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Default Retrieving text being typed and cursor position using VBA orautomation, how?

I don't think you can do much while excel is still in edit mode.

Maybe you could toss up a small userform and control over the input???

Kallepalle wrote:

Hi,

How do I retrieve the current text being entered in a cell and the
cursor position. NB: I am /not/ looking for the contents of the
current cell - I am looking for the text in the edit box where
contents of a cell are displayed for editing and/or input.

The reason I need this is that I am developing a typing aid for
dyslexics, and would like to support Excel. Apparently Excel does not
use the standard edit controls for this, as the usual windows messages
for edit/richedit controls do not seem to work.

Sincerely,
Anders S. Johansen


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