Excel Online: replacement for VBA macros...

kartikeya_sharma 

If you're looking to perform web scraping using VBA macro, you can indeed use Selenium with VBA to automate interactions with a web browser such as Chrome. Here's a general guide on how to set it up:

1. Download SeleniumBasic: First, you'll need to download and install SeleniumBasic, which is a set of bindings to use Selenium with VBA. You can find the latest release on GitHub: FlorentBreheret/SeleniumBasic.
2. Install ChromeDriver: ChromeDriver is a separate executable that WebDriver uses to control Chrome. Make sure you download the correct version of ChromeDriver that matches your Chrome browser version. You can download ChromeDriver from the official site: ChromeDriver - WebDriver for Chrome.
3. Reference Selenium Library: In the VBA editor of Excel, go to Tools > References, then browse to the SeleniumBasic.dll file that you downloaded and add it as a reference.
4. Write VBA Code: Now you can write your VBA code to automate Chrome using Selenium. Here's a simple example to open Chrome, navigate to a webpage, and extract some information:

Vba code is untested, please backup your file.

Sub WebScrapingWithSelenium()
    Dim bot As New WebDriver
    bot.Start "chrome" ' You can also use "firefox" or "edge"
    bot.Get "https://example.com"

    ' Find elements and interact with them
    Dim element As WebElement
    Set element = bot.FindElementById("some_element_id")
    Debug.Print element.Text

    ' Perform other actions as needed

    ' Quit the browser when done
    bot.Quit
End Sub

Make sure to replace "https://example.com" with the URL of the webpage you want to scrape, and "some_element_id" with the ID of the HTML element you want to interact with or extract data from.

5. Run the Macro: Run the WebScrapingWithSelenium macro from Excel, and it should automate Chrome to perform the actions specified in your VBA code.

By following these steps and customizing the VBA code to suit your specific scraping needs, you should be able to perform web scraping using Selenium with VBA in Excel.

NOTE: My knowledge of this topic is limited. The text and the steps are the result of various AI's. Maybe it will help you further in your project, if not please just ignore it.

James_Price 

Office Scripts in Excel

In Excel Online, you can run a script by adding a button to the worksheet, which triggers the execution of the script when clicked.

Here's how you can do it:

1. Open your Excel workbook in Excel Online.
2. Select the worksheet where you want to add the button.
3. Go to the "Home" tab in the Excel Online ribbon.
4. Click on the "Insert" dropdown menu in the ribbon.
5. Choose "Button" from the menu. This will insert a button shape onto your worksheet.
6. Resize and position the button as desired.
7. Right-click on the button and select "Assign Script" from the context menu.
8. In the dialog box that appears, you can choose an existing script or create a new one.
9. Select the script you want to assign to the button or create a new script.
10. Click "OK" to assign the script to the button.

Once you have assigned the script to the button, you can click on the button in Excel Online to run the script.

Note that scripting in Excel Online is based on JavaScript and uses the Office JavaScript API. You can write your custom functions and logic using JavaScript and interact with the Excel workbook, ranges, and other objects through the provided API.

It's worth mentioning that scripting in Excel Online has some limitations compared to VBA macros in the desktop version of Excel. Therefore, not all macros can be directly converted to scripts. However, you can achieve many automation tasks and customizations using scripting in Excel Online.