What is an easy way to check the index of a link/textbox/etc for _IE functions?

[Acry 0]

I've searched around and cannot seem to word this correctly to get an answer that is viable to my question..

I'm looking for a way to check the index of a page simply for use of functions like this one

_IELinkClickByIndex ($oIE, 38)

Counting up and down on the page isn't working how I'd like it to :/ I really hope there is a simpler way to do this.

Thanks for any method someone suggests!

Edited May 22, 2010 by Acry

[JohnOne 1,586]

Im not entirely certain what you mean, but this may help - _IELinkGetCollection()

[Acry 0]

It is sort of what I need.. but I just need a way to find the index number of a link on a page so that _IELinkClickByIndex could click it

If you look at the example of _IELinkClickByIndex I believe you will understand what I mean if you change the website to something like Yahoo and change the ($oIE, 2) to ($oIE, 3) then ($oIE, 4) and you will see it clicks different links each time. What I need is a way to figure out these index numbers without just guessing.

I'm sorry this is just really hard to explain so if I knew how to explain it there was probably already a solution on these forums >.<

Edited May 22, 2010 by Acry

[DaleHohm 59]

IE_Builder (written by Val) includes some routines I wrote for examining page structure and element indexes.

Find it here

Use it to navigate to your URL, click "Source Code" and then "Anchor Tags"

Have fun

Dale