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Excel Macro - Unlock cells with specific color

Asked by: kdk417

I have a workbook with multiple sheets.  Cells on each sheet with no shading are input cells.  I need a macro such that when a button is pushed, it will 1) prompt the user to immediately save as a new file named "Revised XX/XX/XX" where XX/XX/XX = current date and then 2) go through all sheets in the workbook and unlock/unprotect cells with no shading (cells.interiorindex = xlNone).

I have attached a sample workbook - so what i want it to do is when you push the button on sheet 1, it prompts you to save as new file and then formats all white cells as locked = false on sheets 1, 2 and 3.

 

  • Book1.xls
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    Illustration of workbook setup

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2009-10-14 at 22:23:14ID24813823
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Answers

 

by: roryaPosted on 2009-10-15 at 00:50:10ID: 25578195

Do you just want the user prompted to save, or do you want the workbook actually saved automatically?

 

by: roryaPosted on 2009-10-15 at 00:53:07ID: 25578214

The basic code to unlock the cells would be something like:

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
   Dim rngCell As Range
   Dim wks As Worksheet
   Application.FindFormat.Interior.ColorIndex = xlColorIndexNone
   For Each wks In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
      With wks.Cells
         Set rngCell = .Find(what:="", searchformat:=True)
         If Not rngCell Is Nothing Then
            stradd = rngCell.Address
            Do
               rngCell.Locked = False
               Set rngCell = .Find(what:="", after:=rngCell, searchformat:=True)
            Loop While rngCell.Address <> stradd
         End If
      End With
   Next wks
End Sub
                                              
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by: thydzikPosted on 2009-10-15 at 00:55:00ID: 25578229

the problem is you need to search through each cell in each worksheet for if it is filled, and this takes a long, long time.

are you able to set a more reasonable boundary?

 

by: thydzikPosted on 2009-10-15 at 00:57:27ID: 25578247

well, i will provide the code to prompt the user to save as

Call Application.GetSaveAsFilename("Revised " & Format(Now, "MM-DD-YY"), "Microsoft Office Excel Workbook (*.xls), *.xls")

                                              
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by: roryaPosted on 2009-10-15 at 01:03:13ID: 25578289

PS This would be extremely simple if you used Styles! :)

 

by: dandrakaPosted on 2009-10-15 at 01:08:07ID: 25578312

Try this:
Dim tdate As Date
Dim mypath, myfile As String
...
tdate = Date
mypath = "C:\scripts"   'set your save path
myfile = mypath & "\" & "Revised_" & Format(tdate, "MM-DD-YY") & ".xls"
...

 

by: dandrakaPosted on 2009-10-15 at 01:11:25ID: 25578328

if you want to use the Call Application.GetSaveAsFilename(myfile)

call it like this:
Call Application.GetSaveAsFilename("Revised " & Format(Date, "MM-DD-YY"), "Microsoft Office Excel Workbook (*.xls), *.xls")

 

by: kdk417Posted on 2009-10-15 at 08:42:37ID: 25581735

thydzik is correct - the code to unlock cells takes a long time.  Would it help to set the boundary of A1:T250 as the range on each sheet?  If so, how should the code by rorya be revised?

Code for prompt to save as is perfect.

 

by: roryaPosted on 2009-10-15 at 10:32:27ID: 25582727

Try this. Styles would still be simpler though. ;)

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
   Dim rngCell As Range
   Dim wks As Worksheet
   Application.FindFormat.Interior.ColorIndex = xlColorIndexNone
   For Each wks In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
      With wks.Range("A1:T250")
         Set rngCell = .Find(what:="", searchformat:=True)
         If Not rngCell Is Nothing Then
            stradd = rngCell.Address
            Do
               rngCell.Locked = False
               Set rngCell = .Find(what:="", after:=rngCell, searchformat:=True)
            Loop While rngCell.Address <> stradd
         End If
      End With
   Next wks
End Sub

                                              
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by: kdk417Posted on 2009-10-15 at 10:59:24ID: 25583019

What are Styles?  

 

by: kdk417Posted on 2009-10-15 at 11:21:33ID: 25583263

And I guess, how do you set up the styles?

 

by: kdk417Posted on 2009-10-15 at 13:03:17ID: 25584244

I set up a style to change the protection only, but now how do i integrate that into the macro?  

 

by: roryaPosted on 2009-10-15 at 14:55:16ID: 25585321

You would basically format all the input cells with your protection style when you set up the workbook. Then when you want to toggle the protection property, all you need to do is alter the style and all the cells will change automatically.

Of course, having re-read your initial post, that may not actually help if this macro is for setting up the initial template!

Rory

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