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WebControl Excel - Ash - 2013-05-21 17:38
Hey guys
Wanting to put an ActiveX in my Microsoft Excel sheet.
Cant figure out (nor can google) how to get it to autoload a set URL for when the workbook opens?
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks
Ash
RE: WebControl Excel - Elmo - 2013-05-21 20:07
No. ActiveX needs to die in a fire, it's been outdated for over 10 years.
Use vbs instead, there's plenty of stuff floating around about how to use it to grab and parse URLs.
RE: WebControl Excel - Ash - 2013-05-21 20:22
Basically I need an iFrame in excel... Is this possible via vbs?
RE: WebControl Excel - Pete - 2013-05-22 15:49
Yes but you won't be able to access content of the iFrame if you wanted to scrape data from it.
RE: WebControl Excel - Elmo - 2013-05-22 19:49
You'd grab the source of the URL and parse/scrape that.
You don't want a frame unless you're planning on displaying an actual webpage. If you *do* want to display a webpage as is, you probably don't want to be using excel (although it is probably possible).