Protect or unprotect a worksheet from modifications by the user in the graphical user interface. Replaces an existing protection. Certain features require applying unlocking of initialized cells in the worksheet and across columns and/or rows.
Usage
wb_protect_worksheet(
wb,
sheet = current_sheet(),
protect = TRUE,
password = NULL,
properties = NULL
)Arguments
- wb
A workbook object
- sheet
A name or index of a worksheet
- protect
Whether to protect or unprotect the sheet (default=TRUE)
- password
(optional) password required to unprotect the worksheet
- properties
A character vector of properties to lock. Can be one or more of the following:
"selectLockedCells","selectUnlockedCells","formatCells","formatColumns","formatRows","insertColumns","insertRows","insertHyperlinks","deleteColumns","deleteRows","sort","autoFilter","pivotTables","objects","scenarios"
Examples
wb <- wb_workbook()
wb$add_worksheet("S1")
wb$add_data_table(1, x = iris[1:30, ])
wb$protect_worksheet(
"S1",
protect = TRUE,
properties = c("formatCells", "formatColumns", "insertColumns", "deleteColumns")
)
# Formatting cells / columns is allowed , but inserting / deleting columns is protected:
wb$protect_worksheet(
"S1",
protect = TRUE,
c(formatCells = FALSE, formatColumns = FALSE,
insertColumns = TRUE, deleteColumns = TRUE)
)
# Remove the protection
wb$protect_worksheet("S1", protect = FALSE)