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Old 18th March 2016, 04:52 PM
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I have hit a wall on what to do with this site, all i get with web queries is unsupported browser, hoping someone with more knowledge can get these in to excel.

https://www.tab.com.au/racing/meetings/today/R

If you can import these venues i will be able to import what i need.
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Old 18th March 2016, 06:53 PM
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I have hit a wall on what to do with this site, all i get with web queries is unsupported browser, hoping someone with more knowledge can get these in to excel.

https://www.tab.com.au/racing/meetings/today/R

If you can import these venues i will be able to import what i need.
Don't waste your time Shaun it's not going to work, I used a different approach, not Excel and it no longer works.

You can sign up to receive data free as far as I know via an API?
Not important enough for me.
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Old 18th March 2016, 10:45 PM
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Don't waste your time Shaun it's not going to work, I used a different approach, not Excel and it no longer works.

You can sign up to receive data free as far as I know via an API?
Not important enough for me.


I need a bigger Turnover from the Tab for that as it is only available to Silver and above.

I do have another option i have not tried, it won't be pretty but may work, i can write a script using AutoHotKey to create a browser then i can send the contents of that browser to a txt doc then import that to excel, it won't be fully dynamic but it just may get the info that i need, namely exotic payouts.
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Old 19th March 2016, 12:19 AM
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How about we try to use the web browser controls built in to excel to access some of these pages we can't extract data from, i guess it depends on what type of updating you need, i wouldn't use it for live prices but would work for results,scratchings and things like that, i am not sure at this point in time how to get the info from the page to a sheet, but am sure it can be done.
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Old 19th March 2016, 04:30 AM
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Is a bit dirty right now but am sure i can add a bit more functionality to it.

Code:

 Sub CopyWebPage()

  Dim ieApp As Object
  Dim URL As String
  
    URL = "https://www.tab.com.au/racing/2016-03-18/ALBURY/ALB/R/7"
    
    Set ieApp = CreateObject("Internetexplorer.Application")
    
      ieApp.Navigate URL
      ieApp.Visible = True
      
      While ieApp.Busy And ieApp.ReadyState <> 4: DoEvents: Wend
      Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("00:00:05"))
     'Select All
      ieApp.ExecWB 17, 0
      
     'Copy to the clipboard
      ieApp.ExecWB 12, 0
      
   ieApp.Quit
    
End Sub

This just copies the page, you need to add to it to paste it in excel, you will see a browser open and it waits 5 seconds for the page to load, this can be adjusted to less or more, once the contents copied the browser closes, if you choose not to see the browser change ieApp.Visible = True to False and you won't even see the browser but it will still copy the contents.

you could set up another timer so it runs every 30 seconds to give you some sort of price update.
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Old 26th March 2016, 10:38 PM
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Seems recently the tab has been blocking some Amazon servers, or as they said specifically Telstra, not sure why but it made it hard for me to get access to the website from my server.

The script above worked fine from my pc but the only way to get access to the site from the server is to use chrome with the Hola browser addon.

Problem is excel doesn't play nice with chrome and i couldn't install the Hola addon to IE

Still a bit roughm but works.

Code:

Sub web()
Shell ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\Chrome.exe -url www.tab.com.au")
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("00:00:20"))
SendKeys "^a", True
SendKeys "^c", True
SendKeys "%{F4****"
AppActivate "Microsoft Excel"
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("00:00:5"))
Range("A1").Select
    ActiveSheet.PasteSpecial Format:="HTML", Link:=False, DisplayAsIcon:= _
        False, NoHTMLFormatting:=True
    Range("A1").Select
End Sub
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Old 30th March 2016, 10:48 PM
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Seems recently the tab has been blocking some Amazon servers, or as they said specifically Telstra,

Shaun, I've been thinking about that line, since our discussion and I think what she meant was that Telstra provides servers as well, and we should be using local instead of Amazon.

Otherwise it makes no sense, Telstra can't just decide to put a global block on any website willy-nilly, unless the client asks for it.

I also contacted Amazon to ask how a physical setup in Sydney registers as located in the US, something doesn't jell here.
But as you know they are not very forthcoming with help for small fry like us.

I'm investigating a new service that was recommended by a reputable IT magazine, let you know in the usual way, how I go .
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Old 30th March 2016, 11:36 PM
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Shaun, I've been thinking about that line, since our discussion and I think what she meant was that Telstra provides servers as well, and we should be using local instead of Amazon.

Otherwise it makes no sense, Telstra can't just decide to put a global block on any website willy-nilly, unless the client asks for it.

I also contacted Amazon to ask how a physical setup in Sydney registers as located in the US, something doesn't jell here.
But as you know they are not very forthcoming with help for small fry like us.

I'm investigating a new service that was recommended by a reputable IT magazine, let you know in the usual way, how I go .



I have no real idea on what's going on or why, the only way i could access the Tab from my server was to use Hola on chrome, IE was blocked from installing it, am sure i could have worked it out given time.

I started using a server when i was on wifi it was cheaper than running my wifi modem all day plus i like the separate environment for developing my excel sheets with out interfering with running programs.

After all this mess i looked in to VM Ware since i have an adsl connection now, yes it is not as fast as the amazon server but i can create virtual servers with more power at no cost, but will be interested in what you find as a permanent server is a better option because of connection speeds a fallback.
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