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Excel VBA display message in cell click

Excel VBA display a message once a specified cell is click.

Popup a message box on Excel when a particular cell is click by the user.

Here's the simple VBA code snippet:

//=======================

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)

Dim xtarget


  'this message will always display which ever cell is click on the worksheet

    MsgBox Target.Address & " is selected"
xtarget = Target.Address



'if A1 is click msgbox message below will be displayed

If xtarget = "$A$1" Then



MsgBox "You selected A1, please don't harm the value"



End If



End Sub

//=======================

The code can be tweak also to display the cell comment on the message box.

//=======================

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
 
Dim xtarget
xtarget = Target.Address

Dim varxComment As String
Dim xcom As Comment

With Range(xtarget)
 
    On Error Resume Next
    Set xcom = .Comment
    On Error GoTo 0
    If xcom Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "No comment", vbExclamation
    Else
        varxComment = xcom.Text
        MsgBox "Cell has comment by - - " + vbCrLf + varxComment, vbInformation, "NOTICE"
    End If
 
End With

End Sub

//=======================


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