Transfer Calculator Result

[Ed]

I know how to display the Microsoft calculator in Word.

MS says that a two step 'Copy/Paste' operation is the only way to capture
the result of a calculation. Is there any way via VBA to more directly
capture the answer and automatically get the calculator's answer into the
document or into a form field (by clicking one button, for example)?

Thanks,

Ed (in Virginia)

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I don't believe that the calculator exposes itself to the use of VBA. You
could however use vba to ask the use for the inputs to the calculation and
to perform the calculation.

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[Jezebel]

or use the dreaded SendKeys

I don't believe that the calculator exposes itself to the use of VBA. You
could however use vba to ask the use for the inputs to the calculation and
to perform the calculation.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi Ed,

Ctrl c copies the calculator's result,
or whatever is displayed to the clipboard.
As you have to type into the calculator anyway,
it's just one keystroke more.

To read from the clipboard programmatically,
google for dataobject, getfromclipboard, gettext

HTH

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Ed,

Ctrl c copies the calculator's result,
or whatever is displayed to the clipboard.
As you have to type into the calculator anyway,
it's just one keystroke more.

To read from the clipboard programmatically,
google for dataobject, getfromclipboard, gettext

HTH

Or start with
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ManipulateClipboard.htm.

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[Roy]

Thanks, all. I know what I am going to do now.

-Ed