find a string and position cursor

[Allochthonous 0]

I need to be able to find a string in a window ("http") and position my cursor on top of it so that i can send Crtl-A to capture an entire URL.

Can this be done?

PK

[PsaltyDS 30]

Read up on the _IE* functions of the IE.au3 UDF. Once you can identify the DOM element that contains what you want, get the text with something simple like:

$sText = $oElement.innerText

Or maybe:

$sURL = $oLink.href

This demo opens the AutoIt home page and gets the URL from the "graphics and wallpapers" link in the text:

#include <IE.au3>

$sURL = "http://www.autoitscript.com"
$oIE = _IECreate($sURL)
$colLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
For $oLink In $colLinks
    If StringInStr($oLink.innerText, "graphics and wallpapers") Then
        $sHref = $oLink.href
        MsgBox(64, "Result", "The 'graphics and wallpapers' link points to:  " & $sHref)
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

Edit: Added demo.

Edited February 10, 2010 by PsaltyDS

[Allochthonous 0]

Actually, the string i am looking for and want to center on (so i can capture it) is not in an IE window. It is in an email like application. The string is an URL and starts with "http."

I want to capture it and launch it automatically in IE.

PK

[PsaltyDS 30]

Did you examine it with the AutoIt Window Info Tool (AU3Info.exe) to see if the control was recognized?

[Allochthonous 0]

Yeah, but I will be honest, I am fairly new to AutoIt and don't really know what I am looking at. I know how to get to a control if it is clearly named, but this control information I don't understand so well. I have attached a screenshot.

The Window info tool can see the text I am looking for, i know that. I just need to figure out how to get to that control (or text) so I can capture it.

Right now i am using a MouseClick command at coordinates in the window. It works, but seems sloppy.

pk

[Allochthonous 0]

Can anybody offer some insight?

PK