Excel - How to make read Only?

Raysefo

Hi,

I would like to make this excel read only so that nobody can change its data. Is there a way to do it?

'Excel
                Dim oXL As Excel.Application
                Dim oWB As Excel.Workbook
                Dim oSheet As Excel.Worksheet
                Dim oRange As Excel.Range

                ' Start Excel and get Application object.
                oXL = New Excel.Application

                ' Set some properties
                oXL.Visible = False
                oXL.DisplayAlerts = False

                ' Get a new workbook.
                oWB = oXL.Workbooks.Add

                oSheet = oWB.Worksheets(2) ' Assuming there is > 1 sheet in the Workbook, get Sheet 2
                oSheet.Activate() ' Activate the Worksheet

                ' Get the active sheet
                oSheet = DirectCast(oWB.ActiveSheet, Excel.Worksheet)
                oSheet.Name = "Detay"

                'Style
                Dim style As Excel.Style = oSheet.Application.ActiveWorkbook.Styles.Add("NewStyle")
                style.Font.Name = "Verdana"
                style.Font.Size = 12
                style.Font.Color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.ToOle(System.Drawing.Color.Black)
                style.Interior.Pattern = Excel.XlPattern.xlPatternSolid
                style.Font.Bold = True
                style.Interior.Color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.ToOle(System.Drawing.Color.Orange)

                'Headers
                oSheet.Range("A" + row_num.ToString + "").Value = "SNO"
                oSheet.Range("B" + row_num.ToString + "").Value = "ADISOYADI"
                'oSheet.Range("C" + row_num.ToString + "").Value = "NOKTAADI"
                oSheet.Range("C" + row_num.ToString + "").Value = "FIRMA"
                oSheet.Range("D" + row_num.ToString + "").Value = "BÖLÜM"
                oSheet.Range("E" + row_num.ToString + "").Value = "TARIH"
                oSheet.Range("F" + row_num.ToString + "").Value = "ÇIKISSAATI"
                oSheet.Range("G" + row_num.ToString + "").Value = "GIRISSAATI"
                oSheet.Range("A" + row_num.ToString + ":G" + row_num.ToString + "").Font.Bold = True
                oSheet.Range("A" + row_num.ToString + ":G" + row_num.ToString + "").Style = style

                row_num = row_num + 1

                'Calculate
                Calculate(row_num, oSheet, period, time1, time2, date1, date2, ekstra)

                ' Resize the columns
                oRange = oSheet.Range(oSheet.Cells(1, 1), _
                          oSheet.Cells(100, 7))
                oRange.EntireColumn.AutoFit()

                ' Save the sheet and close
                oSheet = Nothing
                oRange = Nothing
                oWB.SaveAs("c:\GirisCikis\Giris-Çikis(" + date1 + " - " + date2 + ").xlsx")

                oWB.Close()
                oWB = Nothing
                oXL.Quit()

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Darren Kang12y ago

Hi, you can just adjust the SaveAs methods parameters like the following:

owB.SaveAs(Filename:="c:\GirisCikis\Giris-Çikis.xlsx", _
           WriteResPassword:="YOUR-PASSWORD", _
           ReadOnlyRecommended:=True, _
           CreateBackup:=False, _
           AccessMode:=Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlNoChange)
oWB.Save()
oWB.Close()
oXL.Quit()
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(oXL)

Also if interested an alternative way that you can try is with this VB.NET DLL designed for Excel files, you can find a protection demonstration sample here.

Rahul Prasad12y ago
hi .

I use Protect method of XlsWorksheetBase class to protect method to protect Excel worksheet.More details about this method please refer - protect Excel worksheet in VB.NET

Namespace ProtectExcel
    Friend Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Load Workbook
            Dim book As New Workbook()
            book.LoadFromFile("E:\Work\Documents\VendorInfo.xlsx")
            'Protect Workbook
            book.Protect("abc-123")
            'Save and Launch
            book.SaveToFile("ProtectExcel.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2010)
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("ProtectExcel.xlsx")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace