, I get a run time error "no cells were found" and the code below

 .Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas).Locked = True

It would be appreciated if someone could kindly assist me

Sub ProtectAll()
   Dim i As Long
   For i = 1 To Sheets.Count

      With Sheets(i)
.Unprotect
.Cells.Locked = False
.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas).Locked = True
.Protect AllowDeletingRows:=True
.Protect AllowInsertingColumns:=True
.Protect AllowFormattingColumns:=True
.Protect AllowFiltering:=True

End With
 Next i
With ActiveSheet
.Select
End With

ActiveSheet.Select
 
End Sub

 

[fadee2]

.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas).Locked = True

The piece of code looks for cells containing formula and locks them. check to see if the worksheet in question contains cells with formulas.
The error denotes the procedure is unable to find any cells with formulas.

hth...

 

[Zot]

When new workbook is created, you can see each cell under Format>Protection has Locked ticked.

Once protection is activated, every cell is locked and you cannot do anything to it.

You have error because
.Cells.Locked = False
cleared the locking tick marks, thus
.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas).Locked = True
cannot find any ticked formulated cell.

 

[Zot]

Never mind. I think I misunderstood what you were trying to do

You looped through all sheets. Most likely one of the sheet has no formula on it, thus causing error.

 

[howard]

thanks for your input. How do I overcome this in my code ?

 

[Zot]

thanks for your input. How do I overcome this in my code ?

Maybe just put On Error Resume Next?

This way when sheet without formula is found, error is ignored.

Do not forget to put On Error GoTo 0

 

[Zot]

Perhaps like this

Sub ProtectAll()

Dim i As Long

On Error Resume Next
For i = 1 To Sheets.Count
    With Sheets(i)
        .Unprotect
        .Cells.Locked = False
        .Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas).Locked = True
        .Protect AllowDeletingRows:=True
        .Protect AllowInsertingColumns:=True
        .Protect AllowFormattingColumns:=True
        .Protect AllowFiltering:=True
    End With
Next i
On Error GoTo 0
With ActiveSheet
    .Select
End With

End Sub

 

[howard]

Many thanks for the help