Copy & Paste from Excel In a Loop

XinYoung · January 10, 2019

HI! ... this is a big one (at least for me) :sweating:

You guys previously helped me copy the used range in column A and paste them into a Website one at a time in a loop. Cool! Now, for another function, I have 2 columns, A and B, and two input boxes in the Website. I'm having a hard time replicating the loop for the 2 columns. :frantics:

This is how I'm opening the Excel workbook (copied from the previous function that only had 1 column). I need to also get the used range in column B.

Func OpenExcelForCopy()

    Global $aBBTableData
    Global $oExcel = _Excel_Open()
    Global $oWorkbook = _Excel_BookOpen($oExcel, $ChosenFileName, Default, True, True)
    $oExcel.Sheets("CopyCourses").Activate
;~ Get all used cells in column A:A
    Global $aSearchItems = _Excel_RangeRead($oWorkbook, 1, $oWorkbook.Sheets("CopyCourses").Usedrange.Columns("A:A"))
;~ Duplicate the $aSearchItems Array
    Global $aSearchResult = $aSearchItems
;~ Loop through the array starting at 0 until the end of the array which is (Ubound($aSearchItems) - 1)
    For $i = 0 To UBound($aSearchItems) - 1
        $aSearchResult[$i] = SearchCourseForCopy($aSearchItems[$i])
    Next
    _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")

    Finished()
EndFunc   ;==>OpenExcelForCopy

Then we eventually get here. I don't think anything needs to change here but I'm not sure. This is where I paste the data from Column A into an input field (which is a search tool in a website). If the search is good, then we get to the tricky part...

;~ OK, we logged in and we searched for a course. Lets COPY it!
Func CopyCourseBegin()
    Local $sResult
    $iSearchIndex = _ArraySearch($aBBTableData, "Course ID", 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0)

;~  If the course was not found, do this.
    If $iSearchIndex = -1 Then
;~      MsgBox(4096, "Search Error", "Item not found")
        $sResult = "Source Not Found"
        _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")
;~  Now go back to the Excel sheet and search for the next one.

;~ If the course was found, begin the COPY process.
    Else
        For $i = 0 To UBound($aSearchItems) - 1
            $aSearchResult[$i] = CopyCourseNow($aSearchItems[$i])
        Next
        $sResult = "Copied"
        _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")
    EndIf
    Return $sResult
EndFunc   ;==>CopyCourseBegin

This is the "tricky part" where I'm confused. I can copy and paste what's in column A just fine, but I can't manage to replicate it for column B. I need to paste whats in Column B into "destinationCourseId"

;~ The course search was successful. COPY the course now.
Func CopyCourseNow($_sSearchResult)

;~  Navigate to the course copy page.
    _IENavigate($oIE, $urlBBCourseCopy)

;~  Copy the SOURCE course ID from the Excel sheet

;~ Paste whats copied from column A into the Source Course ID text box
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "selectCourse")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "sourceCourseId")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_sSearchResult)

;~ Paste whats copied from column B into the Destination Course ID text box  ?!?!?!?!
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "selectCourse")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "destinationCourseId")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_sSearchResult)
    
 ;~ Just exit cause im stuck :(   
    _Exit()

EndFunc   ;==>CopyCourseNow

After I paste the data from column A into "sourceCourseId" and column B into "destinationCourseId", I'll make it do some stuff. Then I need it to loop around until the used ranges in column A & B is finished.

Does the entire code need to change now that there's two columns?

XinYoung · January 10, 2019

Would it help if I posted the entire script? It's pretty long...

Subz · January 10, 2019

The array would become a 2d array $aSearchItems

$aSearchItems = _Excel_RangeRead($oWorkbook, 1, $oWorkbook.Sheets("CopyCourses").Usedrange.Columns("A:B"))

You can then obtain that information in a loop as follows:

For $i = 0 To Ubound($aSearchItems) - 1
    ;~ Column 0
    ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][0] & @CRLF)
    ;~ Column 1
    ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][1] & @CRLF)
    $aSearchResult[$i] = CopyCourseNow($aSearchItems[$i][0], $aSearchItems[$i][1])
Next

For CopyCourseNow function use something like:

;~ The course search was successful. COPY the course now.
Func CopyCourseNow($_sourceCourseId, $_destinationCourseId)
Local $sResult
;~  Navigate to the course copy page.
    _IENavigate($oIE, $urlBBCourseCopy)

;~  Copy the SOURCE course ID from the Excel sheet

;~ Paste whats copied from column A into the Source Course ID text box
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "selectCourse")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "sourceCourseId")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_sourceCourseId)

;~ Paste whats copied from column B into the Destination Course ID text box  ?!?!?!?!
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "selectCourse")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "destinationCourseId")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_destinationCourseId)
;~ .... Do stuff
Return $sResult
EndFunc   ;==>CopyCourseNow

You may need to post all your code, as the code is disjointed.

Edited January 10, 2019 by Subz

XinYoung · January 11, 2019

Yeaa I didn't do it right.. I'm getting errors with my SearchCourseForCopy function and CopyCourseNow function. It says its being called by a previous line with 2 args.

I'm unsure how to properly use functions like "CopyCourseNow($aSearchItems[$i])", like how it has arguments and stuff.. :huh2:

Here's everything

;~  The user clicked the "Copy Courses" button. This function will execute now.
Func _LoginForCopy()
;~  Disable the "Function" buttons again to prevent multiple processes.
    GUICtrlSetState($DeleteCourse, $GUI_DISABLE)
    GUICtrlSetState($CopyCourse, $GUI_DISABLE)
    GUICtrlSetState($CourseFunction3, $GUI_DISABLE)
    $CopyReady = MsgBox(52, "Ready to copy courses", "At any time, you can..." & @CRLF & "   • press the Pause key to pause the script (-__-)" & @CRLF & "   • press the F4 key to kill the app (x__x)" & @CRLF & @CRLF & "Shall we begin?  (o__o)")
    If $CopyReady == 6 Then
        GUICtrlSetBkColor($CopyCourse, 0x32CD32)
;~  Open a IE window and navigate to the login page.
        Global $oIE = _IECreate($urlBBLogin)
        _IELoadWait($oIE)
;~  Recognize the form on this page (login input boxes).
        Local $oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "login")
        Local $oTextLogin = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "user_id")
        Local $oTextPass = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "password")
;~  Enter the Automation user credentials into the form.
        _IEFormElementSetValue($oTextLogin, $bbUsername)
        _IEFormElementSetValue($oTextPass, $bbPassword)
;~  Click the Login button.
        _IEFormSubmit($oForm)
        _IELoadWait($oIE)
;~  Begin the next function. Go there.
        OpenExcelForCopy()
;~ If the user selects "No" then go back.
    Else
        GUICtrlSetState($DeleteCourse, $GUI_ENABLE)
        GUICtrlSetState($CopyCourse, $GUI_ENABLE)
        GUICtrlSetState($CourseFunction3, $GUI_DISABLE)
    EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_LoginForCopy

;~  OK were logged in. Now copy the used range  in column A and column B from the Excel workbook.
Func OpenExcelForCopy()
    Global $aBBTableData
    Global $oExcel = _Excel_Open()
    Global $oWorkbook = _Excel_BookOpen($oExcel, $ChosenFileName, Default, True, True)
    $oExcel.Sheets("CopyCourses").Activate
;~ Get all used cells in columns A and B <---- it this right?
    Global $aSearchItems = _Excel_RangeRead($oWorkbook, 1, $oWorkbook.Sheets("CopyCourses").Usedrange.Columns("A:B"))
;~ Duplicate the $aSearchItems Array
    Global $aSearchResult = $aSearchItems
;~ Loop through the array starting at 0 until the end of the array which is (Ubound($aSearchItems) - 1)
    For $i = 0 To UBound($aSearchItems) - 1
    $aSearchResult[$i] = SearchCourseForCopy($aSearchItems[$i])
    Next
    For $i = 0 To UBound($aSearchItems) - 1
;~ Column 0
        ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][0] & @CRLF)
;~ Column 1
        ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][1] & @CRLF)
        $aSearchResult[$i] = SearchCourseForCopy($aSearchItems[$i][0], $aSearchItems[$i][1])
;~ Were going to put the results of our work into Column C
    Next
    _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")
    Finished()
EndFunc   ;==>OpenExcelForCopy

;~  Now that were logged in, navigate to the course search page.
Func SearchCourseForCopy($aSearchItems[$i][0], $aSearchItems[$i][1])
    _IENavigate($oIE, $urlBBCourseSearch)
    _IELoadWait($oIE)
;~  Change the search criteria to "Course ID"
    _bbCourseSearchCategoryChange("Course ID")
;~ Paste whats copied from Column A into the search text box and click submit
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "courseManagerFormSearch")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "courseInfoSearchText")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_sSearchResult)
    _IEFormSubmit($oForm)
    _IELoadWait($oIE)
;~ Lets see what we got from the search
    Local $oBBTable = _IETableGetCollection($oIE, 2)
    $aBBTableData = _IETableWriteToArray($oBBTable)
;~  _ArrayDisplay($aBBTableData)
    Return CopyCourseBegin()
EndFunc   ;==>SearchCourseForCopy

;~ OK, we seacrhed for Column A...
Func CopyCourseBegin()
    Local $sResult
    $iSearchIndex = _ArraySearch($aBBTableData, "Course ID", 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0)
;~  If the search was bad, go down to the next row in Column A.
    If $iSearchIndex = -1 Then
;~      MsgBox(4096, "Search Error", "Item not found")
        $sResult = "Source Not Found"
        _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")
;~  Now go back to the Excel sheet and search for the next one.

;~ If the search was good, begin the COPY process.
    Else
        For $i = 0 To UBound($aSearchItems) - 1
            $aSearchResult[$i] = CopyCourseNow($aSearchItems[$i])
        Next
        $sResult = "Copied"
        _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")
    EndIf
    Return $sResult
EndFunc   ;==>CopyCourseBegin

;~ The course search was successful. COPY now.
Func CopyCourseNow($_sourceCourseId, $_destinationCourseId)
    Local $sResult
;~  Navigate to the course copy page.
    _IENavigate($oIE, $urlBBCourseCopy)
;~ Paste whats copied from column A into the SOURCE Course ID text box
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "selectCourse")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "sourceCourseId")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_sourceCourseId)
;~ Paste whats copied from column B into the DESTINATION Course ID text box  ?!?!?!?! <--- Need Help Here. I can only get Column A data
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "selectCourse")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "destinationCourseId")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_destinationCourseId)
;~ .... Do stuff

    MsgBox(0, "?", "Did it work?")
    Return $sResult

EndFunc   ;==>CopyCourseNow

Please let me know if any more info is needed. Thank you again for your support

Edited January 15, 2019 by XinYoung
Simplified the code

XinYoung · January 15, 2019

On 1/10/2019 at 2:16 PM, Subz said:

The array would become a 2d array $aSearchItems

$aSearchItems = _Excel_RangeRead($oWorkbook, 1, $oWorkbook.Sheets("CopyCourses").Usedrange.Columns("A:B"))

You can then obtain that information in a loop as follows:

For $i = 0 To Ubound($aSearchItems) - 1
    ;~ Column 0
    ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][0] & @CRLF)
    ;~ Column 1
    ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][1] & @CRLF)
    $aSearchResult[$i] = CopyCourseNow($aSearchItems[$i][0], $aSearchItems[$i][1])
Next

For CopyCourseNow function use something like:

;~ The course search was successful. COPY the course now.
Func CopyCourseNow($_sourceCourseId, $_destinationCourseId)
Local $sResult
;~  Navigate to the course copy page.
    _IENavigate($oIE, $urlBBCourseCopy)

;~  Copy the SOURCE course ID from the Excel sheet

;~ Paste whats copied from column A into the Source Course ID text box
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "selectCourse")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "sourceCourseId")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_sourceCourseId)

;~ Paste whats copied from column B into the Destination Course ID text box  ?!?!?!?!
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "selectCourse")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "destinationCourseId")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_destinationCourseId)
;~ .... Do stuff
Return $sResult
EndFunc   ;==>CopyCourseNow

You may need to post all your code, as the code is disjointed.

Theres a couple functions between OpenExcelForCopy() and CopyCourseNow(). If I do this, they get skipped

XinYoung · January 15, 2019

OK I cleaned up the code a bit more so its easier to read

;~  This is where I am trying to copy the used range in column A and column B from Excel
Func OpenExcelForCopy()
    Global $aBBTableData
    Global $oExcel = _Excel_Open()
    Global $oWorkbook = _Excel_BookOpen($oExcel, $ChosenFileName, Default, True, True)
    $oExcel.Sheets("CopyCourses").Activate
;~ Get all used cells in columns A and B <---- it this right?
    Global $aSearchItems = _Excel_RangeRead($oWorkbook, 1, $oWorkbook.Sheets("CopyCourses").Usedrange.Columns("A:B"))
;~ Duplicate the $aSearchItems Array
    Global $aSearchResult = $aSearchItems
;~ Loop through the array starting at 0 until the end of the array which is (Ubound($aSearchItems) - 1)
    For $i = 0 To UBound($aSearchItems) - 1
    $aSearchResult[$i] = SearchCourseForCopy($aSearchItems[$i])
    Next
    For $i = 0 To UBound($aSearchItems) - 1
;~ Column 0
        ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][0] & @CRLF)
;~ Column 1
        ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][1] & @CRLF)
        $aSearchResult[$i] = SearchCourseForCopy($aSearchItems[$i][0], $aSearchItems[$i][1])
;~ Were going to put the results of our work into Column C
    Next
    _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")
    Finished()
EndFunc   ;==>OpenExcelForCopy

;~  Then I go to IE and paste whats copied from column A into a search tool
Func SearchCourseForCopy($aSearchItems[$i][0], $aSearchItems[$i][1])
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "courseManagerFormSearch")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "courseInfoSearchText")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_sSearchResult)
    _IEFormSubmit($oForm)
    _IELoadWait($oIE)
;~ Lets see what we got from the search
    Local $oBBTable = _IETableGetCollection($oIE, 2)
    $aBBTableData = _IETableWriteToArray($oBBTable)
    Return CopyCourseBegin()
EndFunc   ;==>SearchCourseForCopy

;~ If the search in IE was bad, move onto the next row in Excel. If it was good, do the CopyCourseNow function
Func CopyCourseBegin()
    Local $sResult
    $iSearchIndex = _ArraySearch($aBBTableData, "Course ID", 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0)
    If $iSearchIndex = -1 Then
        $sResult = "Source Not Found"
        _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")
    Else
        For $i = 0 To UBound($aSearchItems) - 1
            $aSearchResult[$i] = CopyCourseNow($aSearchItems[$i])
        Next
        $sResult = "Copied"
        _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")
    EndIf
    Return $sResult
EndFunc   ;==>CopyCourseBegin

;~ The search was good
Func CopyCourseNow($_sourceCourseId, $_destinationCourseId)
    Local $sResult
;~ Paste whats copied from column A into the SOURCE text box
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "selectCourse")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "sourceCourseId")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_sourceCourseId)
;~ Paste whats copied from column B into the DESTINATION text box  ?!?!?!?! <--- Need Help Here. Not working. Cant paste the data from column B
    Local $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "selectCourse")
    Local $oSearchString = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($oForm, "destinationCourseId")
    _IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchString, $_destinationCourseId)
    
;~ .... Do stuff

    Return $sResult

EndFunc   ;==>CopyCourseNow

XinYoung · January 15, 2019

On 1/10/2019 at 2:16 PM, Subz said:

You can then obtain that information in a loop as follows:

For $i = 0 To Ubound($aSearchItems) - 1
    ;~ Column 0
    ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][0] & @CRLF)
    ;~ Column 1
    ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][1] & @CRLF)
    $aSearchResult[$i] = CopyCourseNow($aSearchItems[$i][0], $aSearchItems[$i][1])
Next

I'm trying to implement this. I think I can get rid of the SearchCourseForCopy and CopyCourseBegin functions but I'm getting this

==> Array variable has incorrect number of subscripts or subscript dimension range exceeded.:

Edited January 15, 2019 by XinYoung

Subz · January 15, 2019

Check that $aSearchItems displays correctly i.e. _ArrayDisplay($aSearchItems) before the loop.

XinYoung · January 15, 2019

Hi Subz, yes its displaying the two columns correctly

Subz · January 15, 2019

See where the issue is ($aSearchResult, is a duplicate of $aSearchItems so you would also need to use $aSearchItems[$i][0]), however you could write it as follows:
nb: Its best practice not to declare variables in the Global scope within a function

Global $aBBTableData, $oExcel, $oWorkbook, $aSearchItems, $aSearchResult[0]
Func OpenExcelForCopy()
    $oExcel = _Excel_Open()
    $oWorkbook = _Excel_BookOpen($oExcel, $ChosenFileName, Default, True, True)
    $oExcel.Sheets("CopyCourses").Activate
;~ Get all used cells in columns A and B <---- it this right?
    $aSearchItems = _Excel_RangeRead($oWorkbook, 1, $oWorkbook.Sheets("CopyCourses").Usedrange.Columns("A:B"))
;~ Create the $aSearchResult array
    ReDim $aSearchResult[UBound($aSearchItems)]
    
;~ Loop through the array starting at 0 until the end of the array which is (Ubound($aSearchItems) - 1)
    For $i = 0 To UBound($aSearchItems) - 1
;~ Column 0
        ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][0] & @CRLF)
;~ Column 1
        ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][1] & @CRLF)
        $aSearchResult[$i] = CopyCourseNow($aSearchItems[$i][0], $aSearchItems[$i][1])
;~ Were going to put the results of our work into Column C
    Next
    _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")
    Finished()
EndFunc   ;==>OpenExcelForCopy

Edited January 15, 2019 by Subz

XinYoung · January 15, 2019

Hmmm.. the script just stops once it reaches the ReDim line. The loop and the CopyCourseNow func never runs

I put a msgbox before and after the ReDim line. The 2nd msgbox never appears :think:

Edited January 15, 2019 by XinYoung

Subz · January 15, 2019

Works fine for me, see test below:

#include <Array.au3>
#include <Excel.au3>
Global $aBBTableData, $oExcel, $oWorkbook, $aSearchItems, $aSearchResult[0]
$ChosenFileName = @ScriptDir & "\Test.xlsx"
OpenExcelForCopy()
Func OpenExcelForCopy()
    $oExcel = _Excel_Open()
    $oWorkbook = _Excel_BookOpen($oExcel, $ChosenFileName, Default, True, True)
    $oExcel.Sheets("CopyCourses").Activate
;~ Get all used cells in columns A and B <---- it this right?
    $aSearchItems = _Excel_RangeRead($oWorkbook, 1, $oWorkbook.Sheets("CopyCourses").Usedrange.Columns("A:B"))
;~ Create the $aSearchResult array
    ReDim $aSearchResult[UBound($aSearchItems)]

;~ Loop through the array starting at 0 until the end of the array which is (Ubound($aSearchItems) - 1)
    For $i = 0 To UBound($aSearchItems) - 1
;~ Column 0
        ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][0] & @CRLF)
;~ Column 1
        ConsoleWrite($aSearchItems[$i][1] & @CRLF)
        $aSearchResult[$i] = CopyCourseNow($i, $aSearchItems[$i][0], $aSearchItems[$i][1])
;~ Were going to put the results of our work into Column C
    Next
    _Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, $aSearchResult, "C1")
;~     Finished()
EndFunc   ;==>OpenExcelForCopy

Func CopyCourseNow($iIndex, $_sSearch, $sSearch1)
    Return Mod($iIndex, 2) = 0 ? "Odd" : "Even"
EndFunc

XinYoung · January 16, 2019

OhHhHHhh i see what i did wrong. When we moved the Global variables out of the function I put it in the wrong place and they were never being read. :doh: .

Thank u again so much Subz!! Its working. Now I can make it 'do stuff'

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