WorksheetBase.EnableSelection Property

Gets or sets a value indicating which cells can be selected on the sheet.

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 Property EnableSelection As XlEnableSelection
    Get
    Set
public XlEnableSelection EnableSelection { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlEnableSelection
One of the XlEnableSelection values.

Remarks

This property takes effect only when the worksheet is protected: xlNoSelection prevents any selection on the sheet, xlUnlockedCells allows only those cells that are not locked to be selected, and xlNoRestrictions allows any cell to be selected.

Examples

The following code example uses the Protect method to protect the worksheet, and then uses the EnableSelection property to prevent any cell on the worksheet from being selected.

This example is for a document-level customization.

Private Sub ProtectAndDisableSelection()
    Me.Protect(DrawingObjects:=True, Contents:=True, Scenarios:=True, _
        UserInterfaceOnly:=True, AllowFormattingCells:=True, _
        AllowFormattingColumns:=False, AllowFormattingRows:=False, _
        AllowInsertingColumns:=False, AllowInsertingRows:=False, _
        AllowInsertingHyperlinks:=False, AllowDeletingColumns:=False, _
        AllowDeletingRows:=False, AllowSorting:=True, AllowFiltering:=True, _
        AllowUsingPivotTables:=True)
    Me.EnableSelection = Excel.XlEnableSelection.xlNoSelection
End Sub
private void ProtectAndDisableSelection()
{
    this.Protect(missing, true, true, true, true, true,
        false, false, false, false, false, false, false, true,
        true, true);
    this.EnableSelection = Excel.XlEnableSelection.xlNoSelection;
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

WorksheetBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace