Excel Security using Flutter XlsIO

6 Jun 20232 minutes to read

You can protect an anonymous user from viewing, moving, editing or deleting important data from a worksheet or workbook by protecting a worksheet or workbook, with or without a password.

Protect workbook elements

To keep others from making structural changes to your documents such as moving, deleting and adding sheets, you can protect the workbook in Flutter XlsIO.

The following code example illustrates how to protect a workbook with a password.

  • DART
    • // Create a new Excel Document.
final Workbook workbook = Workbook();

// Accessing sheet via index.
final Worksheet sheet = workbook.worksheets[0];

// Assigning text to cells
final Range range = sheet.getRangeByName('A1');
range.setText('WorkBook Protected');

final bool isProtectWindow = true;
final bool isProtectContent = true;

// Protect Workbook
workbook.protect(isProtectWindow, isProtectContent, 'password');

// Save and dispose workbook.
final List<int> bytes = workbook.saveSync();
File('WorkbookProtect.xlsx').writeAsBytes(bytes);
workbook.dispose();

    Protect Worksheet 

    Flutter XlsIO provides support for protecting elements in worksheets by using the Protect method of Worksheet.

    The following code example illustrates how to protect a worksheet with a password.

  • DART
    • // Create a new Excel Document.
final Workbook workbook = Workbook();

// Accessing sheet via index.
final Worksheet sheet = workbook.worksheets[0];

// Assigning text to cells
final Range range = sheet.getRangeByName('A1');
range.setText('Worksheet Protected');

// ExcelSheetProtectionOption
final ExcelSheetProtectionOption options = ExcelSheetProtectionOption();
options.all = true;

// Protecting the Worksheet by using a Password
sheet.protect('Password', options);

// Save and dispose workbook.
final List<int> bytes = workbook.saveSync();
File('WorksheetProtect.xlsx').writeAsBytes(bytes);
workbook.dispose();

    NOTE

    By using the ExcelSheetProtectionOption class, you can set protection to the workbook elements/operations.

    Protect Cell

    Flutter XlsIO supports locking and unlocking cells by using the cell’s Locked property of CellStyle. This can be manipulated to make certain cells editable in a protected worksheet.

    NOTE

    By default, cells are locked. Lock or Unlock cell in an unprotected worksheet has no effect.

  • DART
    • // Create a new Excel Document.
final Workbook workbook = Workbook();

// Accessing sheet via index.
final Worksheet sheet = workbook.worksheets[0];

// Assigning text to cells
final Range range = sheet.getRangeByName('A1');
range.setText('Worksheet Protected');

// Protecting the Worksheet by using a Password
sheet.protect('Password');

// Unlocking the cell to edit.
range.cellStyle.locked = false;

// Save and dispose workbook.
final List<int> bytes = workbook.saveSync();
File('ProtectCell.xlsx').writeAsBytes(bytes);
workbook.dispose();