XL2000: Text Property Limited to 1,024 Characters

ID: Q213580

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 2000

SYMPTOMS

In Visual Basic for Applications macros in Microsoft Excel, when you use the Text property to read text from a cell, not all of the text contained in the object is returned.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if you use the Text property to read text from a cell that contains more than 1,024 characters; the Text property can only read 1,024 characters from a cell.

WORKAROUND

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If there is a chance that a cell will contain more than 1,024 characters, use the Value property to read the text from the cell. The Value property can read up to 32,767 characters from a cell.

For example, if you want to read the text from cell A1, when cell A1 contains more than 1,024 characters, follow these steps:

On the Tools menu, point to Macros, and click Visual Basic Editor.

On the Insert menu, click Module.

Type the following macro code in a module sheet:


Sub Read_Text()

    MyVar = Range("A1").Value
    MsgBox MyVar

End Sub

On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Excel.

On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and click Macros.

Click the Read_Text macro and then click Run.

A message box with the text from cell A1 will be displayed.

MORE INFORMATION

You can use the Text property in Excel to read text from cells:


MyVar = Range("A1").Text

Excel allows up to 32,767 characters per cell and because of this, the Text property may not work as expected when you use it to read a cell that contains more than 1,024 characters.

Additional query words: XL2000 1024 value celltext

Keywords : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA KbVBA
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb