I am relatively new at VBA (I know the basics, but not much else) and I am trying to get some code set up that will fill out online forms for me, but when I run my code I get a 438 error:
object doesnt support this property or method
when it gets to
ie.document.getElementById ("q")
I have added the HTML object library and Microsoft internet controls to my references. I have looked at tons of online forums. I have even copied and pasted an entire script directly into VBA. Nothing will make it use getElementById(). Here is my code:
Sub internetstuff()
Dim ie As Object
Set ie = CreateObject("internetexplorer.application")
ie.Visible = True
ie.navigate ("https://www.google.com/")
Set searchbx = ie.document.getElementById("q")
searchbx.Value = "Howdy!"
End Sub
What should happen is that it should open InternetExplorer, go to Google, and populate the search bar with "Howdy!".
Instead, It only opens google, then I get the error message and it stops running.
Because "q" is not an ID, it's a Name.
You have to use GetElementsByName and select the 1st Element
try this:
Sub internetstuff()
Dim ie As Object
Set ie = CreateObject("internetexplorer.application")
ie.Visible = True
ie.Navigate ("https://www.google.com/")
Do Until ie.ReadyState >= 4
DoEvents
Loop
Set searchbx = ie.document.getElementsByName("q")(0)
searchbx.Value = "Howdy!"
End Sub
I have also added a waiting Event, in case it takes time to load Google.
Result:
A more concise and efficient way is to use querySelector to return first match for the name attribute
Option Explicit
Public Sub internetstuff()
Dim ie As Object
Set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
With ie
.Visible = True
.Navigate2 "https://www.google.com/"
While .Busy Or .readyState < 4: DoEvents: Wend
.document.querySelector("[name=q]").Value = "Howdy"
Stop '<delete me later
.Quit
End With
End Sub
I have a problem with extracting data from the website using VBA on Citrix Virtual Desktop.
I have wrote my code on my local desktop first and it works good - HTML source has been extracted to the cell in Excel.
On VDI IE opens the website without any problems.
Code:
Sub GetBody()
Dim Body As String
the_start:
Set ObjIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
ObjIE.Visible = False
ObjIE.navigate ("https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna")
Do
DoEvents
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
ObjIE.Quit
Set ObjIE = Nothing
GoTo the_start:
End If
Loop Until ObjIE.readyState = 4
Body = ObjIE.document.Body.innerHTML
Cells(1, 1).Value = Body
End Sub
When I try to run this code on VDI I am getting following error:
Run-time error '-2147467259(80004005)': Method 'Document' of object 'IWebBrowser2' failed.
Any ideas where this error comes from and what I should add to run it successfully on VDI?
I have done some changes mentioned in the comments (like changing the endless loop etc.) and also have another errors ( Automation error The object invoked has disconnected from its clients).. Previously I have declared IE as a object in this line below:
Set ObjIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
Soultion for all my problems:
Dim IE as SHDocVw.InternetExplorer
Set IE = New InternetExplorerMedium
Thank you all for participating in this thread and THANK YOU SO MUCH for your help!
I've been running a query for a while now getting data from a webpage. After numerous runs it has decided to stop working, and I've traced the issue back to the ie.document object - it never returns anything.
When compiling my project I see that the "Document" element of ie returns an error of "Applicaiton-defined or Object-defined error" - even before I navigate to a webpage. Also some other elements return this error also - namely "Status Text" and "Type"
The link contains a screenshot of my error:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wcxxep8my10nu8h/vba%20ie%20document.jpg?dl=0
In case that doesn't work here a scaled back version of the code I'm running
Sub getCard()
Dim ie As InternetExplorer
Dim url1 As String
url1 = "google.com"
Set ie = New InternetExplorer
ie.Visible = True
ie.Navigate url1
WaitBrowserQuiet ie
End Sub
Sub WaitBrowserQuiet(objIE As InternetExplorer)
Do While objIE.Busy Or objIE.ReadyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE
DoEvents
Loop
End Sub
As soon as I get to the "Set ie = New InternetExplorer" part of the code is when the ie object is created and I see the errors. If I do happen to navigate to webpage, then the ie.document object is empty.
I've searched around and tried a few things to stop this happening - restarted my computer, run "ie.quit" and "Set ie = Nothing", reset my Internet Explorer, etc... Nothing seems to work.
It seems like it may be a deeper issue given I'm getting an error message even before navigating to a webpage. Hope someone knows how to stop the error.
Your URL is URL1, try changing that, or just putting the URL in there.
In your code you have the object "ie" locally defined in the sub getCard and when this sub finishes,so goes the binding. Also changing from private to public internet zones can remove the binding to that object. What I rather do is use a global object appIE and then when it runs into such an error I catch the error (if TypeName(appIE) = "Object" Then FindIE) and find the object again with this sub:
Sub FindIE() 'Needs reference to "Microsoft Shell Controls And Automation" from VBA->Tools->References
Dim sh
Dim eachIE
Dim SearchUntil
SearchUntil = Now() + 20 / 24 / 60 / 60 'Allow to search for 20 seconds otherwise it interrupts search
Do
Set sh = New Shell32.Shell
For Each eachIE In sh.Windows
If InStr(1, eachIE.LocationURL, ServerAddress) Then
Set appIE = eachIE
'IE.Visible = False 'This is here because in some environments, the new process defaults to Visible.
'Exit Do
End If
Next eachIE
If TypeName(appIE) <> "Object" Then
If InStr(1, appIE.LocationURL, ServerAddress) > 0 Or SearchUntil < Now() Then Exit Do
End If
Loop
Set eachIE = Nothing
Set sh = Nothing
End Sub
This code contains parts of other people here from stackoverflow, but I forgot who to credit for some essential parts of the code. Sorry.
Set myIE = New InternetExplorer
myIE.Silent = True
myIE.navigate sURL
myIE.Visible = False
Do While myIE.Busy
Do Until myIE.ReadyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE
Loop
Loop
Application.Wait (Now() + TimeValue("00:00:02"))
Set HTMLDoc = myIE.document
HTMLDoc.getElementById("loginID").Value = ICUSER
HTMLDoc.getElementById("password").Value = ICPASS
For Each oHTML_Element In HTMLDoc.getElementsByTagName("input")
If oHTML_Element.Type = "submit" Then oHTML_Element.Click: Exit For
Next
Application.Wait (Now() + TimeValue("00:00:02"))
' Read and Write Data to the reports
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
End Sub
I have been using this code for a while and It works just fine on my computer, but when I share the file with others some computers can not run the code and gives this error. Any one know the solution to this issue, please help.
My best guess is that there is a different in versions of Internet Explorer. When faced with version issues between different computers in VBA you can switch from using Tools>>References to Late binding.
To use late binding here change your code from
Set myIE = New InternetExplorer
To:
Set myIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
Now, as long as the other computer has any version of Internet Explorer installed, this code will work.
Check that the references mentioned in the code are sill set (Tools>References...). If that doesn't work, last resort is to change the order of the references (Tools menu in vb window). Unfortunately it is just trial and error..
I am using Excel VBA code to click a button on our website. I know this isn't the best of things to be doing, but it is the least objectionable option available to me.
I can using this code, successfully load imdb.com, google, etc. But when I load our local site, I lose control of the ie object, I can't check readyState, I can't Quit.
Here is the error I get.
Run-time error '-2147023179 (800706b5)':
Automation error
The interface is unknown
Every so often I instead get this message:
Run-time error '-2147417848 (80010108)':
Automation error
The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
Clicking Debug indicates the ie.readyState, I commented that out and then it points to ie.Quit
Sub dothestuff()
Dim ie As InternetExplorer
Set ie = New InternetExplorer
ie.Visible = True
ie.Navigate "http://www.google.com/"
anerror = webload(ie)
ie.Quit
Set ie = Nothing
End Sub
Function webload(ie)
Do Until ie.ReadyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE
DoEvents
Loop
End Function
Here is a quick and easy solution for this issue:
Instead of:
set IE = createobject("internetexplorer.application")
Use:
Set IE = New InternetExplorerMedium
No need to tweak the IE settings
Here's what's happening. When your browser internally "jumps" to a different security zone - from say a local address to an inTRAnet address or to an inTERnet address - IE closes/drops the current process of IE and opens another one with tighter security. The old and new IE processes are IE child processes to the parent IE task so you don't see it happen either by watching the browser or watching the process in Task Manager. If you use Process Explorer (free from Microsoft), you can see this happen.
What you need to do in this type of environment is use Anup Upadhyay's solution above. His code snippet looks at all IE tasks (parent and child doesn't make a difference) and finds the new IE process that is pointing to the web address that the original process was given. As long as you don't have multiple browsers open to the same address, it will find the new process reliably and carry on like you would expect it to.
Note: You might also need to use the InternetExplorerMedium object as opposed to the InternetExplorer object. It is also better at "holding on" to a session.
Here's my version which is almost the same thing as Anup's.
References for MS Office VBA:
Microsoft Internet Controls
Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation
n
Dim IE As InternetExplorerMedium ' This object (the "medium" variety as opposed to "InternetExplorer") is necessary in our security climate
Dim targetURL As String
Dim webContent As String
Dim sh
Dim eachIE
targetURL = "[your URL here]"
Set IE = New InternetExplorerMedium
IE.Visible = False ' Set to true to watch what's happening
IE.Navigate targetURL
While IE.Busy
DoEvents
Wend
Do
Set sh = New Shell32.Shell
For Each eachIE In sh.Windows
If InStr(1, eachIE.LocationURL, targetURL) Then
Set IE = eachIE
'IE.Visible = False 'This is here because in some environments, the new process defaults to Visible.
Exit Do
End If
Next eachIE
Loop
Set eachIE = Nothing
Set sh = Nothing
While IE.Busy ' The new process may still be busy even after you find it
DoEvents
Wend
Try this one:
Set IE = GetObject("new:{D5E8041D-920F-45e9-B8FB-B1DEB82C6E5E}")
We had this problem using IE9. It arises because of security settings. There is a setting called "Enable Protected Mode" on the "Security" tab of the "Internet Options" dialog box (tools...internet options). Each "zone" can have a different setting for "enable protected mode" We unchecked "enable protected mode" and this solved our problem. I think what is happening is that when switch to a zone that is in protected mode, IE starts a new process to handle traffic in that zone (maybe killing the old process). When this happens your IE object variable in VBA gets disconnected from Internet Explorer.
Alright, just found a solution, decided out of desperation to try loading 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost, sure enough, no problems, so resolved the ip address of the local intranet server, and now I am good to go.
I don't really understand why, but this has solved my issue.
Dim IE As Object
Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
IE.Visible = False
IE.Navigate "C:\abc.html"
'We are getting error here , I have found a small tricky alternate solution for this as below
'Take reference for Microsoft Shell Controls And Automation
'Use below code to reassign IE object for the lost connection issue
Dim sh
Dim eachIE
Do
Set sh = New Shell32.Shell
For Each eachIE In sh.Windows
' Check if this is the desired URL
' Here you can use your condition except .html
' If you want to use your URL , then put the URL below in the code for condition check.
' This code will reassign your IE object with the same reference for navigation and your issue will resolve.
'
If InStr(1, eachIE.locationurl, ".html") Then
Set IE = eachIE
Exit Do
End If
Next eachIE
Loop
For me, the following worked:
Open Internet explorer
Go to tools
Goto Internet options
Switch to Security tab
Click Trusted sites
Click sites
You will see the site url, select it
Click Remove
Click close, apply and Ok
Ps. I tested these steps on IE 8 browser.
Maybe you're having a problem with binding? That's a strange error to get for this.
Try this code (adapted from http://www.excely.com/excel-vba/ie-automation.shtml). Hopefully it helps:
Option Explicit
' lasts for the life of Excel being open
Dim ie As Object
Sub dothestuff()
Set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
ie.Visible = True
ie.Navigate "http://www.google.com/"
Do While ie.Busy
DoEvents
Loop
ie.Quit
Set ie = Nothing
End Sub
I am having the exact same issue working with a website that is inside our company intranet and is also included in my trusted sites. Disabling protected mode allows me to check ReadyState, but only if I disable for the internet zone in addition to intranet and trusted sites.
Why would enabling protected mode for the internet zone cause the automation error when checking ReadyState on a trusted site? Is there a way around this without disabling protected mode for the internet zone?
Another solution..
Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
IE.Navigate ("http://URLOnMyIntranet/site.html")
IE.Visible = True
Set IE = nothing
Set objShellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
For Each objWindow In objShellApp.Windows
Debug.Print objWindow.LocationName
If LCase(objWindow.LocationName) = LCase("Your windows name, use debug to find out") Then
Set IE = objWindow
End If
Next
Note, using InternetExplorerMedium (see other answers) usually all you need, FYI also you could use Url property obj.LocationURL instead of window name which would be more accurate. See other answers.
Dim IE As InternetExplorer
Set IE = New InternetExplorerMedium
IE.Navigate "yousite.org"
IE.Visible = True
Do While IE.Busy
DoEvents
Loop
Set HTML = IE.document
Do
var8 = HTML.DocumentElement.innerHTML
v3 = var8
v4 = InStrRev(v3, "the class or ID you are looking for when the _
page final loads", -1)
Loop While v4 = 0
Do While IE.Busy
DoEvents
Loop
'Your in the new page look for elements and click rinse and repeat
'the Do loop. This method works with my intranet corporate site