XL97: Visual Basic Macro to Open a workbook on the Internet

ID: Q155841

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

With Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, you can open and retrieve files that are located on Internet or intranet computers. You can use a Visual Basic for Applications macro to open files that are stored on an Internet or intranet computer.

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The following Visual Basic for Applications macro opens a file that is located on an Internet or intranet server, and save it to a local drive. This macro assumes that the computer running the macro has an active connection to the Internet through either a network or dial-up connection.

   Sub Open_Internet_File()

   'Open the file
   Workbooks.Open FileName:= "http://www.InternetComputer.com/Book1.xls"

   'do not display the file when it is opened
   ActiveWindow.Visible = True

   'Set the workbook to visible, or else the file containing the macro
   'will be saved under the new name.
   Windows("book1.xls:// www.InternetComputer.com/book1.xls").Visible = True

   'Save the workbook to a local drive
   ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs FileName:="C:\xldocs\testlink1.xls", _
   FileFormat:=xlExcel5, Password:="", WriteResPassword:="", _
   ReadOnlyRecommended:=False, CreateBackup:=False

   End Sub

Additional query words: world wide web net

Keywords          : kbprg kbualink97 kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA kbhowto 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 19, 1999