I'm trying to figure out how to navigate from a textbox that contains a
comment object back to the worksheet cell that the comment is associated
with.

The case begins with the user selecting the comment textbox
(TypeName(Selection) = "TextBox" and Selection.ShapeRange.Type = msoComment)
and then running one of my macro's to manipulate the comment.

The textbox's TopLeftCell and BottomRightCell are relative to where the
textbox got popped up (or was moved by the user) so they don't help.

I just can't figure out how to crossover in the Excel object model from the
textbox that is displaying the comment to the Range.Comment that actually
contains the comment.

Any suggestions?

TIA,

josh

Josh,

The comment's parent is a range object, which you can find like so:

Sub test()
Dim myComm As Comment
For Each myComm In ActiveSheet.Comments
MsgBox "The comment for cell " & myComm.Parent.Address & _
" has the text:" & Chr(10) & """" & myComm.Text & """"
Next myComm
End Sub

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod wrote in message
...
I'm trying to figure out how to navigate from a textbox that contains a
comment object back to the worksheet cell that the comment is associated
with.

The case begins with the user selecting the comment textbox
(TypeName(Selection) = "TextBox" and Selection.ShapeRange.Type =
msoComment) and then running one of my macro's to manipulate the comment.

The textbox's TopLeftCell and BottomRightCell are relative to where the
textbox got popped up (or was moved by the user) so they don't help.

I just can't figure out how to crossover in the Excel object model from
the textbox that is displaying the comment to the Range.Comment that
actually contains the comment.

Any suggestions?

TIA,

josh

Sorry Bernie, but this isn't what i'm looking for.

Assume the user has made the comment visible on the worksheet and that they
have then selected the textbox that displays the popped up comment (i.e.,
TypeName(Selection) = "TextBox" and Selection.ShapeRange.Type = msoComment).

How do I get from Selection back to the Comment?

I suppose I could itterate through all of the worksheet's comments and match
the contents of the TextBox with that of each comment ... but if the
worksheet contained two identical comments then my search might identify the
wrong comment.

It just seems like there must be some way to work backward through the
object model to get from the selected comment to the comment object itself.

Is there someway to find all of the little connectors on the worksheet? If
so, maybe I could find the little line with the arrow head on it that points
from the comment's textbox back to its cell. If I could find those
connectors then I could look for one that has an endpoint on the comment's
textbox and then use the other endpoint to identify the cell the comment is
associated with and then I'm there.

Does the above make the problem clearer?

Thanks,

josh





"Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote in message
...
Josh,

The comment's parent is a range object, which you can find like so:

Sub test()
Dim myComm As Comment
For Each myComm In ActiveSheet.Comments
MsgBox "The comment for cell " & myComm.Parent.Address & _
" has the text:" & Chr(10) & """" & myComm.Text & """"
Next myComm
End Sub

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod wrote in message
...
I'm trying to figure out how to navigate from a textbox that contains a
comment object back to the worksheet cell that the comment is associated
with.

The case begins with the user selecting the comment textbox
(TypeName(Selection) = "TextBox" and Selection.ShapeRange.Type =
msoComment) and then running one of my macro's to manipulate the comment.

The textbox's TopLeftCell and BottomRightCell are relative to where the
textbox got popped up (or was moved by the user) so they don't help.

I just can't figure out how to crossover in the Excel object model from
the textbox that is displaying the comment to the Range.Comment that
actually contains the comment.

Any suggestions?

TIA,

josh

Josh,

Oops, I'm sorry that I misunderstood. Your explanation does make it clearer. Try

MsgBox ActiveSheet.Comments(Selection.Index).Parent.Addre ss & " is the cell with that comment."

Of course, you will need error checking etc. to make sure that the Selection is actually a comment
or the code will blow up.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod wrote in message ...
Sorry Bernie, but this isn't what i'm looking for.

Assume the user has made the comment visible on the worksheet and that they have then selected the
textbox that displays the popped up comment (i.e., TypeName(Selection) = "TextBox" and
Selection.ShapeRange.Type = msoComment).

How do I get from Selection back to the Comment?

I suppose I could itterate through all of the worksheet's comments and match the contents of the
TextBox with that of each comment ... but if the worksheet contained two identical comments then
my search might identify the wrong comment.

It just seems like there must be some way to work backward through the object model to get from
the selected comment to the comment object itself.

Is there someway to find all of the little connectors on the worksheet? If so, maybe I could find
the little line with the arrow head on it that points from the comment's textbox back to its cell.
If I could find those connectors then I could look for one that has an endpoint on the comment's
textbox and then use the other endpoint to identify the cell the comment is associated with and
then I'm there.

Does the above make the problem clearer?

Thanks,

josh





"Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote in message
...
Josh,

The comment's parent is a range object, which you can find like so:

Sub test()
Dim myComm As Comment
For Each myComm In ActiveSheet.Comments
MsgBox "The comment for cell " & myComm.Parent.Address & _
" has the text:" & Chr(10) & """" & myComm.Text & """"
Next myComm
End Sub

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod wrote in message ...
I'm trying to figure out how to navigate from a textbox that contains a comment object back to
the worksheet cell that the comment is associated with.

The case begins with the user selecting the comment textbox (TypeName(Selection) = "TextBox" and
Selection.ShapeRange.Type = msoComment) and then running one of my macro's to manipulate the
comment.

The textbox's TopLeftCell and BottomRightCell are relative to where the textbox got popped up
(or was moved by the user) so they don't help.

I just can't figure out how to crossover in the Excel object model from the textbox that is
displaying the comment to the Range.Comment that actually contains the comment.

Any suggestions?

TIA,

josh

That works great!!!

I have to admit to still being puzzled as to why it works. When Selection
references a TextBox, why does Selection.Index correctly index into the
worksheet's Comments collection?

Don't get me wrong, I'll take the solution even if its black magic but I
would like to flesh out my understanding of the Excel object model.

Thanks so much!!

josh




"Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote in message
...
Josh,

Oops, I'm sorry that I misunderstood. Your explanation does make it
clearer. Try

MsgBox ActiveSheet.Comments(Selection.Index).Parent.Addre ss & " is the
cell with that comment."

Of course, you will need error checking etc. to make sure that the
Selection is actually a comment or the code will blow up.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod wrote in message
...
Sorry Bernie, but this isn't what i'm looking for.

Assume the user has made the comment visible on the worksheet and that
they have then selected the textbox that displays the popped up comment
(i.e., TypeName(Selection) = "TextBox" and Selection.ShapeRange.Type =
msoComment).

How do I get from Selection back to the Comment?

I suppose I could itterate through all of the worksheet's comments and
match the contents of the TextBox with that of each comment ... but if
the worksheet contained two identical comments then my search might
identify the wrong comment.

It just seems like there must be some way to work backward through the
object model to get from the selected comment to the comment object
itself.

Is there someway to find all of the little connectors on the worksheet?
If so, maybe I could find the little line with the arrow head on it that
points from the comment's textbox back to its cell. If I could find those
connectors then I could look for one that has an endpoint on the
comment's textbox and then use the other endpoint to identify the cell
the comment is associated with and then I'm there.

Does the above make the problem clearer?

Thanks,

josh





"Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote in message
...
Josh,

The comment's parent is a range object, which you can find like so:

Sub test()
Dim myComm As Comment
For Each myComm In ActiveSheet.Comments
MsgBox "The comment for cell " & myComm.Parent.Address & _
" has the text:" & Chr(10) & """" & myComm.Text & """"
Next myComm
End Sub

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod wrote in message
...
I'm trying to figure out how to navigate from a textbox that contains a
comment object back to the worksheet cell that the comment is
associated with.

The case begins with the user selecting the comment textbox
(TypeName(Selection) = "TextBox" and Selection.ShapeRange.Type =
msoComment) and then running one of my macro's to manipulate the
comment.

The textbox's TopLeftCell and BottomRightCell are relative to where the
textbox got popped up (or was moved by the user) so they don't help.

I just can't figure out how to crossover in the Excel object model from
the textbox that is displaying the comment to the Range.Comment that
actually contains the comment.

Any suggestions?

TIA,

josh

Josh,

The index value is not referencing a textbox, it is referencing a comment (which is a special kind
of textbox). Each comment has an index (And a name) and the icex can be used to reference the
comment (but the name cannot). Of course the comment is a member of the comments collection. And
that is why it works, and why it will blow up if your selection isn't a comment.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod wrote in message ...
That works great!!!

I have to admit to still being puzzled as to why it works. When Selection references a TextBox,
why does Selection.Index correctly index into the worksheet's Comments collection?

Don't get me wrong, I'll take the solution even if its black magic but I would like to flesh out
my understanding of the Excel object model.

Thanks so much!!

josh




"Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote in message
...
Josh,

Oops, I'm sorry that I misunderstood. Your explanation does make it clearer. Try

MsgBox ActiveSheet.Comments(Selection.Index).Parent.Addre ss & " is the cell with that comment."

Of course, you will need error checking etc. to make sure that the Selection is actually a
comment or the code will blow up.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod wrote in message ...
Sorry Bernie, but this isn't what i'm looking for.

Assume the user has made the comment visible on the worksheet and that they have then selected
the textbox that displays the popped up comment (i.e., TypeName(Selection) = "TextBox" and
Selection.ShapeRange.Type = msoComment).

How do I get from Selection back to the Comment?

I suppose I could itterate through all of the worksheet's comments and match the contents of the
TextBox with that of each comment ... but if the worksheet contained two identical comments then
my search might identify the wrong comment.

It just seems like there must be some way to work backward through the object model to get from
the selected comment to the comment object itself.

Is there someway to find all of the little connectors on the worksheet? If so, maybe I could
find the little line with the arrow head on it that points from the comment's textbox back to
its cell. If I could find those connectors then I could look for one that has an endpoint on the
comment's textbox and then use the other endpoint to identify the cell the comment is associated
with and then I'm there.

Does the above make the problem clearer?

Thanks,

josh





"Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote in message
...
Josh,

The comment's parent is a range object, which you can find like so:

Sub test()
Dim myComm As Comment
For Each myComm In ActiveSheet.Comments
MsgBox "The comment for cell " & myComm.Parent.Address & _
" has the text:" & Chr(10) & """" & myComm.Text & """"
Next myComm
End Sub

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Josh Sale" <jsale@tril dot cod wrote in message ...
I'm trying to figure out how to navigate from a textbox that contains a comment object back to
the worksheet cell that the comment is associated with.

The case begins with the user selecting the comment textbox (TypeName(Selection) = "TextBox"
and Selection.ShapeRange.Type = msoComment) and then running one of my macro's to manipulate
the comment.

The textbox's TopLeftCell and BottomRightCell are relative to where the textbox got popped up
(or was moved by the user) so they don't help.

I just can't figure out how to crossover in the Excel object model from the textbox that is
displaying the comment to the Range.Comment that actually contains the comment.

Any suggestions?

TIA,

josh

Thanks.