How to access hidden sheets

[Clyde38]

I've looked at thread 770-139249 for some help but I need more assistance. I have a couple of sheets that are hidden and they are set to "0 - xlSheetHidden" in the VBA project editor and when I try to set them to "-1 - xlSheetVisible, I get an error "Unable to set the Visible property of the Worksheet class".

I've also looked at Excel help sites on the Web and still no help. Any ideas?

 

[djs]

The hidden sheets are probably password protected.

 

[xwb]

On Excel 2003, Format/Sheet/Unhide
On Excel 2007/2010, Home Ribbon, Format/Hide & Unhide

 

[Clyde38]

You may be right, the workbook was password protected and I used the following subroutine.

Sub PasswordBreaker()
'Author unknown but submitted by brettdj of

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Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer
Dim l As Integer, m As Integer, n As Integer
Dim i1 As Integer, i2 As Integer, i3 As Integer
Dim i4 As Integer, i5 As Integer, i6 As Integer
On Error Resume Next
For i = 65 To 66: For j = 65 To 66: For k = 65 To 66
For l = 65 To 66: For m = 65 To 66: For i1 = 65 To 66
For i2 = 65 To 66: For i3 = 65 To 66: For i4 = 65 To 66
For i5 = 65 To 66: For i6 = 65 To 66: For n = 32 To 126


ActiveSheet.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & _
Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) & _
Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr
If ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then
MsgBox "One usable password is " & Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _
Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & _
Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets(1).Select
Range("a1").FormulaR1C1 = Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _
Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & _
Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr
Exit Sub
End If
Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
End Sub

This gave me access to the formulas, but not to the sheets that have the data used in the calculations.

 

[CarlB]

Maybe it has to with "very hidden" property?

http://www.excel-university.com/make-an-excel-worksheet-very-hidden/

 

[Clyde38]

Thanks CarlB, but as I stated in my original post the visibility is set to "0 - xlSheetHidden". I'm able to view the pull down tab to change to "-1 - xlSheetVisible" then I get the error "Unable to set the Visible property of the Worksheet class".

 

[redpicker]

If I make a worksheet hidden, then protect the workbook with PW, I get the exact same notice when I try to make the sheet visible.
Did you run your PWBreaker on the worksheet or the workbook? Both can be protected with different PWs.