Question

Is there anyway to replace text in a textbox for example see below. I am currently using this, but does not seem to work well in VBA.

If TextBox6.Text.Contains("<GTOL-PERP>") Then
    TextBox6.Text = TextBox6.Text.Replace("<GTOL-PERP>", "j")
End If

Answer 1

.Text is a string property in VBA. Strings are not objects in VBA so you’ll need to use string functions rather than methods when dealing with them. See below:

If instr(TextBox6.Text, "<GTOL-PERP>") Then
TextBox6.Text = replace(TextBox6.Text, "<GTOL-PERP>", "j")
End If

A List of String Functions in VBA

EDIT You can actually skip the IF since replace() doesn’t throw an error if the text isn’t in the string.