Question

I know about Application.CutCopyMode, but that only returns the state of the CutCopyMode (False, xlCopy, or xlCut).

How do I return the address of the currently copied range in Excel using VBA? I don’t need the currently selected range (which is Application.Selection.Address). I need the address of the range of cells with the moving border (marching ants) around it.

In other words, if you select a range of cells, hit CTRL+C, and then move the selection to another cell, I need the address of the cells that were selected when the user hit CTRL+C.

Thanks!

Answer 1

As far as I know you can’t do that with vba. You can however code your own copy sub and store the source in a global variable.

Something like this:

Option Explicit
Dim myClipboard As Range

Public Sub toClipboard(Optional source As Range = Nothing)
    If source Is Nothing Then Set source = Selection
    source.Copy
    Set myClipboard = source
End Sub