[RESOLVED] Save an Opened Webpage as .txt

Apologies if I'm in the wrong area; I'm new to all of this..

I have the following, which will open a webpage using the parameters I require. I now need to save the resulting page as a txt file. The second half of the code is my attempt but I'm getting nowhere.

Thanks in anticipation.

Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
IE.Navigate "http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/fwf-natsuk/public/user/account/login.faces?msg=user.access.required"
IE.Visible = True
Wscript.Sleep 5000
IE.Document.All.Item("j_username").Value = "Tester"
IE.Document.All.Item("j_password").Value = "Tester"
IE.Document.All.Item("mainForm:login").Click
Wscript.Sleep 3000
IE.Document.All.Item("mainForm:notam_area").Click
Wscript.Sleep 3000
IE.Document.All.Item("mainForm:fir_0").Value = "EGTT" 'load FIRs
IE.Document.All.Item("mainForm:generate").Click
Wscript.Sleep 12000 'allow data to load



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'Set docText = WebBrowser1.Document.Body.InnerText
'Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(".\AreaBrief.txt", 2) 'create output doc
'objFile.WriteLine docText 'write to output
'objFile.Close 'close output
'MsgBox ("Complete")

Where did 'WebBrowser1' suddenly spring from ? You've been using IE for everything else.

Doogle, you've seen right through me...

I clearly have little idea as to what I'm doing. The first half of the script was cobbled together quickly and gave me a fair result. I then "researched" the saving bit, and that is what I found. Which language, protocols etc I'm actually using, I have no idea. Any help will be appreciated, and hopefully absorbed for the future.

I'd use a WebBrowser control right from the start.

1. Create a new Project and add the 'Microsoft Internet Control' from Project -> Components
2. Draw the control onto the Form and name it WebBrowser1
3. Add a CommandButton and name it as cmdStart
4. Copy and paste the code below into the Declarations Section of the Form
5. Run and click the Button.
It will create a file c:\Briefing.txt containing the output.

Code:

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Option Explicit
Private boComplete As Boolean
Private intFile As Integer

Private Sub cmdStart_Click()
WebBrowser1.Navigate "http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/fwf-natsuk/public/user/account/login.faces?msg=user.access.required"
Call WaitForBrowser
WebBrowser1.Document.All.Item("j_username").Value = "Tester"
WebBrowser1.Document.All.Item("j_password").Value = "Tester"
WebBrowser1.Document.All.Item("mainForm:login").Click
Call WaitForBrowser
WebBrowser1.Document.getElementById("menuView:menuForm:notam_area").Click
Call WaitForBrowser
WebBrowser1.Document.getElementById("mainForm:fir_0").Value = "EGTT" 'load FIRs
WebBrowser1.Document.getElementById("mainForm:generate").Click
Call WaitForBrowser
intFile = FreeFile
Open "C:\Briefing.txt" For Output As intFile
Print #intFile, WebBrowser1.Document.body.innerText
Close intFile
MsgBox "Briefing File Created"
End Sub

Private Sub WebBrowser1_NavigateComplete2(ByVal pDisp As Object, URL As Variant)
boComplete = True
End Sub

Private Sub WaitForBrowser()
boComplete = False
Do Until WebBrowser1.ReadyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE And boComplete = True
    DoEvents
Loop
End Sub

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Doogle, thanks for the swift & knowledgable response. Am trying it out, but may have to wait until tomorrow to access appropriate machine.

My pleasure. Good luck