Comments on: Very Hidden Worksheets

By: Jeremy Bouverette

Jeremy Bouverette — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:00:00 +0000

I like to tie user level access into the Ribbon Controls. This will limit SOME of how users can bypass some of the code, like protect workbook to stop sheets hiding and unhiding even after a password is entered. If the user doesnt have that level of access to begin with, the button doesnt show up.

By: Tim Buckingham

Tim Buckingham — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:35:00 +0000

Thanks Bob,

I have been developing mulitple userforms and my brain was still thinking of the userforms when wrote my comments. It should have read:

Me.Visible=xlSheetVeryHidden

not

me.hide

Now I best check that I have not coded my userform to say

Me.visible = false

note to self "do not multitask while developing".
Last week I could not remember how to unhide my carkeys or make visible my wallet.

By: Bob Phillips

Bob Phillips — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:00:00 +0000

"it is not fool proof"

Certainly isn't. Me.Hide on a worksheet?

By: tim buckingham

tim buckingham — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:06:00 +0000

ha ha trauling for vba code and found this thread. very interesting. It is all well and good to be able to unhide hidden sheets but you still need to be able to view the content. I have used the following in the worksheet activate event for the sheets I have hidden and want to secure:

Sub worksheet_activate()

if application.username "username" then

sheets(1).activate
With me
.hide
.cells.Font.ColorIndex = 2

end if

it is not fool proof but the confusion on the faces when they use their own sheets unhide routine and it truns text white and rehides the sheet is priceless and worth the fun

Tim

By: Vikas

Vikas — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:50:00 +0000

Dear Dick Kusleika,

Thank you very much for giving this information as while working on active X control I had make hidden one worksheet and I was not able to show the same. But because of your tips I have succeeded to reopen the workbook.

Thanks

By: imho

imho — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Very hidden sheets appear effortlessly when the book is uploaded in Google Docs

By: AnnaLisa Lawson

AnnaLisa Lawson — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:14:00 +0000

I "broke" my workbook by SheetVeryHidden and couldn't find a worksheet I needed. Gulp.
Thanks to this post I was able to undo the damage.

I am truly grateful for the expertise.

By: Duy

Duy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:40:00 +0000

thanks. it works for me. i'm getting a mess with Hide/Unhide a WORKSHEET based on User's Role.
Nice day

By: Adam 8421

Adam 8421 — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:12:00 +0000

Chris,you don't have to put calculations sheet in the same workbook. The sheets available to users are your source data, where you can set queries or copy data procedures. The analysis layer shoul be in separate workbook in other part of network or at a stand-alone PC. If users need access to all or part of calculations results, you can publish them as HTML or as another workbook/sheet. You decide what you make available, but in form of pure data. Certainly, in such a case there is no real time access granted to users. You can however set procedures on the separated PC to update data (imported and published) e.g. every 60 minutes, if you need.
Protecting both worksheets and workbooks proved to be very useful for me. I would never resign of it even if it is inconvenient for setting some procedures or activities. I must admit anyway that server-client solutions seem to be much safer. And it is nearly impossible that one of your colleagues knows how to break it.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:48:00 +0000

Matt - yeah, it seems from everything I have read that if someone wants to break it, they will. We have a couple of sheets that have calculations and formulas on them that we don't want the user to see.

Thanks for the help