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Old 10-09-2020, 02:47 AM
alex100 alex100 is offline Finding text without moving the cursor down Windows 7 64bit Finding text without moving the cursor down Office 2016
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I am using the following code in a larger Word macro that I use...



Code:
With Selection.Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Text = "http" & "*" & vbCr & "-----"
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .MatchWholeWord = True
    Do While .Execute
        Selection.MoveStart Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=0
        Selection.MoveEnd Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=-6
    Loop
End With
url = Selection.Text
It finds and saves (in a variable) the first URL address that is written in this particular format:

http:// www.address.com
-----

The problem is that the code moves down the page (depending on where an URL address is found), and the current page view goes out of focus.

How can I avoid this? What I need is to keep the same functionality of the code, but achive this in a seamless way, without moving the cursor at all.

Using 'Application.ScreenUpdating = False' does seem to help, but the page still loses its initial position when the code is run. I also tried saving the vertical scroll position and restore it later (using 'ActiveWindow.ActivePane.VerticalPercentScrolled') . That helped too, but did not solve the problem entirely.

Alex
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Old 10-09-2020, 05:47 AM
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Code:
Sub ScratchMacro()
'A basic Word macro coded by Greg Maxey
Dim URL As String
Dim oRng As Range
  Set oRng = ActiveDocument.Range
  With oRng.Find
    Selection.ClearFormatting
    .Text = "http" & "*" & vbCr & "-----"
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .MatchWholeWord = True
    Do While .Execute
      oRng.End = oRng.End - 6
      URL = oRng.Text
      oRng.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    Loop
  End With
  MsgBox URL
lbl_Exit:
  Exit Sub
End Sub
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Old 10-09-2020, 08:09 AM
alex100 alex100 is offline Finding text without moving the cursor down Windows 7 64bit Finding text without moving the cursor down Office 2016
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Thank you very much, this is just what I needed!

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