How to look for Roman characters and match characters with diacritics

**Lymoz** · 03-12-2019, 08:10 PM

Hey,
So I stumbled into a thread (can't link the thread since this is my first post) from two years ago that addressed this specific "issue" but when I tried to implement the solution myself I unfortunately fell short. I have downloaded the .xlsm provided by a forum moderator.

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However when I try to run the macro nothing happens after I press "Find Next" regardless of what input I insert.
I have also already ticked "Microsoft Scripting Runtime" in "References".

Any help is appreciated!

**6StringJazzer** · 03-12-2019, 08:56 PM

The referenced thread is How to ignore accented characters in a string.

The original file is attached for easier reference.

The attached file was to demonstrate just one example, MOHŠÌÑ. If you type MOHSIN in the search box it will find occurrences of MOHŠÌÑ in the worksheet.

What data are you putting in the worksheet and what are you typing in the box?

**Lymoz** · 03-12-2019, 09:28 PM

Nothing happens even if I type "MOHSIN" in the search, and I'm not really sure what to do since I do not know enough about VBA to troubleshoot myself.

**6StringJazzer** · 03-14-2019, 10:36 AM

Here is an update to the file. The only change is to provide a button to make it easier to invoke the search.

Here is a video of me using it.

https://youtu.be/O5T0FbSgvlk

How is what you are doing different than this?

**Lymoz** · 03-14-2019, 09:04 PM

Yes, now it works! And I am ashamed to admit this but I think I know what I did wrong. I didn't know that the new search function was case-sensitive, which I should've known since capital letters have unique ASCII codes (if i understand this correctly, which I most probably don't). Which means there was nothing wrong with the initial file of course. I was also just wondering if it is possible to somehow alter the code for the macro to not make it case-sensitive like the regular search function? In other words I wouldn't need to type "MOHSIN" in caps and "mohsin" would also lead to a hit.

This request is just a minor detail and is not really that important anyway but just wondering. If this is too much to ask or makes the programming a lot more troublesome I completely understand!

And either way thanks for helping out a not-so-tech-savvy guy like me!

**bakerman2** · 03-14-2019, 10:33 PM

This seems to work just fine.

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**Lymoz** · 03-17-2019, 08:24 AM

Thanks bakerman2!
This fixed the issue with the search being case-sensitive!

I think this is the last issue I'm gonna have with the code and I thank everyone that has helped me! The issue now is that when I try to apply this to another excel file (I have imported all the necessary modules and forms), I receive the following error message: "Run-time error '1004': Select method of Range class failed". Thereafter when I press debug it directs me to the following line in the code: "C.Select" (the last of the "C.Select" with there being several of them in the code, the one just before "Exit Sub").

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How do I change the range of the macro to include the entire workbook, if possible?

Thanks a bunch in advance! You guys are all very kind to help me!

**bakerman2** · 03-17-2019, 08:40 PM

Can you post the workbook where the error occurs because with Jeff's example file I can't reproduce the error.

**Lymoz** · 03-18-2019, 10:58 AM

Sure! I want the search function mainly for the second sheet in the workbook since it has a lot of diacritics that I can't type with my current keyboard layout (but if possible for the whole workbook).

**shg** · 03-18-2019, 11:30 AM

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**Lymoz** · 03-18-2019, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by shg

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Thanks! That solved the run-time error! If it's not too much to ask, I would also like the search function to search within all of the sheets in the workbook if possible. Even though I continue to make requests after requests regarding the code, I would just like you all to know that I truly appreciate all of the help!

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