Enable Group/Ungroup in protected sheet

Anonymous
2013-01-02T12:41:00+00:00

Dear solver,

 I have an excel sheet which is renamed as "Emp Summary" which is protected without password.

 In this protected sheet, I want to enable the Group/Ungroup option to show/hide row no. 34 to 42.

 How to do that? Will macro must be require? If yes, then please write the code for me. I would appreciate if this could be done withouth a macro, 

 even by other trick/option.

 Also, if I send the same file to another user, will he/she also requires to enable macro at his/her end?

 Please help.

 Many thanks.

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HansV 462.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2013-01-02T12:56:30+00:00

You need VBA for this, and the end user will need to allow macros for this to work.

Press Alt+F11 to activate the Visual Basic Editor.

Double-click ThisWorkbook, under Microsoft Excel Objects in the project explorer on the left hand side.

Copy the following code into the module that appears:

Private Sub Workbook_Open()

    With Worksheets("Emp Summary")

        .EnableOutlining = True

        .Protect UserInterfaceOnly:=True

    End With

End Sub

This code will be executed automatically each time the workbook is opened.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-05-02T14:46:20+00:00

    We need to be able to expand and collapse already created groups in a protected file WITHOUT using a macro.  Many corporations and government agencies restrict the use of macros in Office files, or rather restrict macros in general, as a security measure.

    Is there a way now to expand and collapse already created groups in a protected file?  If not, please incorporate into future releases and updates.

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  2. HansV 462.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-04-17T19:46:34+00:00

    I have posted a reply in http://www.eileenslounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=26558

    You had copied the code into a worksheet module instead of into the ThisWorkbook module. Once I moved it to ThisWorkbook, it worked as intended.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-04-17T18:47:31+00:00

    I have uploaded my excel worksheet for your review at www.eileenslounge.com under title "Excel - Grouping / Ungrouping not working in protected file".  Please let me know when you are able to review it @ HansV.  Thanks.

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  4. HansV 462.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-04-15T17:50:58+00:00

    You can create a stripped-down copy of the workbook (without sensitive information) and make it available through one of the websites that let you upload and share a file, such as FileDropper (http://filedropper.com) or DropBox (https://www.dropbox.com). Then post a link to the uploaded and shared file here.

    Or register at www.eileenslounge.com (it's free) and start a thread in the Excel forum. You can attach files up to 250 KB to a post there (zipped if necessary).

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