WorksheetBase.ProtectionMode Property

Gets a value that indicates whether user interface-only protection is turned on.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property ProtectionMode As Boolean
    Get

public bool ProtectionMode { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if user interface-only protection is turned on; otherwise, false.

Remarks

To turn on user interface protection, use the Protect method with the UserInterfaceOnly argument set to true.

Examples

The following code example gets the value of the ProtectionMode property to determine whether the user interface is protected. If the user interface is unprotected, then the Protect method is called with the UserInterfaceOnly parameter set to true so that the user interface is protected.

This example is for a document-level customization.

Private Sub ProtectUserInterface()
    If Not Me.ProtectionMode Then
        If DialogResult.Yes = MessageBox.Show("User interface protection is " & _
            "turned off. Turn on user interface protection?", "Example", _
            MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) Then

            ' Enable user interface protection, but do not change 
            ' any other protection type.
            Me.Protect(DrawingObjects:=Me.ProtectDrawingObjects, _
                Contents:=Me.ProtectContents, Scenarios:=Me.ProtectScenarios, _
                UserInterfaceOnly:=True, _
                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

private void ProtectUserInterface()
{
    if (!this.ProtectionMode)
    {
        if (DialogResult.Yes == MessageBox.Show("User interface protection is " +
            "turned off. Turn on user interface protection?", "Example",
            MessageBoxButtons.YesNo))
        {
            // Enable user interface protection, but do not change 
            // any other protection type.
            this.Protect(missing, this.ProtectDrawingObjects,
                this.ProtectContents, this.ProtectScenarios,
                true, 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);
        }
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

WorksheetBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace