Facebook makes me crazy..

[continyu]

I can't keep asking questions about Facebook i know

But it makes me crazy. I really want to finish my project.

So in part of my code, i want to enter a search string to Facebook's search box (seems very easy.)

I used this code;

$oIE = _IECreate("https://facebook.com/") ;logged in previously. So automatically redirect to the home page...
_IELoadWait($oIE)
Sleep(3000)
$oSearchForm2 = _IEFormGetCollection($oIE,"navSearch")
Sleep(3000)
$oSearchBox2 = _IEFormElementGetObjByName($osearchform2,"q")
$sstring2 = 'TESTTESTESTESTESTESTEST'
Sleep(3000)
_IEFormElementSetValue($oSearchBox2,$sstring2)
Sleep(1000)
$submit = _IEGetObjByName($oIE,"",10)
_IEAction($submit,"click")

I'm not sure about submit button. but it's my second problem. This code can't enter sstring2 to the searchbox2.

I couldn't see the problem. And i know it's my problem. Something must be very easy. But i can't get it.!!!

Edited July 13, 2010 by continyu

[continyu]

Sorry to double post. It's because of my internet connection problems. Mods please delete one of the subjects!

[cageman]

i can't even find the search box you are talking about, do you auto login if you visite this page?

[continyu]

yes yes. sorry. it's the www.facebook.com/home

[Tvern]

Does this help you?

#include <IE.au3>
$sstring2 = 'TESTTESTESTESTESTESTEST'
$oIE = _IECreate("http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=" & $sstring2)

edit: messed up AutoIt tags

Edited July 13, 2010 by Tvern

[DaleHohm]

You are using the wrong syntax for both _IEFormGetCollection (I think you want _IEFormGetObjByName) and _IEGetObjByName. Please check the helpfile and examples. Also, watch the SciTe console for warnings and errors from IE.au3 - they are important.

Dale

[continyu]

You are using the wrong syntax for both _IEFormGetCollection (I think you want _IEFormGetObjByName) and _IEGetObjByName. Please check the helpfile and examples. Also, watch the SciTe console for warnings and errors from IE.au3 - they are important.

Dale

Thanks for your answers

In fact i can be wrong about those funcs. but i'm trying to select some form and form elements which don't have NAME...

[Sobiech]

Hmm

Try to save page as HTML on hard disk, and then search what do you need

Maybe not professional help, but always better than nothing

Edit: Ofc search the string like from .txt file =)

Edited July 14, 2010 by Sobiech

[DaleHohm]

@Sobiech - saving the html to a file does not capture any dynamic html on the page, which is why I recommend something like DebugBar to analyze the html code

@continyu - if you read the Remarks section in the helpfile for the _IEForm*GetObjByName functions, you'll see a note about elements without names that points you to the _IEForm*GetCollection functions... there you find examples of what to do

Dale