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Cute Greetings

Years ago, I had this idea for sending unique birthday greetings to a dear friend. I wrote this little ditty that walks a phrase down a page in a myriad of way.

I call the “GetText” code from a button on the front.

'+--------------------------------------------------
'|   Modules for creating a text file of cute Birthday greetings
'+--------------------------------------------------
'|   Enter the text and mac builds a series of characters dancing down the page
'+--------------------------------------------------

Option Base 1
'Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" () As Long
'Dim lngTickCount As Long

Private Declare PtrSafe Function PlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" (ByVal lpszName As String, _
ByVal hModule As LongPtr, ByVal dwFlags As LongPtr) As LongPtr

Const SND_SYNC = &H0
Const SND_ASYNC = &H1
Const SND_FILENAME = &H20000

'Table of Contents
    'Auto_Open
    'GetText
    'BuildSheet
    
'pw = "Good Morning"

Sub Auto_Open()
    Sheets("Main").Select
End Sub





Sub GetText()
    Dim Stringer As String, Incre As Integer, CounteR As Integer, InteraTe As Integer
    Dim Q As Integer, U As Integer, DaRow As String, Spacer, TheString As String
    Dim AnoRow As String, NamerS
    
    
    
    Spacer = Chr(32)
    InteraTe = 0
    Close #1
    TheString = InputBox("Type the phrase to be changed into a greeting ..." _
        & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "For best results, do not use commas (,) in this input. Exclamations (!) are OK", _
        "Greeting Input", "Happy Birthday")
    Stringer = TheString
    Incre = Len(TheString)
    NamerS = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & Left(Stringer, 4) & Application.Text(Now(), "mmdd") & ".TXT"
  '  Open "c:\data\" & Left(Stringer, 4) & Application.Text(Now(), "mmdd") & ".TXT" For Output As #1
    Open NamerS For Output As #1
        For Q = 1 To Incre      '1st
            Stringer = Left(TheString, Q) & DaRow & Right(TheString, Len(TheString) - Q)
            DaRow = DaRow + Spacer
            Print #1, Stringer
        Next Q
        
        
        For U = 1 To Incre      '2nd
            Stringer = DaRow & TheString
                If DaRow = "" Then
                    DaRow = Chr(32)
                Else
                    DaRow = Left(DaRow, Len(DaRow) - 1)
                End If
            Print #1, Stringer
        Next
        For U = 1 To Incre      '3rd
            Stringer = Left(TheString, Len(TheString) - U) & DaRow & Right(TheString, U)
            Print #1, Stringer
            If DaRow = "" Then
                DaRow = Chr(32)
            Else
                DaRow = DaRow & Chr(32)
            End If
        Next U
        DaRow = Chr(32)
        '---------------------4th
        For Q = 1 To Incre      '4th
            Print #1, DaRow & Stringer
            DaRow = DaRow & Spacer
        Next Q
        AnoRow = DaRow
        DaRow = Chr(32)
        
        InteraTe = Len(TheString)       '5th
            Select Case Right(InteraTe, 1)
                Case 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
                    Stringer = TheString & DaRow
                Case 2, 4, 6, 8, 0
                    Stringer = TheString
            End Select
            U = Len(Stringer) / 2
        For Q = 1 To InteraTe
            Stringer = AnoRow & Left(TheString, U) & Left(DaRow, Len(AnoRow) + 1) & DaRow & Right(TheString, U)
            DaRow = DaRow + Spacer
            AnoRow = Right(AnoRow, Len(AnoRow) - 1)
       '         Debug.Print Stringer
            Print #1, Stringer
        Next Q
        For Q = 1 To InteraTe       '6th
            Stringer = AnoRow & Left(TheString, U) & Left(AnoRow, Len(DaRow) - 1) & DaRow & Right(TheString, U)
            Print #1, Stringer
            If DaRow = "" Then
                DaRow = Chr(32)
            Else
                DaRow = Right(DaRow, Len(DaRow) - 1)
            End If
            AnoRow = AnoRow + Spacer
        Next Q
        DaRow = Chr(32)
      Incre = Len(TheString)
        DaRow = Chr(32)
        For Q = 1 To Incre          '7th
            Stringer = Left(TheString, Q) & DaRow & Right(TheString, Len(TheString) - Q)
            DaRow = DaRow & Spacer
            Print #1, Stringer
        Next Q
        For Q = 1 To Incre          '7A
            Stringer = Left(TheString, Len(TheString) - Q) & DaRow & Right(TheString, Q)
            DaRow = Left(DaRow, Len(DaRow) - 1)
            Print #1, Stringer
        Next Q
        DaRow = ""
        For U = 1 To InteraTe       '8th
            Stringer = DaRow & TheString
                If DaRow = "" Then
                    DaRow = Chr(32)
                Else
                    DaRow = DaRow & Chr(32)
                End If
            Print #1, Stringer
        Next
        U = 0
        For U = 1 To InteraTe       '9th
            Stringer = DaRow & TheString
                If DaRow = "" Then
                    DaRow = Chr(32)
                Else
                    DaRow = Left(DaRow, Len(DaRow) - 1)
                End If
            Print #1, Stringer
        Next
        Print #1, DaRow; DaRow, TheString
    Close #1
    Dim strFile As String
    strFile = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Marvin Question.wav"
    Call PlaySound(strFile, 0&, SND_ASYNC Or SND_FILENAME)
    
    MsgBox "The completed file is saved in " & NamerS & vbCrLf & _
        "Try changing the input to see different effects." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
        & "To send as an email, open the text file and copy the contents into the email message." _
        & " Alan is working on going directly to email.", 64, "Completed"
End Sub

Here is an example. I paste into an email and format accordingly.
Happy Birthday Joey
Ha ppy Birthday Joey
Hap  py Birthday Joey
Happ   y Birthday Joey
Happy     Birthday Joey
Happy      Birthday Joey
Happy B      irthday Joey
Happy Bi       rthday Joey
Happy Bir        thday Joey
Happy Birt         hday Joey
Happy Birth          day Joey
Happy Birthd           ay Joey
Happy Birthda            y Joey
Happy Birthday              Joey
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Happy Birthday J               oey
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Happy Birthday Joe                 y
Happy Birthday Joey                  
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Happy Birthday Jo ey
Happy Birthday J  oey
Happy Birthday    Joey
Happy Birthday     Joey
Happy Birthda     y Joey
Happy Birthd      ay Joey
Happy Birth       day Joey
Happy Birt        hday Joey
Happy Bir         thday Joey
Happy Bi          rthday Joey
Happy B           irthday Joey
Happy             Birthday Joey
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                   Happy Birt   thday Joey
H appy Birthday Joey
Ha  ppy Birthday Joey
Hap   py Birthday Joey
Happ    y Birthday Joey
Happy      Birthday Joey
Happy       Birthday Joey
Happy B       irthday Joey
Happy Bi        rthday Joey
Happy Bir         thday Joey
Happy Birt          hday Joey
Happy Birth           day Joey
Happy Birthd            ay Joey
Happy Birthda             y Joey
Happy Birthday               Joey
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Happy Birthda               y Joey
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Happy Birt            hday Joey
Happy Bir           thday Joey
Happy Bi          rthday Joey
Happy B         irthday Joey
Happy         Birthday Joey
Happy        Birthday Joey
Happ      y Birthday Joey
Hap     py Birthday Joey
Ha    ppy Birthday Joey
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Hope you like it and check out the sample.

© MMXVIII

Updated:  11/20/2018 20:24
This page added:  01 June 2018