Clicking on a dynamically generated link

[BodeleyTunes]

I have a list of cars in an auction, I want to click on the "Detail" text link which then shows the details of each car in the list. The site uses a lot of java script and forms.

How can I click on the detail link in the html below:

<TD class=VehicleList>1219<BR>4192</TD>
<TD class=overG bgColor=#ffcc33 width=15 align=right>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffcc33; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A onclick=sendNextPage(); href="predtslct01_en.jsp?type=0&amp;display=list&amp;conferenceid=6&amp;holdingid=1219&amp;auctionid=4192" target=_self>Detail</A> </DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD>
<TD>

Can anyone help!?

Im stuck again!

So far I have tried IEget tags and obj by name etc and not got close to homing in on the links or even counting through the links to find an index?

Cheers,

Jon.

[PsaltyDS]

Get the collection of all links with _IELinkGetCollection(), then loop through them looking for $oLink.innerText = "Detail".

[BodeleyTunes]

OK thanks I shall try that!

Get the collection of all links with _IELinkGetCollection(), then loop through them looking for $oLink.innerText = "Detail".

[BodeleyTunes]

OK I tried it but nothing happend, no error message or anything.

I forgot to to say that the text of the link "detail" is not unique, its a big list of cars you can click on as below, so maybe it got confused?

This is what I just tried.

$colLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
For $oLink in $colLinks
    If String($oLink.innerText) = "Detail" Then
        _IEAction($oLink, "click")
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

Get the collection of all links with _IELinkGetCollection(), then loop through them looking for $oLink.innerText = "Detail".

[BodeleyTunes]

Is there a way I can run a few tests on it to see if Im looking at the right part. Eg. frames etc.

I also tried this earlier but to no avail.

$oFormListings = _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE, "form1")
$oDivs = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "DIV")
For $oDiv In $oDivs
    If String(_IEPropertyGet($oDiv, "InnerText")) = $sSearch Then
        _IEAction($oDiv, "click")
        _IELoadWait($oIE)
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

OK I tried it but nothing happend, no error message or anything.

I forgot to to say that the text of the link "detail" is not unique, its a big list of cars you can click on as below, so maybe it got confused?

This is what I just tried.

$colLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oIE)
For $oLink in $colLinks
    If String($oLink.innerText) = "Detail" Then
        _IEAction($oLink, "click")
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

[PsaltyDS]

If the table is inside any frames/forms you will have to drill down into the DOM to get the links. Use a DOM Inspector, like DebugBar for IE or DOM_Inspector for Firefox, to find the path.

[BodeleyTunes]

I've been trying to use firebug, this is all new to me I barely know what DOM is, but I'll go away and research

thanks!

Jon.

[PsaltyDS]

All I meant was for example, if the page has a frame, which contains another frame, which contains some forms, one of which contains the table with the links:

1. Get the first frame (from $oIE)

2. Use that to get the child frame (from $oFrame1)

3. Use that to get the form (from $oFrame2)

4. Use that to get the links collection (from $oForm)

5. I don't think you have to worry about drilling into any DIVs or the table before getting the links.

Hope that clears it up.

[BodeleyTunes]

OK,

It seems to be inside a frame called "form1" but its also nested in loads of tables and the odd DIV.

Do I have to also mention them to zoom in on this pesky "detail" link?

I have a screenshot of how the DOM is laid out below with the "detail" link hightlighted...

So far I have tried this:

$oframelistings = _IEFrameGetObjByName($oIE, "form1")
$colLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oframelistings)
For $oLink in $colLinks
    If String($oLink.innerText) = "Detail" Then
        _IEAction($oLink, "click")
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

If the table is inside any frames/forms you will have to drill down into the DOM to get the links. Use a DOM Inspector, like DebugBar for IE or DOM_Inspector for Firefox, to find the path.

Edited March 17, 2010 by BodeleyTunes

[BodeleyTunes]

Getting a bit of a basic error, it cant find the form?

--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Warning from function _IEFormGetObjByName, $_IEStatus_NoMatch
--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IELinkGetCollection, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType

[PsaltyDS]

I'm not an HTML guy, but I still don't think you have to worry about that DIV tag, and should be able to go straight to the FORM. Using your DOM Inspector, show the details of that parent FORM tag.