VBA to hide worksheets based on windows user names..

MarkRush

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I have been working on a new quoting tool for my organization and I guess I did such a great job( in large part to this forum! Thank you to everyone!:):):):)) that the Engineers are worried that the sales people will create quotes without engineering overview and create some serious issues..

I have been tasked to lock portions of the quote tool based on if a Sales Engineer or other person opens the workbook. I can do this easily with a password prompt but passwords are prone to leaks, forgetting, etc etc..

I would really like to do this by using the Environ statement I found the following that looks like it will work, but would require me to duplciate the macro based on every username allowed to have full access.

Code:
WinUser = Environ("USERNAME") ' Windows username

Private Sub Auto_Open()
' This macro unhides sheets when the user set below opens the workbook
' It is a Private Sub to prevent it being listed with other macros

On Error Resume Next

If Application.UserName = "[I]Enter Username Here[/I]" Then
     Worksheets("Sheet2").Visible = True ' First sheet to be made visible
     Worksheets("Sheet3").Visible = True ' More can be listed here
End If

End Sub

Private Sub Auto_Close()
' This macro ensures the sheets are hidden when any user closes the workbook

On Error Resume Next

Worksheets("Sheet2").Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden ' Hide worksheets
Worksheets("Sheet3").Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden ' Other sheets to be hidden

End Sub

What I would like to do is have a worksheet with a list of all Engineer usernames and search that list to see who gets unfettered access. And then once the workbook is complete , Set a flag that changes what Sales people can see.

As an example. Sales opens workbook their username isn't defined and they can only see sheets 1-5, Engineer opens workbook, Their username is defined and they can see sheets 1-10. Engineer processes all the forms, Completes quote then presses a macro button called return to sales .. Sales opens completed workbook and can now see sheets 1-5, 9 and 10.. Sheets 7,8 and 9 are VeryHidden.

Any help would be much appreciated..
 
Hi,
sorry to say no idea what you have going on in your project - my code should only create sheet User List once.
Suggest step through your code to see where this happens to figure out why it is doing it.

Dave
 
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