TextBox Control

Getting the text

To get the text in a textbox you use the following syntax:

Var = Text1.Text

Where Var is a variable to contain the text. The code below shows a message box displaying the text in Text1

Dim sDisplayText As String
sDisplayText = Text1.Text
Msgbox sDisplayText

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