Trying to extract data from a web page

There's really no way to reliably get this information from the webpage, since there is no "id" assigned to the tablecell where the value resides. You could perhaps parse the source file for the value of "TransactionDetail.aspx?toNet2", and then grab everything from that point to the next "&" (which seems to indicate the end of that value, plus a few extraneous characters), but that's tenuous at best, and it likely to change if they change the way their website manages these things.

In fact, given that this is a CC payment situation, your processor should provide you with some sort of "return" value regarding the status of the payment. This should include the Transaction Number.

Better yet - don't do this from Access, and instead create the program in .NET, which can send/receive web-based communications much more easily than Access.

Once you have the HTML, parse it with the following regular expression to get the value you seek.

TransactionDetail.aspx\?toNet2=(\d*)

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Example:

Dim oRE As Object
Dim oMatches As Object
Set oRE = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
oRE.Global = True
oRE.Pattern = "TransactionDetail.aspx\?toNet2=(\d*).*"
Set oMatches = oRE.Execute(yourHTMLtextvariablenamegoeshere)
Debug.Print "transaction id: " & oMatches(0).Submatches(0)

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Thanks aikimark for your suggestion. I am at a lost to find the HTMLtextvariablename.  Is that something that I have assigned or is it in the source or am I just not understanding? Excuse me for my ignorance but I don't work with Web Pages much nor the WebBrowser control.

You wrote that you are using a web browser control and you posted a PDF of the HTML source.  I assume you know how to get the HTML of the web page you are accessing.  That name is meant to refer to the variable or object property or method invocation result that contains the HTML.

How did you post the HTML in the PDF document you attached with your question text?

When I viewed the source of the web page within the browser that was the name that it brought up in notepad. It is also the name of the pdf that I sent. Does it need to be enclosed with quotation marks or should also have the .html extension included?

please post the code you are using with the web control

I have attached the code that I am using to retrieve the data from that web page. I have included the code that you recommended.
Code.txt

Please try this:

        Set oRE = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
        oRE.Global = True
        oRE.Pattern = "TransactionDetail.aspx\?toNet2=(\d*).*"
        Set oMatches = oRE.Execute(Me.ocxWebBrowser.Document.Frames(2).Document.Body.innertext)
        TransID = oMatches(0).Submatches(0)
        sText = "Transaction ID: " & TransID

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I am getting a "Invalid procedure call or argument" error message on the
 "TransID = oMatches(0).Submatches(0)" line.

This version of the code should not experience that error, but I concerned that the HTML you posted is not the HTML that is in the innertext property.

        Set oRE = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
        oRE.Global = True
        oRE.Pattern = "TransactionDetail.aspx\?toNet2=(\d*)"
        If oRE.Test(Me.ocxWebBrowser.Document.Frames(2).Document.Body.innertext) Then
                Set oMatches = oRE.Execute(Me.ocxWebBrowser.Document.Frames(2).Document.Body.innertext)
                TransID = oMatches(0).Submatches(0)
                sText = "Transaction ID: " & TransID
        Else
                msgbox "Transaction ID not found"
        End If

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When debugging I execute the line " Me.ocxWebBrowser.Document.Frames(2).Document.Body.innertext" the result is:

Confirmation/Receipt
Payer Information:
Name: Test Test
Address: 555 W 6000 N
  Layton, UT 84041
Phone: 801-555-5555
Additional Information:
Account #: 123456
Payment Detail:
Payment DatePayment AmountTransaction IDStatus
11/13/2013 $125.00 4192557Approved

The 4192257 is the data I am trying to get to. It is the result of the pattern that we are using.

That worked. Thank you so much for your help.

Thanks for the points.

1. Please note that I have posted a simplified version of the regular expression pattern than the one you are currently using.  It might be faster.

2. I do not know what change you made to get the posted code to work, but you might want to consider tweaking the code to resemble the following example:

Dim oDoc As Object

Set oRE = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
oRE.Global = True

If Me.ocxWebBrowser.Document Is Nothing Then
    MsgBox "No Text to display"
Else
    'cmdGetText.Caption = "Create Memo entry"
    Set oDoc = Me.ocxWebBrowser.Document.Frames(2).Document
    If vTest = 0 Then
        PmtDate = oDoc.GetElementByID("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_grdReports1_ctl02_lblDate")
.innertext
        AMT = oDoc.GetElementByID("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_grdReports1_ctl02_lblAmount").innertext
        oRE.Pattern = "TransactionDetail.aspx\?toNet2=(\d*)"
        If oRE.Test(oDoc.Body.innerhtml) Then
                Set oMatches = oRE.Execute(oDoc.Body.innerhtml)
                TransID = oMatches(0).Submatches(0)
                sText = "Transaction ID: " & TransID
        Else
                msgbox "Transaction ID not found"
        End If        
    Else
        'Use the regexp object to do your parsing here
        PmtDate = StringBetweenStrings(oDoc.Body.innertext, "Date (Pacific Time)", vbCrLf)
        AMT = StringBetweenStrings(oDoc.Body.innertext, "Amount", vbCrLf)
        TransID = StringBetweenStrings(oDoc.Body.innertext, "E-Check ID Number: ", ".")
        sText = "E-Check ID Number: " & TransID
    End If
End If

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Changes:
* defined and instantiated an oDoc variable to reference the document
* use GetElementByID().innertext rather than assigning the element object to a variable.
* moved the instantiation of the regular expression object earlier so that it might be used in both the If and Else sections.
* suggest that the regular expression object might replace the StringBetweenStrings() function.

Since I didn't have an example of the HTML when vTest <> 0, I am not able to show you the patterns for that parsing.

Thanks for the added changes.