WorksheetBase.ProtectContents Property
Definition
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Gets a value that indicates whether the contents of the worksheet (the individual cells) are protected.
public:
property bool ProtectContents { bool get(); };
public bool ProtectContents { get; }
member this.ProtectContents : bool
Public ReadOnly Property ProtectContents As Boolean
Property Value
true
if the contents of the sheet are protected; otherwise, false
.
Examples
The following code example gets the value of the ProtectContents property to determine whether the contents of the worksheet are protected. If the contents are unprotected, then the Protect method is called with the Contents
parameter set to true
so that the contents are protected.
This example is for a document-level customization.
private void ProtectCellContents()
{
if (!this.ProtectContents)
{
if (DialogResult.Yes == MessageBox.Show("Cell contents in this " +
"worksheet are not protected. Protect cell contents?", "Example",
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo))
{
// Protect cell contents, but do not change any
// other protection type.
this.Protect(this.ProtectDrawingObjects,
true, 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 ProtectCellContents()
If Not Me.ProtectContents Then
If DialogResult.Yes = MessageBox.Show("Cell contents in this " & _
"worksheet are not protected. Protect cell contents?", "Example", _
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) Then
' Protect cell contents, but do not change any
' other protection type.
Me.Protect(DrawingObjects:=Me.ProtectDrawingObjects, _
Contents:=True, 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