This document will demonstrate building a client in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), using Microsoft Excel 2010.
Requesting XML for a Landing Report, with a given SOAP file
Open Microsoft Excel
Click the Visual Basic Editor button in the top left hand corner (Alternatively, click Alt-F11)
In Insert Menu select Module (Alternatively, click Alt-i, and then Alt-m)
Add a Function into the Module, for the web service call:
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Function getLandingReportWith(varServer As Variant, varFile As Variant)
Dim XWebService As Object 'XMLHTTP'
Dim fso As FileSystemObject
Dim strResponseFile As String
Set XWebService = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
With XWebService
.Open "POST", varServer, False
strResponseFile = Replace(varFile, ".xml", "_Response.xml")
On Error Resume Next
Kill strResponseFile
On Error GoTo 0
.send fso.OpenTextFile(varFile, ForReading, True, 0).ReadAll
Dim xmlDoc As MSXML2.DOMDocument30
Set xmlDoc = .responseXML
fso.OpenTextFile(strResponseFile, ForWriting, True, 0).Write xmlDoc.Text
End With
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Add a Subroutine to call the Function into the Module:
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Sub getLandingReport()
Call getLandingReportWith("http://elandingstest.alaska.gov/ElectronicReportingWebServices/ProcessorReportManagementService?wsdl", ThisWorkbook.Path & "\getLandingReport_Example.xml")
End Sub |
Save workbook to a known location
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When saving, be sure to select the XLSM file type. |
Create or download the following SOAP formatted XML document:
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
<soap12:Body>
<getLandingReport xmlns="http://webservices.er.psmfc.org/">
<arg0 xmlns="">amackerel</arg0>
<arg1 xmlns="">A_mackerel</arg1>
<arg2 xmlns="">2.6</arg2>
<arg3 xmlns="">15342006</arg3>
</getLandingReport>
</soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope> |
Save/Move the XML document to the same location as the work book.
Reference Microsoft Scripting Runtime by Microsoft XML, v3.0 and
- In Tools menu, select References (Alternatively, click Alt-t and then Alt-r)
- If References is disabled, click the blue reset square in the tool bar (Alternatively, click Alt-r and then Alt-r)
- In Available References, scroll to 'Microsoft Scripting Runtime' and enable the check box.
- Sroll to Microsoft XML, v3.0 and enable the check box
- Click the OK button
Run Subroutine by clicking the green run arrow in the tool bar (Alternatively, click F5).
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These examples were, in part, provided by a Third Party Developer. The eLandings development team has very little experience with VBA and can not guarantee these examples demonstrate Best Practices. These examples are very limited in scope and we do not anticipate expanding them. You may peruse the Java Tutorials for a more thorough demonstration of Use Cases, integrating with the eLandings Public Webservices.
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