I have a project and it requires grabbing multiple screenshots from a Bloomberg Terminal and I'd like to automate it.
This what I have so far:
Dim abc As Variant
Dim CUSIP As String
CUSIP = Range("A1")
ch = DDEInitiate("winblp", "bbk")
Call DDEExecute(abc, "<blp-1>" & CUSIP & " mtge<GO>")
Call DDEExecute(abc, "<blp-1> CFG<Go>")
Call DDEExecute (abc, "blp-1 <copy>")
Call DDETerminate(ch)
This correctly gets me to the graph I want (in this case the CFG, or Cash Flow Graph), but from this point, I am unable to figure out a screenshot method. In Bloomberg, there are a few commands, but they all require the use of a mouse. I've seen some do it before where they are able to get the requisite screenshots, but I can't figure out how.
So basically, I can use excel and VBA to get Bloomberg to pull up the correct screen, but now I just need to figure out a way to grab snipshot for the thing.
It's worth mentioning that the copy line just copies the data, not an image (which is what I was hoping for).
One option is to send the screenshot to your personal email address and download it from there:
Run GRAB in blp-1
Enter your personal email address
Download it manually from there or use an IMAP library to do so automatically
Another option is to use a 3rd party grabbing utility that has command line options. For example, Snagit can be started with an argument that creates a screenshot: http://informationworker.ru/snagit10.en/snagit_4_technical_reference.4.35.html
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I am working on updating an Access database with this year's new data. I did not write the code that goes along with it, and am trying to find out where the formula is for an output (ratios) that the VBA code produces. Is there a way to trace back where the output came from?
I've tried just doing CTRL F to find the word "ratio" in the code but it's so long I can't pin down exactly where it's coming from.
No error messages
In debug mode you can step through the code step by step by pressing F8. You should be able to find the origin of every data export that way.
If the outputed data is a result of calculations I would check every query in the database. One of these probably takes care of those ratio's.
I am trying to automate a repetitive task in the SAP GUI. I need to search for an order number, select the row that the order number is in and then click a button to complete the task. I have recorded a macro which gives me:
session.findById("wnd[0]").maximize
session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlCONTAINER/shellcont/shell").pressToolbarButton "&FIND"
session.findById("wnd[1]/usr/txtGS_SEARCH-VALUE").text = "4521305207"
session.findById("wnd[1]/usr/txtGS_SEARCH-VALUE").caretPosition = 10
session.findById("wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[0]").press
session.findById("wnd[1]/tbar[0]/btn[12]").press
session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlCONTAINER/shellcont/shell").currentCellColumn = ""
session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlCONTAINER/shellcont/shell").selectedRows = "2894"
session.findById("wnd[0]/tbar[1]/btn[14]").press
session.findById("wnd[1]/usr/chk[1,6]").selected = true
The line:
session.findById("wnd[1]/usr/txtGS_SEARCH-VALUE").text = "4521305207"
Corresponds to the order I want to search, but if I change this value it still tries to process the same order that the macro was recorded on, I'm assuming because of the line:
session.findById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlCONTAINER/shellcont/shell").selectedRows = "2894"
Does anyone know how I would go about finding the number of the row which corresponds to the outcome of the SEARCH-VALUE and then using that as the .selectedRows = ""?
First of all I'd really recommend you add a reference to the native SAP library. Go to your VBA Editor, click Tools, then References, then Browse, and find this file: "C:\Program Files\SAP\FrontEnd\SAPgui\sapfewse.ocx". Add it, and now you'll have types and libraries and coding for SAP will be a lot easier, safer, and slightly faster (Variant types in VBA impose a tiny overhead that in this case is totally unnecessary). Get familiar with this new library if you are going to do any SAP scripting more than once.
Second, about this problem, what you have is a shell, of type GuiShell, which inherits from GuiGridView. GuiGridView looks like a table, a classic Excel-like set of rows and columns. In your transaction, is showing you a big list of orders, in which you go click the "Find" button, put the order you're looking for, and then close the Search Window. Back to your (Grid)Shell, this cell has been selected (Grid has properties SelectedCells, SelectedRows, SelectedColumns that get all set when you go find something), but then you go and modify the value of SelectedRows to a specific one.
So yeah, upon find, a cell has been selected, so all you need is to query its row and then assign it where you need:
Dim numrRow As Long
numrRow = session.FindById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlGRID1/shellcont/shell").CurrentCellRow
session.FindById("wnd[0]/usr/cntlGRID1/shellcont/shell").SelectedRows = numrRow
where "thisShell" is however you do to find a reference to the Shell (session.findByID("blabla") for example, but I'd advise to reduce all the findByID's, they're very slow and type-unsafe).
If you need help about this SAP libraries, feel free to maybe make some new post and ping me on the comments about it.
I have a set of code that is rather large in Qlik. I have dates that are defined at the start of the script
i.e.
Let vBDate = Date(Date#('01/01/2015','MM/DD/YYYY'),'MM/DD/YYYY');
Let vEDate = Date(Date#('12/31/2015','MM/DD/YYYY'),'MM/DD/YYYY');
The entire code runs financial numbers based on a specific data source. Originally I had a version of this QVW for each data source. However, as often goes with financials the QVW constantly needs to be refined. So I merged them all into one code. I broke the Code up into different tabs so I can turn off the sources I don't want.
What I want to do is try to se a variable, either in the code, like this,
Let vROIType = 'Vendor';
or using the method answered in my first attempt at this question where the variable is defined on the designer side using a button.
The hope is that when the variable is set, then only the code associated with that variable will run in the reload and the other code will be skipped.
In my research I tried to create functions in the script and use code to call them, however the call would always error out. I also read about QVDs but many of my date variables are defined at the start of running it, and the QVD needs to be pre-run.
Any help would be appreciated.
As long as you wrap the appropriate sections of the script in the conditionals properly, this should accomplish it:
Create a variable via the Variable Overview window (ctrl + alt + v) like you mentioned to reference the correct script to be reloaded (vROIType)
Create a button or text box and set an action to change the value of the vROIType variable. You can just make two buttons so you can select the correct data source by clicking the appropriate button.
Either reload via the menu or create another text box/button with an action to reload your script.
Most importantly, use conditionals in your script to selectively run the correct portions based on the vROIType variable.
if vROIType = 'Vendor' then
Everything in the script you want run when the source is `Vendor`.
elseif vROIType = 'SomeOtherVendor' then
Everything in the script you want run when the source is ....
end if;
Upon reload, the script will look at the vROIType variable and use that to determine whether or not to run parts of the script. Here's a link to a simple example you can try if you have the paid version of Qlikview, otherwise it'll yell at you that you can't open third party .qvw's.
Background:
How: I suspect that this is a glitch within Google Form (submission process)/Spreadsheet, but may be part of the Date conversion utility of the Spreadsheet interface (and is an intended feature).
When entering a format in a text box in Google Forms, there is some sort of communication error between the Form submit and Response Spreadsheet, or pre-processing of the Form's data before it is sent to the spreadsheet. The glitch only seems to happen for data in a text field of the format ##:## TEXT where TEXT contains no '.' characters. For example: 4:15 pm will reproduce the glitch, but 4:15 p.m and 4:15 p.m. will not.
Result: An apostrophe character is added to the beginning of the string when it is put into the Spreadsheet (i.e. '4:15 pm) which throws off several sub-systems I have in place that use that time data. Here are two screenshots (sorry for the bad sizing on the second):
I'm 99% certain that the glitch is caused by the ##: combination.
Temporary Fix?: The real question is... how might I go about removing that pesky apostrophe before I start manipulating the time data? I know how to getValue() of a cell/Range. Assume I have the value of a cell in the following manner:
var value = myRange.getValue();
// value = '4:15 pm
How can I go about processing that value into 4:15 pm? A simple java function could be
value = value.substring(1); // Assuming "value" is a String
But in Google App Scripts for Spreadsheets, I don't know how I would do that.
Post-Script: It is necessary to post-process this data so that I don't have to lecture university faculty in the language department about inputting time format correctly in their forms.
Thanks in advance to those who can help!
How can I go about processing that value into 4:15 pm? A simple java
function could be
value = value.substring(1); // Assuming "value" is a String But in
Google App Scripts for Spreadsheets, I don't know how I would do that.
Google Apps Scripts uses Javascript which has the exact same method.
value = value.substring(1);
should return all except the first character.
More about Javascript substring at: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_substring.asp
If you remove the ' in the spreadsheet cell the spreadsheet interface will convert this entry to a date object.
This might (or not) be an issue for you so maybe you should handle this when you read back your data for another use...
It doesn't happen when text is different (for example with P.M) simply because in this case the ' is not necessary for the spreadsheet to keep it as a string since the spreadsheet can't convert it to a date object (time value).
Artificial intelligence has its bad sides ;-)
edit :
You cant do this in an onFormSubmit triggered function using the javascript substring() you mentioned. If you're not familiar with that, here is the way to go :
To run a script when a particular action is performed:
Open or a create a new Spreadsheet.
Click the Unsaved Spreadsheet dialog box and change the name.
Choose Tools > Script Editor and write the function you want to run.
Choose Resources > Current project's triggers. You see a panel with
the message No triggers set up. Click here to add one now.
Click the link.
Under Run, select the function you want executed by the trigger.
Under Events, select From Spreadsheet.
From the next drop-down list, select On open, On edit, or On form
submit.
Click Save.
see doc here and here
I have an Epson Display Unit (for the Point of Sale), and have it set up as a printer. I can only get it to print what I want when I go to Printer Properties > Fonts (there is a test input box).
However printing from an app such as notepad yields no results. I'm trying to get it to work with the p.o.s. app I made in Excel. I found a COMM port communication script here, but I can't get past the OPEN command. Seems there's a "file in use". I'd like to know if anyone else has had experience with this sort of thing.
Under the assumption that your printer is connected to serial interface 1, provided that the serial interface parameters are correctly set, and you want to send a string of characters to that interface, you may try this ...
Sub WriteToCOM()
Open "COM1:" For Output As #1
Write #1, "ddd"
Close #1
End Sub
Paste this code into an Excel VBA script and cycle thru it with F8 - it worked for me
You may replace "COM1:" by any existing "COMx:" or "LPTx:" as well (don't forget the semicolon!)
I am using this to control an Amateur Radio (setting the frequency) from an Excel table containing broadcast station names and their frequencies. I am of course sending special characters to my gear using the chr() function.
The Macro is tied to a control button. My Excel is Office 2003 (it worked already in Office97)
Good luck
MikeD