XL97: Keyboard Input for RichTextBox Is Entered in a Cell

ID: Q174445

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 97, if you try to type in a RichTextBox control, the text may appear in a cell on the worksheet.

CAUSE

You may experience this problem if the following conditions are true:

You are using the RichTextBox control, version 1.0.2922, that ships with Microsoft Visual Basic version 4.0.
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You place the RichTextBox control on a worksheet.
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You try to type directly in the RichTextBox control.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The controls that are installed with Microsoft Excel 97 are the only ActiveX controls that are fully tested and supported for use with Microsoft Excel 97.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q165450
   TITLE     : XL97: Error Inserting ActiveX Object in a Worksheet

   ARTICLE-ID: Q168392
   TITLE     : OFF97: Limitations of ActiveX Control Support in Office
                      Documents

REFERENCES

For more information the about RichTextBox control, click the Index tab in Visual Basic Help, type the following text

   RichTextBox Control

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "RichTextBox Control (Custom Control Reference)" topic.

Additional query words: XL97 ActiveX richtext ocx

Keywords          : kbdta xlui KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 3, 1999