If .Cells(myRow, myColumn).???? = "String"
Then

What property of cells do I need here? Value gives an error.
Auto List Members, List properties/Methods won't work for me. They are
turned on in Options but I can't get any help.

After serious thinking Slim Slender wrote :
If .Cells(myRow, myColumn).???? = "String"
Then

What property of cells do I need here? Value gives an error.
Auto List Members, List properties/Methods won't work for me. They are
turned on in Options but I can't get any help.

..Value is default; .Text may be an option; -neither are needed here!

Try using a var to put the cell contents into, then test the var.

Dim vTemp As Variant

'Get the cell contents
vTemp = Cells(myRow, myColumn)

'Test the cell contents
If vTemp = "String" Then...

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Garry

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Try this with text in B5 and with a number in B5 Then run it with and without ".Value"
....
Don't place any bets ahead of time. <g
'---
Sub xyz()
Dim myType As String
myType = TypeName(Cells(5, 2).Value)

If myType = "String" Then
MsgBox myType
Else
MsgBox "Not a string, it is a " & myType
End If
End Sub
--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA
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(Extras for Excel add-in: convenience built-in)





"Slim Slender"
wrote in message
...
If .Cells(myRow, myColumn).???? = "String"
Then

What property of cells do I need here? Value gives an error.
Auto List Members, List properties/Methods won't work for me. They are
turned on in Options but I can't get any help.

Thanks for the responses. Turned out all I had to do was specify the
column.

If .Cells(myRow, myColumn).Value = "String" Then doesn't
work, but

If .Cells(myRow, 5).Value = "String" Then works just
fine.

This is what I wanted in the first place but I was working with cloned
code
and hadn't completely adapted it.