Taking Data (VBa) From A Wen Page

[CharlesWhiteman]

Hi All, I am successfully using some code to open a web page and log in for me.

Dim ieApp As InternetExplorer
Set ieApp = New InternetExplorer
ieApp.visible = True
ieApp.Navigate "https://" & Me.txtIPAddress & "/login.cgi"
Do While ieApp.Busy: DoEvents: Loop
Do Until ieApp.ReadyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE: DoEvents: Loop
Set ieDoc = ieApp.Document
With ieDoc.Forms(0)
         .UserName.Value = "xxx"
         .Password.Value = "yyy"
         .submit
     End With
     Do While ieApp.Busy: DoEvents: Loop
     Do Until ieApp.ReadyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE: DoEvents: Loop

The bit I am really stuck on and still after reading various posts and googling I cannot seem to get a bit of code to read a value from the web page.

The (sample) source of the webpage looks like:

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="linktable">
<tr><th colspan="2">Status</th></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" style="width: 50%">
<div class="fieldset" id="general_info">
<div id="hostinfo" class="row">
<span class="label">Device Name:</span>
<span class="value" id="hostname"> </span>
</div>
<div id="netmodeinfo" class="row">
<span class="label">Network Mode:</span>
<span class="value" id="netmode"> </span>
</div>
<div id="wmodeinfo" class="row">
<span class="label">Wireless Mode:</span>
<span class="value" id="wmode"> </span>
</div>
<div id="astatusinfo" class="row">
<span class="label">airView Status:</span>
<span class="value" id="astatus"> </span>
</div>
<div id="ssidinfo" class="row">
<span class="label" id="essid_label">SSID:</span>
<span class="value" id="essid"> </span>
</div>

The code I found (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=176968)

showed me that the syntax to read a value is:

ie.Document.getElementById("ssidinfo").Value

But I get a runtime error 438 object or method not supported

Any advice for this particularly tough to crack much appreciated.

 

[pr2-eugin]

Charles, if I am reading the HTML code right, the ID ssidinfo belongs to DIV tag not an INPUT tag. Which is what it means DIV tag does not support the value method..

 

[CharlesWhiteman]

Thanks Paul, Does this mean I will not be able to obtain the data by any method or do I need to use another method? Thanks.

 

[pr2-eugin]

The method ajtrumpet proposed is to collect information from Form fields in a HTML page.. If you need to get random values from a specific tags you need to change your approach a bit different.. I think it would be WinHttpRequest..

 

[Mihail]

I'm not sure what you are looking for because I don't understand the full English.

However I think that the database from attachment can be a help for you.
I've tweaked it a little bit to be (near ) in English.
I use it in order to extract the exchange rate from a national site (a Romanian one).

Hope will be a help for you.

Good luck !