Allow formatting of columns when protecting worksheet

Is there a way to allow a user to format a column (i.e. expand it) when protecting a worksheet? In Excel, this can be accomplished by Tools, Protection, Protect Sheet and selecting "Format columns."

Hi Elsa,

Currently it is not possible to format a column within a protected worksheet. But this feature has been added internally and it will be available in the next release. Could you please create a Direct-Trac incident regarding this so that I can provide you with a preview version.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,
Melba

Was this issue addressed as I cannot find it in Direct-Trac.

Not having this feature is a show stopper so any ideas on it possible relase would be much appreciated.

Regards
Terry

Hi Terry,

You can use the following code snippets to allow formatting of columns when the sheet is protected.

[C#]

//Protect sheet.
sheet.Protect("syncfusion", ExcelSheetProtection.FormattingColumns);

Here is the sample for your reference:

http://websamples.syncfusion.com/samples/XlsIO.Windows/F51455/main.htm

This feature has been added only in version 4.4.0.51.

Kindly let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,
Melba

Yip what happens if I need both row and column formatting?

Thanks
Terry

Hi Terry,

Thanks for the update.

I have logged a feature request regarding this issue.

Kindly let me know if you have any other questions.

Regards,
Melba

Hi Terry,

On further investigation, I found a way to allow both formatting of columns and rows when the sheet is protected. Please refer the following code snippet to achieve this:

//Protect sheet.
sheet.Protect("syncfusion", ExcelSheetProtection.FormattingColumns|ExcelSheetProtection.FormattingRows);

Here is the sample for your reference:

http://websamples.syncfusion.com/samples/XlsIO.Windows/F51455_1/main.htm

Kindly let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,
Melba