GetText2 Method

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Retrieves text from the specified screen region. Text from the "wrapped" region is returned.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

expression.GetText2( _
   ByVal startRow As Integer, _
   ByVal startColumn As Integer, _
   ByVal endRow As Integer, _
   ByVal endColumn As Integer _
) As String

where expression is a variable that represents a Screen Object

Parameters

startRow: The starting row position.
startColumn: The starting column position.
endRow: The ending row position.
endColumn: The ending column position.

Return Value

The requested string.

Remarks

If the row or column parameters are outside the range of valid values (1 to Rows) or (1 to Columns), an empty string is returned.

For more about using the GetText2 method, see:

Example

This sample gets the text in display memory and displays it in the Immediate window. Before you run this sample, choose Immediate Window on the VBA editor View menu.

Visual Basic

Sub GetTextInDisplayMemory()
 
     Dim maxRow As Long, maxCol As Long, firstCol As Long
    
     maxRow = ThisScreen.DisplayRows
     maxCol = ThisScreen.DisplayColumns
     topRow = ThisScreen.DisplayMemoryTopRow
 
        
    Dim text As String
    
    'Get all the text on the screen from the top row to the last row and column
    text = ThisScreen.GetText2(topRow, 1, maxRow, maxCol)
         
    Debug.Print text
 
End Sub

Reference

Screen Object
Screen Members

Concepts

Using the Reflection Object Model

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