I have code in an Access VBA module that creates a workbook in Excel. I
am trying to create and manipulate an Excel textbox. I am able to
create the textbox, and place text in it, but how can I change the
background color? This doesnt work:

With .ActiveSheet.Shapes("Text Box 2")
.ShapeRange.Fill.ForeColor.SchemeColor = 39
End With

This also does does not work:
.ActiveSheet.Shapes("Text Box 2").Select
objExcel.Selection.ShapeRange.Fill.ForeColor.Schem eColor = 20

However, this *does* work:
With .ActiveSheet.Shapes("Text Box 2").TextFrame
.Characters.Text = "My Text"
End With

note: objExcel is an Excel.Application object
by the way, for no apparent reason in this post, there is incorrectly a
space showing up in "SchemeColor", but thats not my code




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