#BLOCKED! error

sparky2205

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  2. 2016
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Hi folks,
I have a spreadsheet with a number of macros.
Everything runs fine on my laptop but when I send the file to someone else I get the #BLOCKED! error.
I unblocked the file before sending it but I still have the issue.
This is what it looks like on other sets:
1706026250810.png

This is what it looks like on my set:
1706026343463.png

The offending macro is "Update Worksheet Names"

This is the code behind the macro:
VBA Code:
Sub GetWorkSheetName()

Dim swsname As String
Dim iSheetCount As Integer
Dim c As Range
Dim cb  As CheckBox
Dim a As Integer: a = 3
Dim lr As Integer

Dim pw As String: pw = "Accipiter$17"
    Worksheets("Setup").Unprotect Password:=pw

On Error GoTo errhandler

    Application.ScreenUpdating = False

    iSheetCount = ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Count
    lr = ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveSheet.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row

    ActiveSheet.Range("A2:A" & lr).Clear
    ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes.Delete
    ActiveSheet.Range("A1").Clear
    With ActiveSheet.Range("B1:B100")
        .Clear
        .Locked = True
    End With
    ActiveSheet.Range("B3:B" & lr).Locked = False
    
    ActiveSheet.Range("A2").Formula2R1C1 = "=TRANSPOSE(INDEX(SheetNames,R[-1]C))"

    For Each c In Range("C3:C" & iSheetCount)
        Set cb = ActiveSheet.CheckBoxes.Add(c.Left + 25, _
                                    c.Top, _
                                    c.Width, _
                                    c.Height)
        With cb
            .Caption = ""
            .Value = xlOff
            .LinkedCell = "B" & a
            .Display3DShading = False
        End With
        a = a + 1
   Next

    'Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    ActiveSheet.Range("A2#").Copy
    ActiveSheet.Range("A2:A" & iSheetCount + 1).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
    'Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    ActiveSheet.Range("A" & iSheetCount + 1).Clear
    ActiveSheet.Range("A2").Clear
    
    With ActiveSheet.Range("A1")
        .Value = "Worksheet Name"
        .Font.Bold = True
    End With
    
    lr = 0
    lr = ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveSheet.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
    
    With ActiveSheet.Range("A" & lr + 1)
        .Value = "Denotes hidden sheet"
        .Interior.ColorIndex = 6
        .BorderAround ColorIndex:=1
    End With
    
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
    Application.CutCopyMode = True
    Application.Range("A1").Select
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    
    Worksheets("Setup").Protect Password:=pw
Exit Sub

errhandler:
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    ThisWorkbook.Protect pw
    Worksheets("Setup").Protect Password:=pw
        
End Sub

I emailed the file to my colleague who had the issue.
I also had him open the file at a shared location which also resulted in the same issue for him.
There is no option to Unblock the file now.
The older macros, these were existing ones on the file; Copy, Rename, Delete a Worksheet all work fine on both sets. Prepare for Printing, which is a new macro, also works fine. I cannot check Hide or Unhide ALL Worksheets as these depend on the Worksheet Name list being populated.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated folks.
 
Thanks Rory,
silly me, I was thinking of ws as being variable to hold the names of the different sheets via the loop.
But of course that's handled by the Sheets(idx).name piece.

Thanks again Rory. Another problem solved.
 
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