Copying cell value to textbox vba - vba

Question

I have been trying to write a macro that will dynamically fill a textbox on a new sheet will the value of a cell from another sheet.
I have managed to get it working using this:
Sub copyDetail()
' Define variables
Dim pre As Worksheet
Dim des As Worksheet
Set pre = Sheets("Presentation")
Set des = Sheets("Description")
Dim i As Integer
Dim lbl As String
' Scroll through labels and copy where boolean = 1
For i = 2 To 17
If des.Cells(i, 2) = 1 Then
lbl = des.Cells(i, 11)
Sheets("Presentation").Select
ActiveSheet.Shapes.Range(Array("TextBox 1")).Select
Selection.Text = lbl
Else
End If
Next i
End Sub
I basically want to be able to do exactly what this does but without using select all the time as this changes sheets and slows down my code (I have many other sub's to run alongside this one). I've tried things like defining the textbox using this:
Dim myLabel As Object
Set myLabel = pre.Shapes.Range(Array("TextBox 1"))
But then I get an "object doesn't support this property or method" error when I try and call:
myLabel.Text = lbl

Answer 1

You can set the text of a TextBox like so:
ActiveSheet.Shapes("TextBox 1").TextFrame.Characters.Text = "Hello world"
You can set-up a little helper Sub in a Module to make the code re-usable:
Public Sub SetTextBoxText(ws As Worksheet, strShapeName As String, strText As String)
Dim shp As Shape
On Error Resume Next
Set shp = ws.Shapes(strShapeName)
If Not shp Is Nothing Then
shp.TextFrame.Characters.Text = strText
Else
Debug.Print "Shape not found"
End If
End Sub