Microsoft KB Archive/182483

= XL98: Text Property Is Limited to 255 Characters =

Article ID: 182483

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q182483



SYMPTOMS
In Visual Basic for Applications macros in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, 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 255 characters; the Text property can read only 255 characters from a cell.



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. If there is a chance that a cell will contain more than 255 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 255 characters, follow these steps:

  Enter the following Visual Basic for Applications code into a module sheet: Sub Read_Text

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

End Sub  Run the Read_Text macro.

A message box with the text from cell A1 is displayed.



STATUS
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.



MORE INFORMATION
You can use the Text property in Microsoft Excel to read text from cells: MyVar = Range("A1").Text In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, the problem described in this article does not occur because cells can only contain up to 256 characters.

However, Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition allows up to 32,767 characters per cell. Because of this, the Text property may not work as expected when you use it to read a cell that contains more than 255 characters.

Additional query words: XL98 32,767

Keywords: kbprogramming kbprb KB182483

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