Protecting cells in Excel but allow these to be modified by VBA script

[ForumBot]

I am using Excel where certain fields are allowed for user input and other cells are to be protected. I have used Tools Protect sheet, however after doing this I am not able to change the values in the VBA script. I need to restrict the sheet to stop user input, at the same time allow the VBA code to change the cell values based on certain computations.

[ayi]

Try using

`Worksheet.Protect “Password”, UserInterfaceOnly := True

If the `UserInterfaceOnly` parameter is set to true, VBA code can modify protected cells.

Note however that this parameter [does not stick](https://stackoverflow.com/a/14162717/11683). It needs to be reapplied each time the file is opened.