Hi,

How can I use "shell" to move from Excel to the current (default) web page
to copy some comma delimited text data, then open Notepad and save it there?
I then can open the saved text in Excel with the captured text displayed as
column data and rearrange it. Thanks for any help.

TIA
Tom

Tom,

You're adding steps you don't need. For example, you don't need the
intermediate step of opening Notepad to retrieve delimited text from a web
page to a worksheet.

When you refer to "current (default) web page", do you mean the Internet
Explorer home page or some page already in an open IE window or something
else?


Steve Yandl



"Tom" wrote in message
...
Hi,

How can I use "shell" to move from Excel to the current (default) web page
to copy some comma delimited text data, then open Notepad and save it
there?
I then can open the saved text in Excel with the captured text displayed
as column data and rearrange it. Thanks for any help.

TIA
Tom

"Steve Yandl" wrote in message
...
Tom,

You're adding steps you don't need. For example, you don't need the
intermediate step of opening Notepad to retrieve delimited text from a web
page to a worksheet.

When you refer to "current (default) web page", do you mean the Internet
Explorer home page or some page already in an open IE window or something
else?

Whatever web page that is currently open. Or to use your description, "some
page already in an open IE window".
Here is an example of the data I last captured. It relates to the
specifications of one of the family of computers:
Sony VAIO FW BluRay Notebook VGNFW56GFB, 16.4-inch, 16:9 Real Wide LCD,
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.8 GHz), 16.4` wide (WXGA++: 1600 x 900)
TFT colour display, 500GB HDD (Serial ATA 5400rpm), 4GB DDR2 SDRAM, Bluray
Disk Drive, Intel High Definition Audio compatible, 3D audio (Direct Sound
3D support), Built-in stereo speakers, Built-in monaural microphone, Video =
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 Graphics, Network = 10Base-T/100Base-TX /
1000Base-T, Bluetooth standard version 2.1+EDR, Wireless LAN: IEEE
802.11a/b/g/Draft n, Built-In Camera: MOTION EYE Camera: Effective Pixels:
1280x1024, Interfaces: USB 2.0 x3, 4-pin i.Link (IEEE 1394) S400 x1, HDMI
x1, ExpressCard /34 x1, RJ45 Ethernet x1, Headphone Jack x1, Microphone Jack
x1, Monitor connector (VGA, D-SUB 15 pin) x1, Memory Stick Standard/Duo Slot
x1, SD/MMC Card Slot x1, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
After I have opened the text file in Excel, they become column data. My
macro then rearranges them along a single column as follows:
Sony VAIO FW BluRay Notebook VGNFW56GFB
16.4-inch
16:9 Real Wide LCD
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.8 GHz)
16.4` wide (WXGA++: 1600 x 900) TFT colour display
500GB HDD (Serial ATA 5400rpm)
4GB DDR2 SDRAM
Blueray Disk Drive
Intel High Definition Audio compatible
3D audio (Direct Sound 3D support)
Built-in stereo speakers
Built-in monaural microphone
Video = 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 Graphics
Network = 10Base-T/100Base-TX / 1000Base-T
Bluetooth standard version 2.1+EDR
Wireless LAN: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/Draft n
Built-In Camera: MOTION EYE Camera: Effective Pixels: 1280x1024
Interfaces: USB 2.0 x3
4-pin i.Link (IEEE 1394) S400 x1
HDMI x1,
ExpressCard /34 x1,
RJ45 Ethernet x1,
Headphone Jack x1,
Microphone Jack x1,
Monitor connector (VGA D-SUB 15 pin) x1,
Memory Stick Standard/Duo Slot x1,
SD/MMC Card Slot x1,
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Following on say every 4 columns away on the right of the spreadsheet would
be the specifications of another 2 or 3 more computers.
When the informations are displayed side by side, it is easier to compare
their properties. What I hope to avoid is having to go outside of Excel to
grab the data. I somehow think that the command "shell" can simplify the
task.



Steve Yandl



"Tom" wrote in message
...
Hi,

How can I use "shell" to move from Excel to the current (default) web
page to copy some comma delimited text data, then open Notepad and save
it there?
I then can open the saved text in Excel with the captured text displayed
as column data and rearrange it. Thanks for any help.

TIA
Tom

Tom,

I think this will do the trick for you. Select the text on your web page.
Activate the workbook containing the code. On the worksheet, select the
cell where you want the first line of the data to be placed and then run the
macro. The data selected on the web page will be split at the commas and
the elements of the array will be entered in the same column as your
selected cell.

Steve

Sub ParseOpenWebPage()

Dim strDoc As String
Dim a As Integer
Dim b As Integer

a = Selection.Row
b = Selection.Column

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objShellWindows = objShell.Windows

If objShellWindows.Count = 0 Then
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If

For i = 0 To objShellWindows.Count - 1
Set objIE = objShellWindows.Item(i)
If InStr(objIE.LocationURL, "http") Then
Set objSelection = objIE.Document.Selection.CreateRange()
strDoc = objSelection.Text
End If
Next i

If Len(strDoc) 0 Then
arrText = Split(strDoc, ",")
For r = 0 To UBound(arrText)
Cells(a + r, b).Value = arrText(r)
Next r
End If

Set objIE = Nothing
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
End Sub

Thanks Steve. That's perfect. What needs to be modified if the data
displayed after the heading "Description" has a carriage return like in this
page?
http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0002-...ewlett-packard

"Steve Yandl" wrote in message
...
Tom,

I think this will do the trick for you. Select the text on your web page.
Activate the workbook containing the code. On the worksheet, select the
cell where you want the first line of the data to be placed and then run
the macro. The data selected on the web page will be split at the commas
and the elements of the array will be entered in the same column as your
selected cell.

Steve

Sub ParseOpenWebPage()

Dim strDoc As String
Dim a As Integer
Dim b As Integer

a = Selection.Row
b = Selection.Column

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objShellWindows = objShell.Windows

If objShellWindows.Count = 0 Then
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If

For i = 0 To objShellWindows.Count - 1
Set objIE = objShellWindows.Item(i)
If InStr(objIE.LocationURL, "http") Then
Set objSelection = objIE.Document.Selection.CreateRange()
strDoc = objSelection.Text
End If
Next i

If Len(strDoc) 0 Then
arrText = Split(strDoc, ",")
For r = 0 To UBound(arrText)
Cells(a + r, b).Value = arrText(r)
Next r
End If

Set objIE = Nothing
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
End Sub

I meant to add that the way I handle data that has a carriage return is to
save it as a text file, then open it as a "fixed-with" in Excel. The macro
is much shorter as the data is already arranged columnwise.

"Steve Yandl" wrote in message
...
Tom,

I think this will do the trick for you. Select the text on your web page.
Activate the workbook containing the code. On the worksheet, select the
cell where you want the first line of the data to be placed and then run
the macro. The data selected on the web page will be split at the commas
and the elements of the array will be entered in the same column as your
selected cell.

Steve

Sub ParseOpenWebPage()

Dim strDoc As String
Dim a As Integer
Dim b As Integer

a = Selection.Row
b = Selection.Column

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objShellWindows = objShell.Windows

If objShellWindows.Count = 0 Then
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If

For i = 0 To objShellWindows.Count - 1
Set objIE = objShellWindows.Item(i)
If InStr(objIE.LocationURL, "http") Then
Set objSelection = objIE.Document.Selection.CreateRange()
strDoc = objSelection.Text
End If
Next i

If Len(strDoc) 0 Then
arrText = Split(strDoc, ",")
For r = 0 To UBound(arrText)
Cells(a + r, b).Value = arrText(r)
Next r
End If

Set objIE = Nothing
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
End Sub

One last question. Often I have other web pages open. I found that your
macro did not know the data of the web page I had selected when I ran it.
But if I closed all the others it had no problem. If several web pages are
open is there a way (e.g. include the URL in your codes) for it to associate
with the one whose data has been selected?

Tom

Tom,

That's why I asked you what you meant by "default" web page in your original
question. There can be multiple web pages open at any time and the
subroutine look at all of them. The results produced are from the last page
the sub looked at (results overwrite previous results, even if the new
result is a blank). Not only that, the shell windows collection includes
Windows Explorer windows as well as Internet Explorer windows.

The line
If InStr(objIE.LocationURL, "http") Then
checks to make sure the url of the window contains the letters "http" and
ignores windows that don't include that combination. That's how I avoided
having the routine fail by trying to parse any open Explorer windows (like
desktop and start button which are pretty much always open). You can expand
what is contained inside the double quotes in that line of code so that the
sub will ignore IE windows not open to the graysonline website.


Steve



"Tom" wrote in message
...
One last question. Often I have other web pages open. I found that your
macro did not know the data of the web page I had selected when I ran it.
But if I closed all the others it had no problem. If several web pages are
open is there a way (e.g. include the URL in your codes) for it to
associate with the one whose data has been selected?

Tom

"Steve Yandl" wrote in message
...
Tom,

That's why I asked you what you meant by "default" web page in your
original question.
I meant the URL or the active web page whose data I had selected for
copying.
There could be other web pages open but not active and whose URL addresses
all began with http://www.graysonline


There can be multiple web pages open at any time and the subroutine look
at all of them. The results produced are from the last page the sub
looked at (results overwrite previous results, even if the new result is a
blank).
Would refreshing the wanted page makes it the last page for the sub to look
at?
If not closing it down and reopening it again would that make it the last
page?
Any other suggestions?


Not only that, the shell windows collection includes
Windows Explorer windows as well as Internet Explorer windows.

The line
If InStr(objIE.LocationURL, "http") Then
checks to make sure the url of the window contains the letters "http" and
ignores windows that don't include that combination.
If there are other http://www.graysonline pages that are open, for your sub
to target
a specific URL like say,
http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0001-...0-024-notebook
do I have to replace "http" by the above full address?

That's how I avoided having the routine fail by trying to parse any open
Explorer windows (like desktop and start button which are pretty much
always open). You can expand what is contained inside the double quotes
in that line of code so that the sub will ignore IE windows not open to
the graysonline website.


Steve



"Tom" wrote in message
...
One last question. Often I have other web pages open. I found that your
macro did not know the data of the web page I had selected when I ran it.
But if I closed all the others it had no problem. If several web pages
are open is there a way (e.g. include the URL in your codes) for it to
associate with the one whose data has been selected?

Tom

Try the following. This will cycle through all the web pages like the
original but it will append the text data to the existing data rather than
overwrite........Steve

Sub ParseOpenWebPage()

Dim strDoc As String
Dim a As Integer
Dim b As Integer

a = Selection.Row
b = Selection.Column

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objShellWindows = objShell.Windows

If objShellWindows.Count = 0 Then
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If

strDoc = ""

For i = 0 To objShellWindows.Count - 1
Set objIE = objShellWindows.Item(i)
If InStr(objIE.LocationURL, "http") Then
Set objSelection = objIE.Document.Selection.CreateRange()
strDoc = strDoc & objSelection.Text & ","
End If
Next i

If Len(strDoc) 0 Then
arrText = Split(strDoc, ",")
For r = 0 To UBound(arrText)
Cells(a + r, b).Value = arrText(r)
Next r
End If

Set objIE = Nothing
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
End Sub

Tom,

Give the approach below a try. It looks at all the open pages but appends
each selection to the previous collected text rather than overwrite.

Sub ParseOpenWebPage()

Dim strDoc As String
Dim a As Integer
Dim b As Integer

a = Selection.Row
b = Selection.Column

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objShellWindows = objShell.Windows

If objShellWindows.Count = 0 Then
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If

strDoc = ""

For i = 0 To objShellWindows.Count - 1
Set objIE = objShellWindows.Item(i)
If InStr(objIE.LocationURL, "http") Then
Set objSelection = objIE.Document.Selection.CreateRange()
strDoc = strDoc & objSelection.Text & ","
End If
Next i

If Len(strDoc) 0 Then
arrText = Split(strDoc, ",")
For r = 0 To UBound(arrText)
Cells(a + r, b).Value = arrText(r)
Next r
End If

Set objIE = Nothing
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
End Sub

Steve your codes are cycling well through all the open pages and pick only
the page with the selected text to capture and display its contents down
column 1. I must congratulate and thank you for your efforts to have done it
in just a few steps. Is VB your background rather than VBA?

I still use some programs written with Excel4 macros and like to replace
them with the current Excel 11(?) macros but have not been able to get a
solution from anyone. I wonder if you can help. The procedure is to read a
list of names starting with A1 column1 of Document1 then goes and finds the
exact name in Document2 which is a large database of person information. It
then pauses to allow the user to check, edit or extract any information
he/she likes before continuing when a pause button is clicked. It goes back
to Document1 and reads the next name down the list. This is repeated until
the whole list is read. Any help is much appreciated.

"Steve Yandl" wrote in message
...
Tom,

Give the approach below a try. It looks at all the open pages but appends
each selection to the previous collected text rather than overwrite.

Sub ParseOpenWebPage()

Dim strDoc As String
Dim a As Integer
Dim b As Integer

a = Selection.Row
b = Selection.Column

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objShellWindows = objShell.Windows

If objShellWindows.Count = 0 Then
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If

strDoc = ""

For i = 0 To objShellWindows.Count - 1
Set objIE = objShellWindows.Item(i)
If InStr(objIE.LocationURL, "http") Then
Set objSelection = objIE.Document.Selection.CreateRange()
strDoc = strDoc & objSelection.Text & ","
End If
Next i

If Len(strDoc) 0 Then
arrText = Split(strDoc, ",")
For r = 0 To UBound(arrText)
Cells(a + r, b).Value = arrText(r)
Next r
End If

Set objIE = Nothing
Set objShellWindows = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
End Sub