WorksheetBase.ProtectDrawingObjects Property
Definition
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Gets a value that indicates whether shapes are protected.
public:
property bool ProtectDrawingObjects { bool get(); };
public bool ProtectDrawingObjects { get; }
member this.ProtectDrawingObjects : bool
Public ReadOnly Property ProtectDrawingObjects As Boolean
Property Value
true
if shapes are protected; otherwise, false
.
Examples
The following code example gets the value of the ProtectDrawingObjects property to determine whether shapes on the worksheet are protected. If shapes are unprotected, then the Protect method is called with the DrawingObjects
parameter set to true
so that shapes are protected.
This example is for a document-level customization.
private void ProtectShapes()
{
if (!this.ProtectDrawingObjects)
{
if (DialogResult.Yes == MessageBox.Show("Shapes in this worksheet " +
"are not protected. Protect shapes the worksheet?", "Example",
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo))
{
// Protect shapes, but do not change any
// other protection type.
this.Protect(true, this.ProtectContents,
this.ProtectScenarios, this.ProtectionMode,
this.Protection.AllowFormattingCells,
this.Protection.AllowFormattingColumns,
this.Protection.AllowFormattingRows,
this.Protection.AllowInsertingColumns,
this.Protection.AllowInsertingRows,
this.Protection.AllowInsertingHyperlinks,
this.Protection.AllowDeletingColumns,
this.Protection.AllowDeletingRows,
this.Protection.AllowSorting,
this.Protection.AllowFiltering,
this.Protection.AllowUsingPivotTables);
}
}
}
Private Sub ProtectShapes()
If Not Me.ProtectDrawingObjects Then
If DialogResult.Yes = MessageBox.Show("Shapes in this worksheet " & _
"are not protected. Protect shapes the worksheet?", "Example", _
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) Then
' Protect shapes, but do not change any
' other protection type.
Me.Protect(DrawingObjects:=True, _
Contents:=Me.ProtectContents, Scenarios:=Me.ProtectScenarios, _
UserInterfaceOnly:=Me.ProtectionMode, _
AllowFormattingCells:=Me.Protection.AllowFormattingCells, _
AllowFormattingColumns:=Me.Protection.AllowFormattingColumns, _
AllowFormattingRows:=Me.Protection.AllowFormattingRows, _
AllowInsertingColumns:=Me.Protection.AllowInsertingColumns, _
AllowInsertingRows:=Me.Protection.AllowInsertingRows, _
AllowInsertingHyperlinks:=Me.Protection.AllowInsertingHyperlinks, _
AllowDeletingColumns:=Me.Protection.AllowDeletingColumns, _
AllowDeletingRows:=Me.Protection.AllowDeletingRows, _
AllowSorting:=Me.Protection.AllowSorting, _
AllowFiltering:=Me.Protection.AllowFiltering, _
AllowUsingPivotTables:=Me.Protection.AllowUsingPivotTables)
End If
End If
End Sub 'ProtectShapes