Question/Problem with _IELinkClickByText

[GoogleDude]

I am trying to automate some webpage tasks. I have been able to get through most of it but am stuck at the last link I need to click on.

The text of the link I am trying to click on is "ClickMe²" notice the small 2 at the end. I think that is what is stopping it from clicking on the text in the link. Plus SCITE is giving me a line error of "IE.au3 V2.4-0 Warning from function _IELinkClickByText, $_IEStatus_NoMatch" I have tried a few different versions of the string but nothing is working.

How can I match the string to just part of the link text and not the whole string. like just "ClickMe" instead of "ClickMe²"? Or does anyone else have any other ideas?

Thanks,

GoogleDude

[PsaltyDS]

I am trying to automate some webpage tasks. I have been able to get through most of it but am stuck at the last link I need to click on.

The text of the link I am trying to click on is "ClickMe²" notice the small 2 at the end. I think that is what is stopping it from clicking on the text in the link. Plus SCITE is giving me a line error of "IE.au3 V2.4-0 Warning from function _IELinkClickByText, $_IEStatus_NoMatch" I have tried a few different versions of the string but nothing is working.

How can I match the string to just part of the link text and not the whole string. like just "ClickMe" instead of "ClickMe²"? Or does anyone else have any other ideas?

Thanks,

GoogleDude

The example 2 script under _IELinkClickByText() in the help file matches partial strings:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IE_Example ("basic")

$sMyString = "ser for" ; vice "user forum"
$oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
For $oLink in $oLinks
    $sLinkText = _IEPropertyGet($oLink, "innerText")
    If StringInStr($sLinkText, $sMyString) Then
        _IEAction($oLink, "click")
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

[GoogleDude]

Thanks for that. That did help a little. I am now able to verify with your post above that other links on the page are clickable but the button I am trying to click on still doesnt click.

If it helps I put the HTML source I show. The code below is what I pulled off the button when viewing the source in an IE page/object Debugger. Kinda like FireBug does for Firefox.

It apears that the button I am trying to click on is not a standard button or something. I tried clicking by text and by image name or file name path.

Thanks,

<div id=clickonce1 style="display: block; margin-top: 20px">
 
    <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><img src="/images/1.jpg" class=bullnum>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>
    <div id="savecancel" class="panelAdd" style="margin-top: 10px">
    <ul class="buttons">
    <li class="buttonLeftmost"></li>
    <li class="buttonLeft"><input type="button" class="buttonAdd" name="apply" onclick="clickOnceStart()" value="ClickMe" /></li>
    <li class="buttonLeftmid"></li>
    </ul>
    </div>

[DaleHohm]

$oButton = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "apply")

_IEAction($oButton, "click")

Dale

[GoogleDude]

$oButton = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "apply")

_IEAction($oButton, "click")

Dale

Thanks for that however that did not work either.

Below is what I am trying to do and the source I have so far.

I am trying to automate the downloading and installing of LogMeIn Hamachi from an invite link. I am able to get it to get past the first few steps but it doesnt click on the Download Hamachi link. Maybe someone can test it and see what I am talking about. I know there are other ways of this but was hoping to get this method to work as I have it tied in with other mini apps I made in autoit.

Once the hamachi install starts you can stop it with out it installing on the local machine.

Thanks,

#Include  #include  #Include  #include "WinHTTP.au3" #include   $oIE = _IECreate("https://secure.logmein.com/hamachi/ih1.asp?lang=en&c=acu9xu9pma3swmbgr912wf84ptnn96hz5loz5ra1",0,1,1) $oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName ($oIE, "cont") _IELoadWait($oIE) _IEFormElementCheckboxSelect ($oForm, "1", "agree", 1, "byValue") _IEFormSubmit($oForm) _IELoadWait($oIE) $oButton = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "apply") _IEAction($oButton, "click")   Exit

Edited September 11, 2009 by GoogleDude

[DaleHohm]

The code you posted is garbled for me.

Based on the HTML you posted earlier, the example I gave should have worked. You may have frames or iframes that you need to drill down into -- what output is generated in the SciTe console when you use the code I gave you?

Dale

[GoogleDude]

Sorry that code tag put everything in 1 line.

#Include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPI.au3>
#Include <Constants.au3>
#include "WinHTTP.au3"
#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate("https://secure.logmein.com/hamachi/ih1.asp?lang=en&c=acu9xu9pma3swmbgr912wf84ptnn96hz5loz5ra1",0,1,1)
$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName ($oIE, "cont")
_IELoadWait($oIE)
_IEFormElementCheckboxSelect ($oForm, "1", "agree", 1, "byValue")
_IEFormSubmit($oForm)
_IELoadWait($oIE)
$oButton = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "apply")
_IEAction($oButton, "click")    
Exit

[DaleHohm]

There appears to be some Javascript events tied to that button. You can dig through them to figure out exactly what needs to be done to satisfy them or you can use this work around pulled from the examples for _IEAction:

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate("https://secure.logmein.com/hamachi/ih1.asp?lang=en&c=acu9xu9pma3swmbgr912wf84ptnn96hz5loz5ra1",0,1,1)
$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName ($oIE, "cont")
_IELoadWait($oIE)
_IEFormElementCheckboxSelect ($oForm, "1", "agree", 1, "byValue")
_IEFormSubmit($oForm)
_IELoadWait($oIE)
$oButton = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "apply")
_IEAction($oButton, "focus")
$hwnd = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd")
ControlSend($hwnd, "", "[CLASS:Internet Explorer_Server; INSTANCE:1]", "{Enter}")
Exit

Dale

[GoogleDude]

There appears to be some Javascript events tied to that button. You can dig through them to figure out exactly what needs to be done to satisfy them or you can use this work around pulled from the examples for _IEAction:

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate("https://secure.logmein.com/hamachi/ih1.asp?lang=en&c=acu9xu9pma3swmbgr912wf84ptnn96hz5loz5ra1",0,1,1)
$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName ($oIE, "cont")
_IELoadWait($oIE)
_IEFormElementCheckboxSelect ($oForm, "1", "agree", 1, "byValue")
_IEFormSubmit($oForm)
_IELoadWait($oIE)
$oButton = _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "apply")
_IEAction($oButton, "focus")
$hwnd = _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "hwnd")
ControlSend($hwnd, "", "[CLASS:Internet Explorer_Server; INSTANCE:1]", "{Enter}")
Exit

Dale

Sweet. Thanks. This apears to work.

GoogleDude

Edited September 12, 2009 by GoogleDude