find broken links

NOPE, there isn't. how could there be!? the links are sitting in a local file, and that's not a browser window. you can, however, view webpage URLs in a control that is offered by ms access, and possibly ms excel, called the webViewer Control. I think it's in the ActiveX category.

the other thing you might try, which is wayyyyy out there, is automating a DOS process whereby you loop through all of your links, throw it to a DOS command and try to ping the server at that ip address (web address) to see if you get a response. if you don't, then obviously it's broken!

and if you have serious programming skills, I would be $100 USD that Python and/or C/C++ could do exactly what you're trying to do. but that's very low-level work.

Originally Posted by Focus_Draco

Is there a way to know wich of them are broken links (error 404) without clicking on each and every link in the file?

Hi,

it's possible under VBA by applying some web requests - many samples in forums - and checking their status
or just piloting IE but lasts a lot more than requests …

Originally Posted by vba_php

NOPE, there isn't. how could there be!?

Well, there could be if you know VBA. That was a hasty answer. You can simply send HTTP page requests and see what comes back.