XL98: How to Programmatically Save a Worksheet as HTML

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article shows you how to save a worksheet in the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format programmatically.

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1. Close and save any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.



2. Enter the following values on Sheet1:




      A1 : 2
      A2 : 4
      A3 : 6
      A4 : 8
      A5 : 10
      A6 :
      A7 : This
      A8 : is
      A9 : a
      A10: test 

3. Select cells A1:A5, and then click Chart on the Insert menu. In the Chart Wizard - Step 1 of 4 - Chart Type dialog box, click Finish.
   
   The result is a worksheet that contains two data ranges and one chart.



4. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11).



5. To use the Htmlconvert method of the Internet Assistant Wizard add-in, create a reference to this add-in. To create the reference, do the following:



1. Click References on the Tools Menu.



2. Click to select the HTML check box, and then click OK.
   
   If you do not see HTML in the Available References list, continue with step c. Otherwise, go to step 6.



3. If you do not see HTML in the Available References list, click Browse.



4. Open the folder that contains the updated Html.xla file. By default, the Internet Assistant Wizard file is installed in the following folder:




Microsoft Office 98:Office:Excel Add-ins

5. Click Microsoft Excel Files in the List Files of Type list.



6. Click Internet Assistant Wizard in the list of files, and then click Open.



6. Click Module on the Insert menu to insert a Visual Basic module.



7. Enter the following code into the module sheet:




Sub CreateWebPage()

   Dim ObjToConvert(2) As Variant
   Dim Result As Integer

   ' Populate the ObjToConvert array with the ranges and chart
   ' that you want to export.
   Set ObjToConvert(0) = Sheets("sheet1").Range("a1:a5")
   Set ObjToConvert(1) = Sheets("sheet1").ChartObjects("Chart 1")
   Set ObjToConvert(2) = Sheets("sheet1").Range("a7:a10")

   ' Create the HTML page.
   Result = htmlconvert(rangeandcharttoconvert:=ObjToConvert, _
                        useexistingfile:=False, _
                        usefrontpageforexistingfile:=False, _
                        addtofrontpageweb:=False, codepage:=1252, _
                        htmlfilepath:="Test.htm", _
                        headerfullpage:="Test Page", _
                        linebeforetablefullpage:=True, _
                        namefullpage:="MyName")

   ' If the conversion is successful, the code htmlconvert_success
   ' is returned.
   If Result = htmlconvert_success Then
       MsgBox "Web Page Created Successfully"
   Else
       MsgBox "Error Creating Web Page"
   End If
End Sub 

8. Run the CreateWebPage subroutine.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords : xlvbahowto xlvbainfo xlwiz xladdins
Version : MACINTOSH:
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbhowto