Protecting Worksheets in Ruby

Aspose.Cells - Protecting Worksheets

To protect worksheet using Aspose.Cells Java for Ruby, call protect_worksheet method of protection module.

Ruby Code

 def protect_worksheet()

    data_dir = File.dirname(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__))) + '/data/'



    # Instantiating a Workbook object by excel file path

    workbook = Rjb::import('com.aspose.cells.Workbook').new(data_dir + 'Book1.xls')



    # Accessing the first worksheet in the Excel file

    worksheets = workbook.getWorksheets()

    worksheet = worksheets.get(0)

    protection = worksheet.getProtection()

    # The following 3 methods are only for Excel 2000 and earlier formats

    protection.setAllowEditingContent(false)

    protection.setAllowEditingObject(false)

    protection.setAllowEditingScenario(false)

    # Protects the first worksheet with a password "1234"

    protection.setPassword("1234")



    # Saving the modified Excel file in default (that is Excel 2003) format

    workbook.save(data_dir + "Protect Worksheet.xls")

    puts "Protect a Worksheet, please check the output file."

end   

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