WorksheetBase.ProtectScenarios Property

Gets a value that indicates whether worksheet scenarios are protected.

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 ProtectScenarios As Boolean
public bool ProtectScenarios { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the worksheet scenarios are protected; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following code example gets the value of the ProtectScenarios property to determine whether worksheet scenarios are protected. If scenarios are unprotected, then the Protect method is called with the Scenarios parameter set to true so that scenarios are protected.

This example is for a document-level customization.

Private Sub SetScenarioProtectionOn()
    If Not Me.ProtectScenarios Then 
        If DialogResult.Yes = MessageBox.Show("Scenario protection is " & _
            "turned off. Turn on scenario protection?", "Example", _
            MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) Then 

            ' Enable scenario protection, but do not change  
            ' any other protection type. 
            Me.Protect(DrawingObjects:=Me.ProtectDrawingObjects, _
                Contents:=Me.ProtectContents, Scenarios:=True, _
                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
private void SetScenarioProtectionOn()
{
    if (!this.ProtectScenarios)
    {
        if (DialogResult.Yes == MessageBox.Show("Scenario protection is " +
            "turned off. Turn on scenario protection?", "Example",
            MessageBoxButtons.YesNo))
        {
            // Enable scenario protection, but do not change  
            // any other protection type. 
            this.Protect(this.ProtectDrawingObjects,
                this.ProtectContents, true, 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);
        }
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

WorksheetBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace