How to VBA change cell's value (display text) without changing its formula?

Question

I\'ve a problem with this VBA macro.

Sub demoChangeText()
    Application.Range(\"B2\").Value = \"Overidden text\"
End Sub

My test is here.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if this will help, as it is a bit hard to tell what your underlying requirement is, but here goes anyway:

Several things affect the display of a cell:

1. the entered value, if its a constant
2. the result of a calculation, if its a formula
3. the format of the cell
4. the conditional format(s) of the cell, if any

In the example sheet provided you have a formula of =ROW()&COLUMN() which returns a string result of 22

You can make this display something else by applying a cell format,
eg a format of 0;0;0;Ov\e\r\ri\d\d\e\n t\ext will display any string value as Overridden text

This can by applied with VBA with

Range("B2").NumberFormat = "0;0;0;Ov\e\r\ri\d\d\e\n t\ext\s"

or

Range("B2").NumberFormat = "0;0;0;""Overridden texts"""