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    Automatically Start Excel, Run Macro, and Save-As Each Day at a Specified Time

    I have a come across a fantastic macro that allows users to download a great amount of stock market data. It is the first of its kind that I have come across, and I can foresee a lot of uses for it.

    It can be downloaded here: http://investexcel.net/download-finviz-data/

    Unfortunately, in order to build a database from this macro, it needs to be updated and saved each day, as it does not specify any kind of date ranges to pull the data from. In order to build an effective database without automation, one would have open Excel manually, run the macro, and save the finally manually with the current date.

    Can anyone provide guidance for solving this problem? I believe I can use Task Scheduler in Windows 7 to open Excel automatically after 4:30 pm EST each weekday (has to be after the close of the stock market), but I still need to find a way to:

    1) Run the Macro automatically to update the data after Excel opens automatically with Task Scheduler
    2) Automatically do a Save As that saves the new file into a specified folder with the date it was downloaded in the title

    Ideally, it would be fantastic if someone could figure out how to task on the a third step where,

    3) The data tab from each separately downloaded file could then be added back into a Master Workbook with each tab labeled with it's respective date of data extraction

    Can anyone provide guidance on how to go about setting up this system? I will be extremely appreciative! Thank you so much.
    Last edited by bkanne; 05-13-2014 at 05:39 PM.

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