Ie11 download files open, save

That's why I've gone back to trying to use IE directly. It would greatly help your cause if you were to post the code you tried with each of the methods you noted. Thanks, John. I was actually trying to keep the scope of the question narrow: specifically in IE11, how do you "Save as" , and is there a way to use UI Auotmate?

I've seen a couple references to an example in the forum, but after hours of searching, I cannot find it. I can get into the wget and cURL alternatives I've tried, but the idea was essentially the same i.

So far, I have not even been able to log in, let alone download a file with either of these methods. Regarding my attempts with IE, I don't think they'd add much to the discussion. Basically, I have been clicking at the coordinates of the button, but it's a terrible hack.

The problem is, I am not able to find any way using the autoIT window info tool to get a handle to the control. Is this file have always the same name? Or do you can check the file name before you download the file?

Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind. Anticipating Errors : " Any program that accepts data from a user must include code to validate that data before sending it to the data store. You cannot rely on the data store, You must check every byte entered by your users, making sure that data is the correct type for its field and that required fields are not empty.

Signature last update: No, the file name offered by the server depends on a number of things and is different each time. I check it before download based on the link offered by the webpage I can help you with WinHttp. Create new thread if you want. I think it's this UI Automation example, you're looking for. Thank you for offering. I would be interested to know regardless, so if you'd be willing to work on it with me i would be highly appreciative.

Joined Oct 15, Messages 7, The Download Notification Bar must be displayed in the active tab. Specify "" to save the file in IE's default download folder. Specify "" to use the file name provided by the web site.

Function return value - True: the file was downloaded; False: the file was not downloaded. NOTE - The only issue I had was that after calling SetValue to put a specific file name in the Save As dialogue and clicking Save Invoke , the download doesn't recognise the specified file name and still uses the default file name provided by the web site. A simple workaround which has worked in all tests is SendKeys " ", True to insert a space character at start of the file name input element, however I know that SendKeys is unreliable and this might not always work for some people.

The code also includes several debugging functions which can be helpful to understand the UIAutomation hierarchy. Here is the complete code, including a test procedure for downloading a 2 Kb csv file from morningstar. Busy Or. Click 'Activate the morningstar. If file extension is omitted, the file extension provided by ' the web site is used. Range "A1" End With destCell. Value: "Do you want to open or save xxxx.

SetFocus InvokePattern. Invoke 'Find the Save As dialogue window, which is a child of the Desktop, looping until it exists. This means that either the file was downloaded, or a Save As warning is 'being displayed, giving the reason why it was not downloaded. Value: The xxxx yyyy. Print i; IEtabs. GetElement i. Print "" Debug. Excel Facts. Click here to reveal answer. Out of curiosity, why does this function work the way it does?

But this function is very different from the UDF I've created; I can't even type it in the spreadsheet. Hi Mc84Excel, Thanks for replying. If the end-users browser settings cause the download to appear in a ' View and track your Downloads ' window, the code will not work. Originally Posted by mitko Ok i followed your steps once again, now i get an Argument Type MisMatch error on the ie argument. I have declared my IE object in my code as:.

BTW, i figured out why i was getting the big download manager window. I checked the html code of the website i was downloading from and they have a close. Anyway, this is a bit off topic but perhaps it may help others as you said. Best regards and thanks once again! I am a novice programmer and only recently started figuring out basic code, so please take baby steps. Here is my code Originally Posted by playdoh It works for me in first click to download, but when i use a loop to click 2nd to download with first notification bar still available, not close , this not works again.

And we must close first notification bar first before downloading 2nd. Could you please help me if any way to use VBA close notification bar when completion download? Learn more. How to enable the option open and save in prompt window of Internet Explorer Ask Question.

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