TtheSkyscraper
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Hi,
I work for a Title Insurance company and I'm trying to download a PDF file from Maricopa County Recorder using VBA. The code I'm using works once the link has been opened, but it doesn't work for new files. For example, here's a link to a random DOT and the PDF link is the number of pages (19). When I initially click the link it goes to http://recorder.maricopa.gov/recdocdata/unofficialpdfdocs.aspx?rec="DOCNUMBER"&pg=1&cls=RecorderDocuments&suf= and then to a http://156.42.40.50/UnOfficialDocs2/pdf/ with the document. Is there a way to get VBA to run this sequence of events? Any help would be greatly appreciated and change lives for the better. Thank you. Current code:
I work for a Title Insurance company and I'm trying to download a PDF file from Maricopa County Recorder using VBA. The code I'm using works once the link has been opened, but it doesn't work for new files. For example, here's a link to a random DOT and the PDF link is the number of pages (19). When I initially click the link it goes to http://recorder.maricopa.gov/recdocdata/unofficialpdfdocs.aspx?rec="DOCNUMBER"&pg=1&cls=RecorderDocuments&suf= and then to a http://156.42.40.50/UnOfficialDocs2/pdf/ with the document. Is there a way to get VBA to run this sequence of events? Any help would be greatly appreciated and change lives for the better. Thank you. Current code:
Code:
Sub DownloadFiles()
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'The macro loops through all the URLs (column C) and downloads the files at the specified folder.
'The characters after the last "/" of the URL string are used to create the file path.
'If the file is downloaded successfully an OK will appear in column D (otherwise an ERROR value).
'The code is based on API function URLDownloadToFile, which actually does all the work.
'Written By: Christos Samaras
'Date: 02/11/2013
'Last Update: 06/06/2015
'E-mail: xristos.samaras@gmail.com
'Site: http://www.myengineeringworld.net
'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Declaring the necessary variables.
Dim sh As Worksheet
Dim DownloadFolder As String
Dim LastRow As Long
Dim SpecialChar() As String
Dim SpecialCharFound As Double
Dim FilePath As String
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Integer
Dim Result As Long
Dim CountErrors As Long
'Disable screen flickering.
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'Set the worksheet object to the desired sheet.
Set sh = Sheets("Main")
'An array with special characters that cannot be used for naming a file.
SpecialChar() = Split("\ / : * ? " & Chr$(34) & " < > |", " ")
'Find the last row.
With sh
.Activate
LastRow = .Cells(.Rows.Count, "C").End(xlUp).Row
End With
'Check if the download folder exists.
DownloadFolder = sh.Range("B4")
On Error Resume Next
If Dir(DownloadFolder, vbDirectory) = vbNullString Then
MsgBox "The folder's path is incorrect!", vbCritical, "Folder's Path Error"
sh.Range("B4").Select
Exit Sub
End If
On Error GoTo 0
'Check if there is at least one URL.
If LastRow < 8 Then
MsgBox "You did't enter a single URL!", vbCritical, "No URL Error"
sh.Range("C8").Select
Exit Sub
End If
'Clear the results column.
sh.Range("D8:D" & LastRow).ClearContents
'Add the backslash if doesn't exist.
If Right(DownloadFolder, 1) <> "\" Then
DownloadFolder = DownloadFolder & "\"
End If
'Counting the number of files that will not be downloaded.
CountErrors = 0
'Save the internet files at the specified folder of your hard disk.
On Error Resume Next
For i = 8 To LastRow
'Find the characters after the last "/" of the URL.
With WorksheetFunction
FilePath = Mid(sh.Cells(i, 3), .Find("*", .Substitute(sh.Cells(i, 3), "/", "*", Len(sh.Cells(i, 3)) - _
Len(.Substitute(sh.Cells(i, 3), "/", "")))) + 1, Len(sh.Cells(i, 3)))
End With
'Check if the file path contains a special/illegal character.
For j = LBound(SpecialChar) To UBound(SpecialChar)
SpecialCharFound = InStr(1, FilePath, SpecialChar(j), vbTextCompare)
'If an illegal character is found substitute it with a "-" character.
If SpecialCharFound > 0 Then
FilePath = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(FilePath, SpecialChar(j), "-")
End If
Next j
'Create the final file path.
FilePath = DownloadFolder & FilePath
'Check if the file path exceeds the maximum allowable characters.
If Len(FilePath) > 255 Then
sh.Cells(i, 4) = "ERROR"
CountErrors = CountErrors + 1
End If
'If the file path is valid, save the file into the selected folder.
If UCase(sh.Cells(i, 4)) <> "ERROR" Then
'Try to download and save the file.
Result = URLDownloadToFile(0, sh.Cells(i, 3), FilePath, 0, 0)
'Check if the file downloaded successfully and exists.
If Result = 0 And Not Dir(FilePath, vbDirectory) = vbNullString Then
'Success!
sh.Cells(i, 4) = "OK"
Else
'Error!
sh.Cells(i, 4) = "ERROR"
CountErrors = CountErrors + 1
End If
End If
Next i
On Error GoTo 0
'Enable the screen.
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
'Inform the user that macro finished successfully or with errors.
If CountErrors = 0 Then
'Success!
If LastRow - 7 = 1 Then
MsgBox "The file was successfully downloaded!", vbInformation, "Done"
Else
MsgBox LastRow - 7 & " files were successfully downloaded!", vbInformation, "Done"
End If
Else
'Error!
If CountErrors = 1 Then
MsgBox "There was an error with one of the files!", vbCritical, "Error"
Else
MsgBox "There was an error with " & CountErrors & " files!", vbCritical, "Error"
End If
End If
End Sub