Multiple Text Box Edit

[saltkev]

Good Morning

I have a number of Text Boxes All with the same name "Time1". I need to edit each of these boxes using VBA to remove the first character which is a Minus. Your help will be much appreciated.


Regards

Kev

 

[KennyGreens]

Hi there, I'm not sure how all the text boxes can have the same name, but that shouldn't effect anything really. This assumes all the text boxes are on the same sheet, you can edit as necessary.

Dim shp As Shape
Dim tCount As Integer

For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
    If shp.Type = msoTextBox Then
        tCount = Len(shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text)
        shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text = Right(shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text, tCount - 1)
    End If
Next

 

[saltkev]

Hi there, I'm not sure how all the text boxes can have the same name, but that shouldn't effect anything really. This assumes all the text boxes are on the same sheet, you can edit as necessary.

Dim shp As Shape
Dim tCount As Integer

For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
    If shp.Type = msoTextBox Then
        tCount = Len(shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text)
        shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text = Right(shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text, tCount - 1)
    End If
Next

Hi

Not 100% Sure but it looks as if the code will edit all text boxes on the active sheet, unfortunately there are many more that I don't want to edit. The Ones I do want to edit are named "Time1"

 

[KennyGreens]

Hi there, I'm not sure how all the text boxes can have the same name, but that shouldn't effect anything really. This assumes all the text boxes are on the same sheet, you can edit as necessary.

Dim shp As Shape
Dim tCount As Integer

For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
    If shp.Type = msoTextBox Then
        tCount = Len(shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text)
        shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text = Right(shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text, tCount - 1)
    End If
Next

Hi

Not 100% Sure but it looks as if the code will edit all text boxes on the active sheet, unfortunately there are many more that I don't want to edit. The Ones I do want to edit are named "Time1"

Yes, I assumed all the text boxes on the sheet were "Time1". To do this only for the boxes with that name, use this:

Dim shp As Shape
Dim tCount As Integer

For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
    If shp.Type = msoTextBox Then
        If shp.Name = "Time1" Then
            tCount = Len(shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text)
            shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text = Right(shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text, tCount - 1)
        End If
    End If
Next

 

[saltkev]

Yes, I assumed all the text boxes on the sheet were "Time1". To do this only for the boxes with that name, use this:

Dim shp As Shape
Dim tCount As Integer

For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
    If shp.Type = msoTextBox Then
        If shp.Name = "Time1" Then
            tCount = Len(shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text)
            shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text = Right(shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text, tCount - 1)
        End If
    End If
Next

Cracking, Great Result.

Many Thanks

Kev

 

[KennyGreens]

No problem, happy I can help