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VBA Enter Data into webpage – IE Automation using VBA GetElementByID function

What is it:

If you are trying to do ie automation or trying to enter data to webpage using VBA then this post if for you. We will show the step by step instructions on how to enter/fill data in ie using VBA.

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Why is it:

This is very helpful when you want to enter or fill multiple fields in a webpage regularly. Or if you want to login to website in a single click without using the browser’s default Remember My Password option etc.

How to enter data to webpage using vba




In this example we are using Excel VBA for IE Automation however you can use any VBA supported platform.

Step 1: Open the Excel workbook and got to VBA code builder (Alt + F11) and Open a New Module.

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Step 2: Copy and Paste the below code in it.

Private Sub wpieautologin()

Dim ie As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer

Set ie = New SHDocVw.InternetExplorer

ie.Visible = True 

ie.Navigate “https://www.askeygeek.com/wp-admin” ‘we are trying to login to askeygeek.com admin page

Do

DoEvents

Loop Until ie.readystate = 4

‘ie READYSTATE has 5 different status codes, here we are using status 4:

‘Uninitialized = 0

‘Loading = 1

‘Loaded = 2

‘Interactive =3

‘Complete = 4 

Call ie.Document.GetElementByID(“user_login”).SetAttribute(“value”, “testUser”)

Call ie.Document.GetElementByID(“user_pass”).SetAttribute(“value”, “testPass12345”)

 ‘to find the “<input……/>” tag hyper link and to click the button

Set AllInputs = ie.Document.getelementsbytagname(“input”) ‘you can use any tagname as you wish

    For Each hyper_link In AllInputs

        If hyper_link.Name = “wp-submit” Then ‘you can use .name, .id etc

            hyper_link.Click

            Exit For

        End If

    Next

Do

DoEvents

Loop Until ie.readystate = 3

Do

DoEvents

Loop Until ie.readystate = 4

End Sub

Step 3: Click the Run button or F5.(Also you can insert a button/shape in excel sheet then right click and assign this macro to run every time.)

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Notes 1: Make sure ‘Microsoft Internet Controls’ is enabled from the Tools – References.

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Notes 2: Right click the webpage to and click View source to find the GetElement values

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Anson Antony
Anson is a contributing author and the founder of www.askeygeek.com. His passion for learning new things led to the creation of askeygeek.com, which focuses on technology and business. With over a decade of experience in Business Process Outsourcing, Finance & Accounting, Information Technology, Operational Excellence & Business Intelligence, Anson has worked for companies such as Genpact, Hewlett Packard, M*Modal, and Capgemini in various roles. Apart from his professional pursuits, he is a movie enthusiast who enjoys spending hours watching and studying cinema, and he is also a filmmaker.

7 Responses

  1. hi team, i need to fill the data in Browser tab, which is already opened and navigated to the exact page, where i need to fill my data, please provide the VBA code to deal with this session.

  2. Hi,

    I have to click on a additional message from web page, can you help me with the code. I’m struck at the this final part of clicking ok on it

  3. Can you help me here?
    There is no id or value set in the following lines of code, how do I insert say into the “lastnameFilter” or “firstnameFilter”?

    Learner’s ID

    First Name

    Family Name

    Search

    Thanks

  4. I am getting error at Call ie.Document.GetElementByID(“user_login”).SetAttribute(“value”, “testUser”)

    Error: Run-time error 424: object required.

    Can you please help me.

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