How to get the selected object in excel without using application.selection property

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Hi TechGurus,

I have overwritten the Excel and doing multiple manipulations based the selected object.
I am getting the correct selected object by using the application.selection property
object selectedObj = _xlApp.ActiveWindow.Selection;
and based on the selected object I am checking if the selected object is not a Range object then call the default windowProc so that Excel can handle those messages.

C#

if (!(selectedObj is MsExcel.Range))
{
      base.WndProc(ref msg);
      handled = true;
}

But, due to instruction: object selectedObj = _xlApp.ActiveWindow.Selection;
I am not able to resize the size of comment window in Excel.

Please suggest some other method through which i can get the selected object.

Thanks in Advance.

- virenk

Posted 27-Mar-13 23:48pm

Virendra_ec10

Updated 27-Mar-13 23:51pm

Kenneth Haugland

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2013-03-28T00:05:00

Solution 1

You need to reference to the cell/range, which you want to use later:
In pseudocode:

C++

Excel.Workbook Wbk = _xlApp.Workbooks.Open("fullfilename")
Excel.Worksheet Wsh = Wbk.Worksheets(index)
Excel.Range Rng = Wsh.Range("A1")

if (Rng.Value2 == 5)
{
     //do something
}

Posted 28-Mar-13 0:05am

Maciej Los

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Virendra_ec10 28-Mar-13 6:20am

Hi Maciej Los,

Thanks for your quick reply.
I need to know if the current selected object is not a Range object(For example if the current selected object is comment box) then call the default windproc.
Can you please help to get the current selected object without using the selection property.

Thanks,
virenk

Maciej Los 28-Mar-13 6:30am

I'm not sure what you mean... Please, explain what you are trying to achieve and share your code. What is a comment box?

Virendra_ec10 28-Mar-13 6:43am

In Excel Right Click on any cell->select "Insert comment" from the option menu it opens comment box. I don't want to override any message that comes from the resizing or editing of comment box. So, I am trying to handle like this:
object selectedObj = _xlApp.ActiveWindow.Selection;//problamatic line want to replace with some other method

if (!(selectedObj is MsExcel.Range))
{
base.WndProc(ref msg);
handled = true;
}

Maciej Los 28-Mar-13 6:47am

Still i don't get what you are trying to achieve...

Virendra_ec10 28-Mar-13 7:43am

I just want replacement of _xlApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.

Maciej Los 28-Mar-13 7:47am

What kind of replacement???
If you want my help, please,be more specific and provide more details...