XL98: How to Programmatically Save a Worksheet as HTML

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article provides an example that illustrates how to save a worksheet in the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format programatically.

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1. Close and save any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.

2. Enter the following values on Sheet1:

         A1 : 2
         A2 : 4
         A3 : 6
         A4 : 8
         A5 : 10
         A6 :
         A7 : This
         A8 : is
         A9 : a
         A10: test
   

3. Select cells A1:A5, and then click Chart on the Insert menu. In the "Chart Wizard - Step 1 of 4 - Chart Type" dialog box, click Finish.

   The result is a worksheet that contains two data ranges and one chart.

4. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11).

5. To use the Htmlconvert method of the Internet Assistant Wizard add-in, create a reference to this add-in. To create the reference, do the following:

         a. Click References on the Tools Menu.
   

         b. Click to select the HTML check box, and then click OK.
   

            Go to step 6.
   
            If you do not see the HTML, in the Available References list,
            click Browse.
   
         c. Open the folder that contains the updated Html.xla file. By
            default, the Internet Assistant Wizard file is installed in the
            following folder:
   
               Microsoft Office 98:Office:Excel Add-ins
   
         d. Click "Microsoft Excel Files" in the "List Files of Type" list.
   
         e. Click Internet Assistant Wizard in the list of files, and then
            click Open.
   
   

6. Click Module on the Insert menu to insert a Visual Basic module.

7. Enter the following code into the module sheet:

       Sub CreateWebPage()
   

          Dim ObjToConvert(2) As Variant
          Dim Result As Integer
   

          ' Populate the ObjToConvert array with the ranges and chart
          ' that you want to export.
          Set ObjToConvert(0) = Sheets("sheet1").Range("a1:a5")
          Set ObjToConvert(1) = Sheets("sheet1").ChartObjects("Chart 1")
          Set ObjToConvert(2) = Sheets("sheet1").Range("a7:a10")
   

          ' Create the HTML page.
          Result = htmlconvert(rangeandcharttoconvert:=ObjToConvert, _
                               useexistingfile:=False, _
                               usefrontpageforexistingfile:=False, _
                               addtofrontpageweb:=False, codepage:=1252, _
                               htmlfilepath:="Test.htm", _
                               headerfullpage:="Test Page", _
                               linebeforetablefullpage:=True, _
                               namefullpage:="MyName")
   
          ' If the conversion is successful, the code htmlconvert_success
          ' is returned.
          If Result = htmlconvert_success Then
              MsgBox "Web Page Created Successfully"
          Else
              MsgBox "Error Creating Web Page"
          End If
       End Sub
   
   

8. Run the CreateWebPage subroutine.

If you run this subroutine several times, the Test.htm file is always overwritten, and a new .gif file is created each time. If, for example, you run the CreateWebPage subroutine six times, six .gif files are created. The Test.htm file points to Test5.gif, which is the latest .gif file.