OK so im quite sure i cant do this with excel vb or for free even.
Im writing these macros for work, and one of them needs to be able to chose a pdf based on keywords.
Then go into the pdf, search either the titles of the pages or the text on the pages themselves using a different set of keywords.
When it finds the page that matches one of the keywords in the second set, it will extract the whole page, as is, to a single page pdf.
This can then be attached to email.
This will be only a small part of the purpose of the macro.
From what i understand, im probably going to have to find an SDK, pay for it, and write a separate program in C# or VisualBasic which is run when the macro needs.
I dont even need the code, maybe just a point in the right direction :D
In the end i got a program called pdftk.exe, free, and runs in command line.
With this i can export the Bookmarks listing to txtfile.
Search text file for string/keywords.
Jump down a line or two and grab associated page number.
Then use the same exe to extract that page and save as specific name, then my vba macro can grab that newly created 1 page pdf.
Ive seen code on this site for creating delays while another process is doing its thing, so i will try to implement that also.
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I just want to know if this is possible using VBA, if it is possible, I will try to code it and if not I should look for another platform where it is possible.
Let me explain:
We have 1 main excel file. There`s a header name and a bunch of different values and settings we need to use.
We have a online server where the code has to look for the header name and just click on the name. This will automatically download to the download folder and we can copy this file in the same folder as the main excel file. There is no search function inside the online server. It is just a webpage where there is a list of names.
Inside the downloaded file is an xml file that we can open with notepad and we need to compare the settings inside the notepad with the settings from the main excel file (this I know it can be coded)
Then a GUI has to be opened (we dont have access to the server behind it), it should fill in the header name in the textbox from the GUI, click upload and then it should save it in the same folder as the main excel.
we also need to move a lot of folder based on the info from the main file but this is also basic coding.
Since Im quite new with the VBA coding, I only wish to know if this is possible in excel. I dont want to wast time searching for codes and then realize it is not possible , especially with the GUI operating.
I have such situation. I have to call function in browser console after user clicked a hyperlink in Excel. One of function's argument is based on row's data, so it's kinda dynamically generated.
Is this possible within Excel environment?
If anything is unclear, let me know.
Thanks guys.
EDIT: I have thought already about using batch file, to convert hole excel file to html or use Python script, but non of this is simple. Problem is that I'm not a VBA guy, so I'm asking SO community to suggest if that kind of thing is even possible in Excel(VBA).
I don't have much knowledge about VBA.
But I have a problem which I think can be solved with VBA.
I have a PDF file of 400 pages. I have an excel with page numbers and some text. Now I want this text to be copy pasted (Add Text under drawing markup in PDF tools) in the PDF.
I can do it manually but it will take 3 to 4 days. so can anybody help me and make my work easier. I wanted to do this in Excel-VBA.
I have 2013 Excel and Acrobat xi Pro.
It depends.
If the pdf has forms in it, you are of course able to fill them in a programmatic way.
If your document does not contain forms you are not going to be able to solve this problem in a trivial manner.
Why, I hear you ask?
PDF documents, despite their reputation are more like containers of instructions than they are a WYSIWYG format
instructions are bundled in groups called "objects"
objects can be compressed (DEFLATE) into streams
objects are indexed so they can be re-used (this is called the xref)
the index uses byte-offsets to get a grip on which object is where in the document
Now what would happen if you wanted to add a single character somewhere in the document
you would need to decode the streams to figure out where you're actually placing content
Once you've found the right stream, and you've inserted your character, you have also screwed up the xref table.
Nothing will work anymore
I need to create a button in Excel that opens a dialog box and I select the file that I recorded on the second sheet, but I also automatically select other files with the same name differs just ending. So I need to choose one file, and always record 2-3 more with the same name and to open a new worksheet. How to do it?
What you need to select the file abc.txt and uploaded to other files abc.ydd and abc.dyk name will always be the same only the ending will be different.
An advice for any work you are doing: Break down your big task into small steps as often as needed until the steps are small enough so that you know how to process them.
On your specific programming task, this means, you should break it down into:
You need a button on one of the excel sheets.
That button has to open a dialog box for selecting a file
I don't know whether it can be any arbitrary file or a specific one, as you wrote that the file was recorded on another sheet. I think that makes no difference at all.
After finishing the file selection, you have to evaluate the result of the dialog box (OK -> which file, ABORT -> do nothing).
Take the file name, remove the extension and search for other files (in the same directory or elsewhere) with that name.
I don't know why you want to open another worksheet. Of course you can do that, but if you want to show the content of that files in the worksheet, they better be excel files.
How you do these suggested steps is something you need to find out by yourself. Or you are lucky and find someone else who has plenty of free time to do that for you, but I don't think you will be that lucky, especially after providing a quite vague description of your problem.
In general, stackoverflow is for asking for solutions to specific programming problems, not for providing ready-to-use solutions for beginners. Take a look at VBA manuals and tutorials. They can be found widely across the internet and in book stores.
I have a program that can access a database with a whole bunch of articles.
Due to copyright, I can't access the database straight from my program, but I have a different program that can access it, and it's legitimate to copy small bits from the articles.
Because my friends and I quote a lot from these articles, I thought it would be useful if we could find an add-in for Word that will copy the requested part from an article.
Is there any add-in for Word that would let me use the program that I mentioned above so that I can access the database from within Word?
I would like to program this add-in myself, if possible.
Without further information about which operating system, and version of Word you are using, I can offer only a general outline.
1) It seems to me that you want to make a Word macro using Word Basic, or Visual Basic.
2) When you want to call your program which is external to Word, you need to use the shell command as outlined here from Microsoft's webpage.
I hope that helps you get started writing your macro!
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Well its a wrokaround but you can use an automation tool which can run a sequence of actions on a given GUI like Winrunner or TestQuest to semulate the usage of the program, i assume these tools can get an input from a given xml or text file and log outputs in log text file.
If you have the output in a text file you will be able to parse the file using any programmign language and get the information you need and write it to eord or whatever format using OLE objects.