How to click on open on the open/save/cancel dialog box- IE and VBA

Question

I am trying to download a report from my company's site for reporting purposes.

Steps for:

1. Open IE
2. Go to download link
3. Click on extract button
4. click on open button on the IE dialog box(save/open/cancel box)
5. Copy the data to sheet 1 of my active workbook
6. Close IE

I have done till step 3. I am having trouble with step 4. I tried the below solutions but they did not work for me.

How to check if Open/Save/Cancel bar appeared

Automate saveas dialogue for IE9 (vba)

Code Used:

Sub ExtractGLfile()

    Set ie = New InternetExplorerMedium
    Dim DLCPortalGL As String
    DLCPortalGL = "link"
    ie.Visible = True
    ie.navigate (DLCPortalGL)

    Do
        DoEvents
    Loop Until ie.readyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE

    ie.document.getElementById("ButtonID").Click

I need help with step 4 - clicking on open of the open/save/cancel button.

UPDATES: I was able to download the file using the below code

    Application.SendKeys "%{O}", True
newHour = Hour(Now())
newMinute = Minute(Now())
newSecond = Second(Now()) + 10
waitTime = TimeSerial(newHour, newMinute, newSecond)
Application.Wait waitTime

SendKeys "{TAB}", True
SendKeys "{ENTER}", True

However while the file opens, I am getting error: enter image description here Any suggestions?

Answer 1

If you are trying to simply download a page or file, you can use this fast function DownloadFile:

Option Compare Database
Option Explicit

' API declarations.
'
Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "Urlmon" Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" ( _
    ByVal pCaller As Long, _
    ByVal szURL As String, _
    ByVal szFileName As String, _
    ByVal dwReserved As Long, _
    ByVal lpfnCB As Long) _
    As Long

' Download a file or a page with public access from the web. 
' Returns 0 if success, error code if not. 
' 
' If parameter NoOverwrite is True, no download will be attempted 
' if an existing local file exists, thus this will not be overwritten. 
' 
' Examples: 
' 
' Download a file: 
'   Url = "https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/ProfileImages/%7Ba82bcf77-ba9f-4ec3-bbb3-1d9ce15cae23%7D.jpg" 
'   FileName = "C:\Test\CodeProjectProfile.jpg" 
'   Result = DownloadFile(Url, FileName) 
' 
' Download a page: 
'   Url = "https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1022704/Rounding-Values-Up-Down-By-Or-To-Significant-Figur?display=Print" 
'   FileName = "C:\Test\CodeProject1022704.html" 
'   Result = DownloadFile(Url, FileName) 
' 
' Error codes: 
' -2146697210   "file not found". 
' -2146697211   "domain not found". 
' -1            "local file could not be created." 
' 
' 2004-12-17. Gustav Brock, Cactus Data ApS, CPH. 
' 2017-05-25. Gustav Brock, Cactus Data ApS, CPH. Added check for local file. 
' 2017-06-05. Gustav Brock, Cactus Data ApS, CPH. Added option to no overwrite the local file. 
' 
Public Function DownloadFile( _ 
    ByVal Url As String, _ 
    ByVal LocalFileName As String, _ 
    Optional ByVal NoOverwrite As Boolean) _ 
    As Long 

    Const BindFDefault  As Long = 0 
    Const ErrorNone     As Long = 0 
    Const ErrorNotFound As Long = -1

    Dim Result  As Long

    If NoOverwrite = True Then 
        ' Page or file should not be overwritten. 
        ' Check that the local file exists. 
        If Dir(LocalFileName, vbNormal) <> "" Then 
            ' File exists. Don't proceed. 
            Exit Function 
        End If 
    End If     

    ' Download file or page. 
    ' Return success or error code. 
    Result = URLDownloadToFile(0, Url & vbNullChar, LocalFileName & vbNullChar, BindFDefault, 0)   

    If Result = ErrorNone Then 
        ' Page or file was retrieved. 
        ' Check that the local file exists. 
        If Dir(LocalFileName, vbNormal) = "" Then 
            Result = ErrorNotFound 
        End If 
    End If   

    DownloadFile = Result 

End Function

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