Excel.Chart.ProtectData.md

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Chart.ProtectData property (Excel)	vbaxl10.chm149158	vbaxl10.chm149158	Excel.Chart.ProtectData	29eb3e29-6005-70bd-cb38-053a5d54ed96	04/16/2019	medium

Chart.ProtectData property (Excel)

True if series formulas cannot be modified by the user. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression.ProtectData

expression A variable that represents a Chart object.

Remarks

This property is not persisted when the file is saved. If you set this property to True and then reopen the file, it will no longer be set to True.

Example

This example protects the data on embedded chart one on worksheet one.

Worksheets(1).ChartObjects(1).Chart.ProtectData = True

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