Excel VBA add text to TextBox without overwriting existing text.

trainwater

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I have a textbox on Worksheet A. The textbox name is TextboxB. I am trying to use VBA to add text to the end of the textbox without overwriting the text that is already in there. Please keep in mind these are textboxes on worksheets that are shapes, not controls.

Using the following put's the text in , but deletes all other text first.

Code:
worksheets("A").Shapes("TextBoxB").TextFrame.Characters.Text = "New Text"

This is what I want to happen

TextBox A (pre code run)
|***********************|
| This text is here |
| |
|_______________________|

TextBox A (post code run)
|***********************|
| This text is here |
| New Text |
|_______________________|
 

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Try assigning the textbox text to a variable, then combining the variable with the new text.

Code:
Dim myVar as String
myVar = worksheets("A").Shapes("TextBoxB").TextFrame.Characters.Text

worksheets("A").Shapes("TextBoxB").TextFrame.Characters.Text = myVar & " New Text"
 
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Try assigning the textbox text to a variable, then combining the variable with the new text.

Code:
Dim myVar as String
myVar = worksheets("A").Shapes("TextBoxB").TextFrame.Characters.Text

worksheets("A").Shapes("TextBoxB").TextFrame.Characters.Text = myVar & " New Text"


This worked perfectly! Thank you so much!
 
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