VBA Macro to copy different cell values in a Notepad - excel

Question

I want to copy the different cells data into a notepad. How do i do that.
Example : values from row3 column B(B3), then from row3 column E(E3).
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Using a helper module you could:
Dim cell As Range
Dim concat As String
For Each cell In Range("$B$3,$E$3")
concat = concat & vbCrLf & cell.Value
Next
' Debug.Print concat
Text2Clipboard concat
If instead of Range("$B$3,$E$3") you said Selection you'd end up with all the cells currently selected.
Hint: You can select inidivual cells using Ctrl+LeftMouseButton
You need the following helper definitions somewhere in your VBA project (I suggest a module named like 'Clipboard'):
Declare Function abOpenClipboard Lib "User32" Alias "OpenClipboard" (ByVal Hwnd As Long) As Long
Declare Function abCloseClipboard Lib "User32" Alias "CloseClipboard" () As Long
Declare Function abEmptyClipboard Lib "User32" Alias "EmptyClipboard" () As Long
Declare Function abIsClipboardFormatAvailable Lib "User32" Alias "IsClipboardFormatAvailable" (ByVal wFormat As Long) As Long
Declare Function abSetClipboardData Lib "User32" Alias "SetClipboardData" (ByVal wFormat As Long, ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Declare Function abGetClipboardData Lib "User32" Alias "GetClipboardData" (ByVal wFormat As Long) As Long
Declare Function abGlobalAlloc Lib "Kernel32" Alias "GlobalAlloc" (ByVal wFlags As Long, ByVal dwBytes As Long) As Long
Declare Function abGlobalLock Lib "Kernel32" Alias "GlobalLock" (ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Declare Function abGlobalUnlock Lib "Kernel32" Alias "GlobalUnlock" (ByVal hMem As Long) As Boolean
Declare Function abLstrcpy Lib "Kernel32" Alias "lstrcpyA" (ByVal lpString1 As Any, ByVal lpString2 As Any) As Long
Declare Function abGlobalFree Lib "Kernel32" Alias "GlobalFree" (ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Declare Function abGlobalSize Lib "Kernel32" Alias "GlobalSize" (ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Const GHND = &H42
Const CF_TEXT = 1
Const APINULL = 0
Function Text2Clipboard(szText As String)
Dim wLen As Integer
Dim hMemory As Long
Dim lpMemory As Long
Dim retval As Variant
Dim wFreeMemory As Boolean
' Get the length, including one extra for a CHR$(0) at the end.
wLen = Len(szText) + 1
szText = szText & Chr$(0)
hMemory = abGlobalAlloc(GHND, wLen + 1)
If hMemory = APINULL Then
MsgBox "Unable to allocate memory."
Exit Function
End If
wFreeMemory = True
lpMemory = abGlobalLock(hMemory)
If lpMemory = APINULL Then
MsgBox "Unable to lock memory."
GoTo T2CB_Free
End If
' Copy our string into the locked memory.
retval = abLstrcpy(lpMemory, szText)
' Don't send clipboard locked memory.
retval = abGlobalUnlock(hMemory)
If abOpenClipboard(0&) = APINULL Then
MsgBox "Unable to open Clipboard. Perhaps some other application is using it."
GoTo T2CB_Free
End If
If abEmptyClipboard() = APINULL Then
MsgBox "Unable to empty the clipboard."
GoTo T2CB_Close
End If
If abSetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hMemory) = APINULL Then
MsgBox "Unable to set the clipboard data."
GoTo T2CB_Close
End If
wFreeMemory = False
T2CB_Close:
If abCloseClipboard() = APINULL Then
MsgBox "Unable to close the Clipboard."
End If
If wFreeMemory Then GoTo T2CB_Free
Exit Function
T2CB_Free:
If abGlobalFree(hMemory) <> APINULL Then
MsgBox "Unable to free global memory."
End If
End Function
Notes
code 'borrowed' from http://www.everythingaccess.com/tutorials.asp?ID=Copying-data-to-and-from-the-Clipboard-(Acc-95%2B)
tested in Excel 2003 on Windows XP SP3

Answer 2

Write your cell values to a text file, then open it in Notepad or your favourite text editor.
' Write to file.
Open "C:\temp.txt" For Output As #1
Print #1, Range("B3").Value, Range("C4").Value
Print #1, Range("Q981").Value, "hello world!" ' or whatever else
Close #1
' Now open it in notepad.
Shell ("notepad ""C:\temp.txt""")