controlsend to jsp with frames

[YouriKamps]

Hello all,

I've read a lot the couple of last weeks, learned a lot, tried a lot, but now I'm actually stuck... I have a webpage which I try to control and I already figured out that the buttons nee to be clicked using ControlSend (other methods didn't work). The page is a JSP with frames, my code does fill in the first field, but not the second and it keeps throwing the following error: 

--> IE.au3 T3.0-1 Warning from function _IEGetObjById, $_IESTATUS_NoMatch (GEBRUIKER1)
--> IE.au3 T3.0-1 Error from function _IEAction(focus), $_IESTATUS_InvalidDataType
--> IE.au3 T3.0-1 Warning from function _IEGetObjById, $_IESTATUS_NoMatch (WACHTWOORD1)
--> IE.au3 T3.0-1 Error from function _IEAction(focus), $_IESTATUS_InvalidDataType 

I started with the login page, and because of the structure of the whole website (actually a ticketing system for tech support) if this works than I can control everything. My code for testing thus far is this (removed proprietary urls, they only work on our intranet):

#include <IE.au3>
#RequireAdmin

Global $oIE = _IECreate("link_to_application")

Func ats_idaction($ats_id, $ats_action)
Local $oSubmit = _IEGetObjById($oIE, $ats_id)
Local $hWnd = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd")
_IEAction($oSubmit, "focus")
ControlSend($hWnd, "", "[CLASS:Internet Explorer_Server; INSTANCE:1]", $ats_action)
EndFunc

_IELoadWait($oIE)
ats_idaction("GEBRUIKER1", "my_username")
ats_idaction("WACHTWOORD1", "my_password")

The html for the first (and any) field:

<input id="GEBRUIKER1" class="DFGUISLE" type="TEXT" style="position: absolute; left: 400px; top: 176px; width: 78px; height: 22px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" maxlength="8" name="GEBRUIKER1" autocomplete="off">

Tried both IEGetObjById and IEGetObjByName but now I'm just stuck...

Any tips or help?

[Danp2]

You mentioned that there were frames involved, but you didn't give any further details and you code doesn't make any attempt to handle them. You will need to get a reference to the desired frame (see _IEFrameGetObjByName) and then use this instead of $oIE when attempting to locate additional objects.

[JohnOne]

Unless it's a cross domain frame.

[YouriKamps]

Ok, it's not a cross domain frame (luckily), and using _IEFrameGetObjByName I can use ControlSend to fields and buttons, but now it's throwing popups (dialogwindows) using the exact same jsp and frames.

Using _IEAttach("title of window", "dialogbox") I can find the URL (it attaches to the dialogwindow, I checked the url), but using the same method of _IEFrameGetObjByName to get to the frame inside of the dialogbox for sending a ControlSend won't work... Anything special I need to do to use ControlSend to a button on the attached dialogbox with frames? I tried it in the exact same way as getting to the fields and buttons inside the first frame after finding out that the dialogbox is structured the same as the first frame.

Is Local $hWnd = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd") different for working inside a dialogbox?

[JohnOne]

Start by showing how you"use ControlSend to fields and buttons" in your IE page.

[YouriKamps]

Func ats_idactionpopup does attach to the correct dialogbox (I commented out the MsgBox, but this shows the correct url used in the dialogbox). The dialogbox is structured in the exact same way as the main jsp with the same name frame (AppWindow), but ControlSend doesn't send the {enter} to Button1.

Console output:

--> IE.au3 T3.0-1 Error from function _IEPropertyGet, $_IESTATUS_InvalidObjectType

Complete code: 

#include <IE.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#RequireAdmin

Global $oIE = _IECreate("url_to_webpage")

Func ats_idactionmain($ats_id, $ats_action)
Local $oFrame = _IEFrameGetObjByName($oIE, "AppWindow")
Local $oSubmit = _IEGetObjByName($oFrame, $ats_id)
Local $hWnd = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd")
_IEAction($oSubmit, "focus")
ControlSend($hWnd, "", "[CLASS:Internet Explorer_Server; INSTANCE:1]", $ats_action)
EndFunc

Func ats_idactionpopup($ats_popup, $ats_idpopup, $ats_actionpopup)
Local $oIEpopup = _IEAttach($ats_popup, "dialogbox")
;MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "The URL", _IEPropertyGet($oIEpopup, "locationurl"))
Local $oFramepopup = _IEFrameGetObjByName($oIEpopup, "AppWindow")
Local $oSubmitpopup = _IEGetObjByName($oFramepopup, $ats_idpopup)
Local $hWndpopup = _IEPropertyGet($oIEpopup, "hwnd")
_IEAction($oSubmitpopup, "focus")
ControlSend($hWndpopup, "", "[CLASS:Internet Explorer_Server; INSTANCE:1]", $ats_actionpopup)
EndFunc

_IELoadWait($oIE)
ats_idactionmain("GEBRUIKER1", "username")
ats_idactionmain("WACHTWOORD1", "password")
ats_idactionmain("Pb_inloggen", "{enter}")
Sleep(4000)
ats_idactionpopup("afdelingskeuze", "Button1", "{enter}")

EDIT:

It is driving me nuts...

Using the following I found out for sure that it is attaching to the correct dialogbox:

Local $oFrames = _IEFrameGetCollection($oIEpopup)
Local $iNumFrames = @extended
Local $sTxt = $iNumFrames & " frames found" & @CRLF & @CRLF
Local $oFramepopup = 0
For $i = 0 To ($iNumFrames - 1)
    $oFramepopup = _IEFrameGetCollection($oIEpopup, $i)
    $sTxt &= _IEPropertyGet($oFramepopup, "innertext") & @CRLF
Next
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Frames Info", $sTxt)

It even gives me the text in the correct frame (name AppWindow).

Switched to debug-output and found the line it chokes on:

0047: 0-0: ats_idactionpopup("afdelingskeuze", "Button1", "{enter}")
0017: 0-0: Local $oIEpopup = _IEAttach($ats_popup, "dialogbox")
0018: 0-0: Local $oFramepopup = _IEFrameGetObjByName($oIEpopup, "AppWindow")
0019: 0-0: Local $oSubmitpopup = _IEGetObjByName($oIEpopup, $ats_idpopup)
--> IE.au3 T3.0-1 Warning from function _IEGetObjByName, $_IESTATUS_NoMatch (Name: Button1, Index: 0)
0020: 7-0: Local $hWndpopup = _IEPropertyGet($oFramepopup, "hwnd")
--> IE.au3 T3.0-1 Error from function _IEPropertyGet, $_IESTATUS_InvalidObjectType
0021: 4-1: _IEAction($oSubmitpopup, "focus")
--> IE.au3 T3.0-1 Error from function _IEAction(focus), $_IESTATUS_InvalidDataType
0022: 3-1: ControlSend($hWndpopup, "", "[CLASS:Internet Explorer_Server; INSTANCE:1]", $ats_actionpopup)
0023: 0-0: EndFunc

but when looking at the source, using debugbar AND firebug, this should be the correct button...

Since the dialogbox and the main window have the exact same html (it just loads a different .html in a frame with the same name as the main frame in the main window) I figured I could use almost the same code (but with the addition of Local $oIEpopup = _IEAttach($ats_popup, "dialogbox")). Does _IEGetObjByName behave differently inside a dialogbox perhaps?

Edited August 1, 2014 by YouriKamps

[YouriKamps]

Ok, I found a way around the problem. The problem was getting a non-existing hwnd, so instead of Local $hWndpopup = _IEPropertyGet($oIEpopup, "hwnd") I used WinGetHandle.

i will mark this as solved