AllowEditRange Object

Represents the cells that can be edited on a protected worksheet.

Using the AllowEditRange Object

Use the Add method or the Item property of the AllowEditRanges collection to return an AllowEditRange object.

Once an AllowEditRange object has been returned, you can use the ChangePassword method to change the password to access a range that can be edited on a protected worksheet.

In this example, Microsoft Excel allows edits to range "A1:A4" on the active worksheet, notifies the user, then changes the password for this specified range and notifies the user of this change.

Sub UseChangePassword()

    Dim wksOne As Worksheet
    Dim wksPassword As String

    Set wksOne = Application.ActiveSheet

    wksPassword = InputBox ("Enter password for the worksheet")

    ' Establish a range that can allow edits
    ' on the protected worksheet.
    wksOne.Protection.AllowEditRanges.Add _
        Title:="Classified", _
        Range:=Range("A1:A4"), _
        Password:=wksPassword

    MsgBox "Cells A1 to A4 can be edited on the protected worksheet."

    ' Change the password.
    
    wksPassword = InputBox ("Enter the new password for the worksheet")

    wksOne.Protection.AllowEditRanges(1).ChangePassword _
        Password:=wksPassword

    MsgBox "The password for these cells has been changed."

End Sub