protectWorksheet: Protect a worksheet from modifications
In awalker89/openxlsx: Read, Write and Edit XLSX Files

Description Usage Arguments Author(s) Examples

Protect or unprotect a worksheet from modifications by the user in the graphical user interface. Replaces an existing protection.

protectWorksheet(wb, sheet, protect = TRUE, password = NULL,
  lockSelectingLockedCells = NULL, lockSelectingUnlockedCells = NULL,
  lockFormattingCells = NULL, lockFormattingColumns = NULL,
  lockFormattingRows = NULL, lockInsertingColumns = NULL,
  lockInsertingRows = NULL, lockInsertingHyperlinks = NULL,
  lockDeletingColumns = NULL, lockDeletingRows = NULL,
  lockSorting = NULL, lockAutoFilter = NULL, lockPivotTables = NULL,
  lockObjects = NULL, lockScenarios = NULL)

`wb`	A workbook object
`sheet`	A name or index of a worksheet
`protect`	Whether to protect or unprotect the sheet (default=TRUE)
`password`	(optional) password required to unprotect the worksheet
`lockSelectingLockedCells`	Whether selecting locked cells is locked
`lockSelectingUnlockedCells`	Whether selecting unlocked cells is locked
`lockFormattingCells`	Whether formatting cells is locked
`lockFormattingColumns`	Whether formatting columns is locked
`lockFormattingRows`	Whether formatting rows is locked
`lockInsertingColumns`	Whether inserting columns is locked
`lockInsertingRows`	Whether inserting rows is locked
`lockInsertingHyperlinks`	Whether inserting hyperlinks is locked
`lockDeletingColumns`	Whether deleting columns is locked
`lockDeletingRows`	Whether deleting rows is locked
`lockSorting`	Whether sorting is locked
`lockAutoFilter`	Whether auto-filter is locked
`lockPivotTables`	Whether pivot tables are locked
`lockObjects`	Whether objects are locked
`lockScenarios`	Whether scenarios are locked

Reinhold Kainhofer

wb <- createWorkbook()
addWorksheet(wb, "S1")
writeDataTable(wb, 1, x = iris[1:30,])
# Formatting cells / columns is allowed , but inserting / deleting columns is protected:
protectWorksheet(wb, "S1", protect = TRUE, lockFormattingCells = FALSE, lockFormattingColumns = FALSE, lockInsertingColumns = TRUE, lockDeletingColumns = TRUE)

# Remove the protection
protectWorksheet(wb, "S1", protect = FALSE)

saveWorkbook(wb, "pageSetupExample.xlsx", overwrite = TRUE)