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- I'm new to using VBA for internet related automation. Trying to automate a process which downloads a report xlsx from a web application - many as part of a loop (IE11). Because the URL isn't the path to the file, it's a 'file request link' it processes single signon verification, then the download popup is displayed.
Excel VBA: Automate Save As File using Internet Explorer Recently I was looking at an Excel forum post and from there I took it on myself as a task to learn and resolve their problem of automating the saving of a file using Internet Explorer.
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I am trying to automate some tasks which are being done through Internet explorer, which include downloading a file and then copying it to a different directory and renaming it.I was more or less successful in finding the information on how to do this, the code is working, but it has exceptions, therefore I would be grateful if someone could help me to improve this code.
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There are two things I would like to do:- Insert a loop, so that the script would wait for certain elements to appear and only then would proceed with execution. I have found something on this page https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...is-not-nothing, however, I also would like to built in a maximum wait time, like it is suggested there.
- As the code is downloading a file, it should also wait for the download to be finished, and only then proceed. Currently I am using 'wait' command, but the download times may vary and the script will stop in that case. I have also found a solution to this, by waiting till the button 'Open folder' appears, but I am not sure how to implement it in my code. Here is the code that i have found: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...ie-is-complete
Also, maybe there is another solution, not to save file in a default download location, but do a 'Save as' instead and then defining the directory and file name in that way?
Thank you in advance!
Below is my source code, that I am using right now. As an example, I am using Microsoft page with sample file download.
I have a program that has to open a webpage, copy over some data, save the data, and close the webpage. This is the format of the webpage I am looking for. My goal is to have vba automatically download that .csv file (right side of the page, above the data itself, if you don't see it), and move it to a particular location out of downloads.
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(I was using workbooks.open(URL) before, but I changed the URL to a government site to get better, more reliable data. Problem is, this URL doesn't seem to work when I do that, unlike the old website, which would open up the page inside of Excel. That was convenient, and if anyone knows how to make that work again with this site, I'll just do that instead, though I'm still curious to know how to use IE for vba)
Problem is, I know piss all about how to use IE via VBA. The code I have so far is
As you can see I...haven't gotten far. I gather from other people's attempts to do similar things that I have to loop through the elements on the sheet that can be activated, but I looked through IE's children, and I didn't see anything that seemed like elements, or that I could loop through. So I'm not entirely sure where to proceed.
Edit: so I think I've gotten closer, but I'm still having trouble. My code is now:
As near as I can tell, this code is correct, but I don't know how to confirm the little message at the bottom that asks if I want to download (which I could have sworn wasn't appearing before, but maybe that was just me; sorry to anyone who saw the flurry of edits I did). How do I click on confirm? Preferably with the ability to input a download location, though I suppose I can always just copy/paste it to the right place using code as well.
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If I understand right, you want to download CSV file and open it in Excel. If you do it manually with Chrome, for example, you can see that URL where it came from is:
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You can continue with Workbooks.Open(URL) or use XMLHTTP object or even QueryTables, just format URL string with parameters you need (station ID, date etc.). No IE required - I'm trying to use it only if auth, buttons clicks or JavaScript required to get data.
UPD:Use this macro below, works without errors