can't find form with _IEFormGetCollection()

[sigil]

I'm trying to open IE to Google Maps, then enter an address and search for it.

So far I have:

$oIE=_iecreate("maps.google.com")
$searchform=_ieformgetcollection($oIE,0)
$query=_ieformelementgetcollection($searchform,0)
_IEFormElementSetValue ($query, "los angeles, ca")
_ieformsubmit($searchform)

But that doesn't set any value into the search input box. I've looked over the source code for the Google Maps page, and I think I've got the right form and element--not entirely sure about that, it's hard for me to figure out what's going on in the source for this page.

Any ideas?

[DaleHohm]

Please show the output to the SciTe console

[sigil]

Please show the output to the SciTe console

No errors; this is all I got:

>"C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut >Exit code: 0 Time: 2.336

Edited June 2, 2010 by sigil

[KaFu]

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE=_iecreate("maps.google.com")
$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName ($oIE, "q_form")
$oQuery = _IEFormElementGetObjByName ($oForm, "q_d")
_IEFormElementSetValue ($oQuery, "los angeles, ca")
_IEFormSubmit ($oForm)

[sigil]

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE=_iecreate("maps.google.com")
$oForm = _IEFormGetObjByName ($oIE, "q_form")
$oQuery = _IEFormElementGetObjByName ($oForm, "q_d")
_IEFormElementSetValue ($oQuery, "los angeles, ca")
_IEFormSubmit ($oForm)

Hey, that works perfectly. Thanks!

[PsaltyDS]

There are no errors, technically, but the element you want is nowhere near index=0. This is what the HTML looks like:

<form id=q_form action=/maps target=vp onsubmit="return onSearch(this)">
<input type=hidden name=f value=q>
<input type=hidden name=source value=s_q />
<input type=hidden name=output value=js />
<input type=hidden name=hl value=en />
<input type=hidden name=geocode value="" />
<div id=logo class=srchcol>
<a href=/maps?ct=reset>
<img class=logo-img src=/intl/en_us/images/maps_small_horizontal_logo.png width=169 height=40 alt="Go to Google Maps Home" />
</a>
</div>
<div class="srchcol controls">
<input type=text id=q_d name=q title="Search the map" tabindex=1 maxlength=2048 autocomplete=off value="" />
<span id=so style=display:none>
<select name=mrt id=mrtbox disabled=true onchange=setSrchEx(this.value);><option value=all selected=selected>All results</option>
<option value=loc>Locations</option>
<option value=yp>Businesses</option>
<option value=kmlkmz>User-created content</option>
<option value=ds>Related maps</option>
<option value=realestate>Real estate</option>
</select>
</span>
<input type=submit id=q-sub name=btnG tabindex=2 class=btn value="Search Maps" />
<span id=solink>
<a href=javascript:void(0) log=showss onclick="return setMrt('all');" id=showss>Show search options</a>
<a href=javascript:void(0) log=hides onclick="return setMrt(null);" id=hidess style=display:none>Remove search options</a>
</span>
<div class=example><span id=srchex>Find businesses, addresses and places of interest.</span>
</div>
</div>
</form>

It works if you use:

$searchform = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "q_form")
$query = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($searchform, "q_d")

Edit: Rats, out-typed by KaFu!

Edited January 14, 2010 by PsaltyDS