Have Excel Tell Me Active Cell Details 2

[MattGreer]

So I was working on a little task yesterday (thanks Skip!) and I was trying to figure it out on my own. Always fun.

One thing I was trying to get Excel to do was to tell me what column the "focus" was in, or rather what column number the activecell was. I couldn't. I found this on the support site but I wasn't able to make it work:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff198200.aspx

So, simply, what would be the VBA syntax to get a message box that says "I'm in Column " & intColumnNumber

Same case, what about the row?

The answer is probably in that link but I'm just not capable of interpreting how to implement it correctly.

Thanks!!


Matt

 

[PWise]

try
Dim r As Range

Set r = ActiveCell 'note use of Set keyword as assigning an Object ref!

MsgBox r.Column & Chr(r.Row + 64)'this will work till column z

 

[PWise]

better

Dim r As Range

Set r = ActiveCell   'note use of Set keyword as assigning an Object ref!

MsgBox Replace(r.Address, "$", "")

 

[Andrzejek]

I think PWise got is backwards (in his first post), and Matt wants the numbers for Column / Row:

Option Explicit

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)

MsgBox "I am in Column " & ActiveCell.Column & " Row " & ActiveCell.Row
   
End Sub

Have fun.

---- Andy

There is a great need for a sarcasm font.

 

[MattGreer]

Geez I feel dumb, lol. Thanks guys.



Thanks!!


Matt

 

[SkipVought]

FYI...

Option Explicit

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
   With Target
      MsgBox "I am in Column " & .Column & " Row " & .Row & " I have " & _
             .Columns.Count & " column(s) selected and " & _
             .Rows.Count & " row(s) selected"
   End With
End Sub

Skip,
[sub]
Just traded in my OLD subtlety...
for a NUance![/sub]

 

[DaveInIowa]

I realize you asked for the information in a message box but on the off-chance you're not aware of these options:
[ol][li]The column and row can be seen on the Name Box on the Formula Bar[/li]
[li]Application.StatusBar = "use Skip's text value here..."[/li][/ol]