Row cursor position in Word via VBA

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kenshiro2000@libero.it - 19 Jan 2006 15:45 GMT

Hi,

How can I get row number at the Cursor position in VBA Word XP?

Thanks

ken

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Helmut Weber - 19 Jan 2006 16:05 GMT

Hi,

you're probably meaning the line number on a page.

MsgBox Selection.Information(wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)

You may have to switch views beforehand.
Normal to printlayout and back or vice versa.

Otherwise, the msgbox may return -1.

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kenshiro2000@libero.it - 20 Jan 2006 14:32 GMT

Thanks so much.....

But Now I have another problem....

wdFirstCharacterLineNumber return the character at the right of
collapsed Selection....so How can I know when the return is the Line
number and when is the character code????

This is a strange behavior!!!

Thanks

Helmut Weber ha scritto:

> Hi,
>
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> "red.sys" & chr$(64) & "t-online.de"
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Helmut Weber - 20 Jan 2006 21:12 GMT

Hi,

>wdFirstCharacterLineNumber return the character at the right of
>collapsed Selection..

hmm...

indeed, very strange.
Never heard this before, and hard to believe.

Show us your code.

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kenshiro2000@libero.it - 25 Jan 2006 09:29 GMT

This is from the Help:

"wdFirstCharacterLineNumber Returns the character position of the first
character in the specified selection or range. If the selection or
range is collapsed, the character number immediately to the right of
the range or selection is returned (this is the same as the character
line number displayed in the status bar after "Ln")."

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Helmut Weber - 25 Jan 2006 15:56 GMT

Hi,

>If the selection or range is collapsed, the character number immediately
>to the right of the range or selection is returned

this is simply wrong.

It should read as:
"The line number where the character immediately to the right is..."

And this wrong, too.

Because, if you move the insertion point to the end of a line,
e.g. Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdLine
where there is no character at all immediately to the right,
you still get the line the insertion point is in.

If one thinks of "immediately to the right" as equal to "next",
then the help is wrong again.

Happens.

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kenshiro2000 - 25 Jan 2006 17:15 GMT

I have tested this and it is TRUE :-)

In a blank line, the System.Information return vbCr not the row number.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 26 Jan 2006 05:20 GMT

MsgBox Selection.Information(wdFirstCharacterLineNumber)

displays the line number for me regardless of the state of the selection.

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>I have tested this and it is TRUE :-)
>
> In a blank line, the System.Information return vbCr not the row number.

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