Object Code Not Working in Updated Excel

Devin

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Hi All,

I was using the below macro to copy a cell location so I could go elsewhere in the workbook an paste it. It worked fine until I updated to Excel 2016. Now when I paste, it pastes 2 question mark boxes (Char(63)).

Any ideas? Thanks!

Code:
Sub CopyLoc()
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim CopyText As String
    Dim obj As New DataObject
    If Trim(ActiveCell.Address & vbNullString) = vbNullString Then GoTo ExitCopyLoc
    CopyText = "'" & ActiveSheet.Name & "'!" & ActiveCell.Address
    obj.SetText CopyText
    obj.PutInClipboard
ExitCopyLoc:
End Sub
 

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Format cells as date
Select range and press Ctrl+Shift+3 to format cells as date. (Shift 3 is the # sign which sort of looks like a small calendar).
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