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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / February 2008determine last word selected or changed possition
Hello, Is there a way to set a variable with the possition of the last word changed??? last word selected??? TIA Yes, I have done something similar myself but the functionality you seek is embedded deep in code that doesn't match your specifics so I shan't dump the whole lot here... however here are some pointers... 1. You need to use events, specifically the WindowSelectionChange event, which means creating a Class module (e.g. "eventClassModule") and declaring Public WithEvents App As Word.Application in it, and in a code module initialising events declare e.g. "Public myWord As New eventClassModule" and then somewhere put e.g. Set myWord.App = Word.Application 2. On selection change (i.e. in the class module created in step 1, in sub App_WindowSelectionChange...) you then need to determine whether you are in the same word or not, and if that word has changed each time the selection changes 2a. Assuming, for simplicity that the selection is a Selection point at the time of change, copy the selection range and expand it to the encompassing word; record the range in a range variable. 2b. The next time the selection changes compare the location (perhaps linenumber and distance from beginning of the line) of the current word with that of the previous word... then look back at the previous range that contained the "word" and see if the text has changed... Finally, be aware that as you type, the selection does not change - only clicks and navigation keys and goto and search etc. actually move the selection... Someone more virtuous might post you specific code, but if you feel up to doing it yourself I hope the above helps... at least I hope it's more of a help than a hindrance! Julian > Hello, Is there a way to set a variable with the possition of the last > word > changed??? > last word selected??? > > TIA  SignatureJulian I-Do-Stuff Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com Look at the builtin bookmark "\PrevSel1". SignatureEnjoy, Tony > Hello, Is there a way to set a variable with the possition of the last > word > changed??? > last word selected??? > > TIA You need to define your requirements more. Define "last word". Say you have (as text): "the quick brown fox yadda yadda" Say you move the selection to the "w" of "brown", and type "greeeee" "the quick browgreeeeen fox yadda yadda" Now say you move the Selection (cursor) to the second "yadda", and run: Selection.GoTo what:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="\PrevSel1" the Selection (cursor) will move to the last "e" of the "greeeee" you typed. Now, say you actually select "quick"...but you do NOT do any action. You just selected it....then changed your mind, and moved the cursor to that second yadda. Remember, you DID select "quick". Selection.GoTo what:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="\PrevSel1" will STILL go the the last "e" of the "greeeee" you typed. Even though the last selection was "quick". If you DO something with "quick", then PrevSel1 will go back to it. If you just select it, but do nothing, it won't. What I am saying is you have to clearly define exactly what it is you want to do. Last word changed? Yes, you could use PrevSel1 and then expand the Selection to the whole word - if it was not the whole word in the first place. if the previous Selection WAS the whole word, then PrevSel1 would get the whole word. But typing is not a whole word. PrevSel1 goes to the last location as a single character. >Look at the builtin bookmark "\PrevSel1". > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >> TIA I also want to emphasize what Julian wrote regarding using events: "be aware that as you type, the selection does not change - only clicks and navigation keys and goto and search etc. actually move the selection..." >You need to define your requirements more. Define "last word". > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>> >>> TIA |
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