VBA Excel - What cell does this refer to?

Hi,
I have some moderate knowledge of VBA - not great tho!

I am trying to fix something for a colleague.
At this moment, I cannot upload the sheet onto EE.

Specifically, I need help with the following line;

If (Sheet1.DTBox2.Value - Sheet1.DTBox.Value < 0) Then

I understand that it is comparing two dates etc.
However, where do I find the value for Sheet1.STBox2.value ?

1. Should I be looking in some cell on sheet1?
2. Should I be looking in the "Names Manager"?
3. The workbook is fairly complex and perhaps there are external links
Patrick O'DeaAsked:
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Rgonzo1971Commented:
Hi,

Look for a TextBox Control

You can use this to see the names of all shapes ( and controls )

This should help
Sub macro()
For Each sht In ActiveWorkbook.Sheets
    sht.Activate
    For Each shp In sht.Shapes
        shp.Select
        MsgBox shp.Name
   Next
Next
End Sub

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Regards
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SreeramCommented:
Hi

 its refering to a  control in the sheet1.

To check the control:

1.Select Page Layout in the menubar.
2.under Arrange group.
3.Select selection pane (it will provide you all the controls used in the sheet).
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Patrick O'DeaAuthor Commented:
Great ... making progress and found the text box.

However, the textbox has a value of =EMBED("MSComCtl2.DTPicker.2","")


This is obviously referring to a date somewhere.

I am unfamiliar with "EMBED" ..... can you explain
 =EMBED("MSComCtl2.DTPicker.2","")

Thanks again!
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Patrick O'DeaAuthor Commented:
Thanks folks,


.... making progress!

I have found the textbox and it has a value of

=EMBED("MSComCtl2.DTPicker.2","")

Next question!  What does this mean??  It obviously points to a date field ... but I am unfamiliar with EMBED
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MacroShadowCommented:
Ignore it, your are not meant to see it at all, it's an internal excel function. stackoverflow.com/questions/9373348/what-does-embed-function-mean-in-excel-controls
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Rgonzo1971Commented:
HI,

=EMBED("MSComCtl2.DTPicker.2","")

is not is value but the control itself the value is what you should see in it a date because it's a datepicker control
the value is extracted in vba with the "DTBox.Value" part

Regards
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Patrick O'DeaAuthor Commented:
Rgonzo,

Thanks but a final query?

the value is extracted in vba with the "DTBox.Value" part


I am sure you are correct but how does "DTBox.Value" relate to =EMBED("MSComCtl2.DTPicker.2","")

Perhaps this is too difficult to answer without displaying the actual spreadsheet.

What do you think?
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Rgonzo1971Commented:
Hi,

DT Box is the name of the control

Here with an example wit another Control named TextBox2

And this snippet
Sub macro()
MsgBox Sheet1.TextBox2.Name & ": " & Sheet1.TextBox2.Value
End Sub

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Regards
ControlTest.xlsm
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Patrick O'DeaAuthor Commented:
Thanks ... I have made progress but not solved everything!

I will return to this later!
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