How to Copy Text to TextBoxes Using the Characters Method

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The following Sub procedure copies the text from one text box on the active sheet to another text box on the active sheet.

Sample Visual Basic Procedures

Sub TextBox_To_TextBox()

      ' Dimension the variables.
      Dim x As Integer
      Dim txtBox1 As TextBox, txtBox2 As TextBox
      Dim theText As String

      ' Set txtBox1 and txtBox2 equal to the active sheet's TextBox
      ' objects. Replace the ordinal number with your TextBox names
      ' in quotes. For example: ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects("Text 1")
      Set txtBox1 = ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects(1)
      Set txtBox2 = ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects(2)

      ' Create a For-Next construct that loops until there is no more
      ' text in txtBox1.
      For x = 1 To txtBox1.Characters.Count Step 250

         ' Place the first text box text into a variable called theText.
         theText = txtBox1.Characters(start:=x, Length:=250).Text

         ' Place the value of theText variable into second text box.
         txtBox2.Characters(start:=x, Length:=250).Text = theText

      Next
   End Sub
				

The following Sub procedure copies the values from a range of cells that you specify into a text box on the active sheet.

   Sub Cell_Text_To_TextBox()

      ' Dimension the variables.
      Dim txtBox1 As TextBox
      Dim theRange As Range, cell As Range
      Dim startPos As Integer

      ' Set txtBox1 equal to the active sheet's TextBox object. You can
      ' replace the ordinal number with your text box name in quotes.
      ' For example: ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects("Text 1")
      Set txtBox1 = ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects(1)

      ' Set a range on the active sheet equal to the range object text
      ' that you are interested in copying to the text box.
      Set theRange = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:A10")

      'Set the starting position for the text.
      startPos = 1

      ' Create a For-Each construct to loop through the cells in the range.
      For Each cell In theRange

         ' Populate the textbox with the cell values using the Characters
         ' method.
         ' Note: Chr(10) can be used to add a new line in the textbox for
         ' each cell.
         txtBox1.Characters(start:=startPos, _
            length:=Len(cell.Value)).Text = cell.Value & Chr(10)

         ' Update the startPos variable to keep track of where the next
         ' string of text will begin in the textbox.
         startPos = startPos + Len(cell.Value) + 1

      Next cell
   End Sub