Solved: Locking Merged Cells

[tools]

Hi all,

I have a cell which is merged with another cell , say B6 and C6
now is there a way to lock these cells..?

And if i want to retrieve the value entered in that merged cell then is there a way to do that using vba.?

[Simon Lloyd]

Try playing around with this:
[vba]
Sub Lock_Merged_Copy_Merged()
Range("B6:C6").Locked = True
Range("B6:C6").Copy
Range("A1").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Application.CutCopyMode = False

End Sub
[/vba]remember that "Locked" cells are not locked unless the woorksheet is protected!

[lucas]

I would avoid merged cells. Try formatting for "center across selection instead. I have had so much trouble with files with merged cells that I almost refuse to work on one.

[tools]

Thanks Simon

Is there a way to directly copy the value inside a variable or do i need to pick that value from cell A1.?

[Bob Phillips]

Just set the cell value to the variable, the first cell of the merged cells.

[Simon Lloyd]

Exactly as Bob explained, i only pasted the value to A1 so you could see the code in action showing you that neither the source cell nor the destination cell were selected (you don't have to select an object in order to work with it), you can paste to whichever cell you like!

[tools]

Thanks a lot guys