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  1. Apr 18th, 2008, 05:59 PM #1
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    If a textbox contains " x " then

    Is there a way to find out if a textbox contains a certain word or sentance?

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  2. Apr 18th, 2008, 06:17 PM #2
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    Re: If a textbox contains " x " then

    Yes, the InStr function.
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    Re: If a textbox contains " x " then

    If InStr(Text1.Text, "hello world") Then...
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    Re: If a textbox contains " x " then

    by the way is there a way to make it so caps do not matter?
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    Re: If a textbox contains " x " then

    If InStr(UCase(Text1.Text), "HELLO WORLD") Then...
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  7. Apr 18th, 2008, 06:32 PM #6
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    Re: If a textbox contains " x " then

    or

    Code:
    If InStr(1,Text1.Text,"X",vbTextCompare) Then
MsgBox "The letter 'X' is in Text1!"
End If
    That will take care of upper and lower case letters.
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