Excel VBA Command to open with a button a web link with selected value

[sammuelsama]

Hi, I am not sure if I am giving you enough information on what I am looking for.

I have an Excel Template where users can just check if a number is valid after clicking to a button.

Basically, there's a cell where you type a number, like phone number and by clicking on the button Check, it opens a web site with the results to see if the number is valid or not.

like https://......./validate/<phone number>

Thank you guys,
Sammuelsama

 

[ranman256]

paste this code into a module. Then it will open ANY file via its extension....
.pdf files will open in acrobat,
.doc files in word
etc


USAGE:
OpenNativeApp "c:\folder\file.xls" 'opens in excel

but for YOUR use , you'd want to send the cell value:
OpenNativeApp "https://......./validate/" & range("A2").value

Option Compare Database
Option Explicit

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpszOp As String, ByVal lpszFile As String, ByVal lpszParams As String, ByVal lpszDir As String, ByVal FsShowCmd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Const SE_ERR_FNF = 2&
Const SE_ERR_PNF = 3&
Const SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED = 5&
Const SE_ERR_OOM = 8&
Const SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND = 32&
Const SE_ERR_SHARE = 26&
Const SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE = 27&
Const SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT = 28&
Const SE_ERR_DDEFAIL = 29&
Const SE_ERR_DDEBUSY = 30&
Const SE_ERR_NOASSOC = 31&
Const ERROR_BAD_FORMAT = 11&


Public Sub OpenNativeApp(ByVal psDocName As String)
Dim r As Long, msg As String


r = StartDoc(psDocName)
If r <= 32 Then
    'There was an error
    Select Case r
        Case SE_ERR_FNF
            msg = "File not found"
        Case SE_ERR_PNF
            msg = "Path not found"
        Case SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED
            msg = "Access denied"
        Case SE_ERR_OOM
            msg = "Out of memory"
        Case SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND
            msg = "DLL not found"
        Case SE_ERR_SHARE
            msg = "A sharing violation occurred"
        Case SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE
            msg = "Incomplete or invalid file association"
        Case SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT
            msg = "DDE Time out"
        Case SE_ERR_DDEFAIL
            msg = "DDE transaction failed"
        Case SE_ERR_DDEBUSY
            msg = "DDE busy"
        Case SE_ERR_NOASSOC
            msg = "No association for file extension"
        Case ERROR_BAD_FORMAT
            msg = "Invalid EXE file or error in EXE image"
        Case Else
            msg = "Unknown error"
    End Select
'    MsgBox msg
End If
End Sub


Private Function StartDoc(psDocName As String) As Long
Dim Scr_hDC As Long


Scr_hDC = GetDesktopWindow()
StartDoc = ShellExecute(Scr_hDC, "Open", psDocName, "", "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL)
End Function

 

[sammuelsama]

I am not sure to follow your code... This code is probably not for my issue... TY

 

[sammuelsama]

I was looking for something like this...

Sub CHK_Phone_Click()
'
' CHK_Phone_Click Macro - Macro to check phone validity.
'
ActiveWorkbook.FollowHyperlink Address:="https://....................../validate/" & Value.Range("D2"), NewWindow:=True
'
End Sub

But it's not working

 

[Kyle123]

What does "it's not working" mean? Looks like it should to me

 

[sammuelsama]

Hey Kyle123, I am getting a popup windows saying;

Microsoft Visual Basic


Run-time error '424':
Object required


Asking me to End or Debug...

 

[Kyle123]

IT should be:

ActiveWorkbook.FollowHyperlink Address:="https://....................../validate/" & Range("D2").Value, NewWindow:=True

 

[sammuelsama]

Hey Kyle123, thank you so much I did not notice I was putting Value in front of the object...

Thank you, it's working fine now