Find cell based on a property - vba

Question

I need to find a cell into a worksheet but I'd like to avoid looking for a string.
The problem I have is that the worksheet will be edited by my client. If ever he decides to write the string I'm looking for before the good one, the app will crash.
Sub FindSpecificCell()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("TP 1")
Dim myRange As Range
Dim rangeFinal As Range
Set monRange = ws.Range("A:AJ")
Set rangeFinal = myRange.Find("Description du test")
Debug.Print " "
Debug.Print "Looking for ""Description du test"" in TP 1 "
Debug.Print "column : " & rangeFinal.Column
Debug.Print "row : " & rangeFinal.Row
End Sub
Is there a way to insert a kind of property inside the cell in order to be sure that I'm working on the good one?

Answer 1

You can't associated properties with a specific cell directly, but you can use properties with the worksheet to store this information. I've used a couple methods like this before:
'Set the provided value of the custom property with the provided name in the provided sheet.
Private Sub SetCustomPropertyValue(InSheet As Worksheet, WithPropertyName As String, WithValue As Variant)
Dim objCP As CustomProperty
Dim bolFound As Boolean
bolFound = False 'preset.
For Each objCP In InSheet.CustomProperties
'if this property's name is the one whose value is sought...
If (StrComp(objCP.Name, WithPropertyName, vbTextCompare) = 0) Then
objCP.Value = WithValue
bolFound = True
Exit For
End If
Next
'if the property didn't already exist on the sheet, add it.
If (Not bolFound) Then Call InSheet.CustomProperties.Add(WithPropertyName, WithValue)
End Sub
'Return the value of the custom property with the provided name in the provided sheet.
Private Function GetCustomPropertyValue(InSheet As Worksheet, WithPropertyName As String) As Variant
Dim objCP As CustomProperty
GetCustomPropertyValue = Empty
For Each objCP In InSheet.CustomProperties
'if this property's name is the one whose value is sought...
If (StrComp(objCP.Name, WithPropertyName, vbTextCompare) = 0) Then
GetCustomPropertyValue = objCP.Value
Exit For
End If
Next
End Function
Then you can do something like this to write and read back values:
Sub test()
Dim strPropName As String
strPropName = "MyRange_" & Selection.Address
Dim strWhatIWantToStore As String
strWhatIWantToStore = "Here's what I want to store for this range"
Call SetCustomPropertyValue(ActiveSheet, strPropName, strWhatIWantToStore)
MsgBox GetCustomPropertyValue(ActiveSheet, strPropName)
End Sub