Finding attachment point for comment textbox

[Josh Sale]

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

 

[Bernie Deitrick]

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]

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]

Josh,

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

MsgBox ActiveSheet.Comments(Selection.Index).Parent.Address & " 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]

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]

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]

Thanks.