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Dear AutoIt Community,

I've been stuck on a script for a few weeks now trying to figure out what the heck I'm doing wrong.

I can't put all the code here as it relates to an internal system at work but the gist of it is that I'm getting errors when a read an IE table into an array cell and then try to convert that array cell into a string so I can use regular expressions to sort the string into variables.

At first I thought I wasn't attaching to the right popup IE window. No, the following code confirmed AutoIt found it:

If WinExists ($sPopup_Window_Title) Then
    MsgBox (0, "", "Window exists")
EndIf

Then I wasn't sure if the array had the right information. No, the following code showed that the information was in array cell [0] with _ArrayDisplay:

$oPopup_Table = _IETableGetCollection ($oAPI_Popup_IE, 1) ; Table 1 is the table that has all the text I want
    If @error > 0 Then
    ConsoleWrite ("Error: " & @error & @CRLF)
EndIf

$aPopup_Table_Data = _IETableWriteToArray ($oPopup_Table)
_ArrayDisplay ($aPopup_Table_Data) ; Debug the array data
$sAPI_Info = _ArrayToString ($aPopup_Table_Data)
            
If @error > 0 Then
    ConsoleWrite ("Error: " & @error & @CRLF)
EndIf
            
ConsoleWrite ("API: " & $sAPI_Info & @CRLF)

The above code displays the following errors:

--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Warning from function _IETableGetCollection, $_IEStatus_NoMatch

Error: 7

--> IE.au3 V2.4-0 Error from function _IETableWriteToArray, $_IEStatus_InvalidDataType

Error: 1

The Error 7 in IE.au3 is listed on line 1837 as:

;   - 7 ($_IEStatus_NoMatch) = No Match

...and Error 1 in IE.au3 is listed on line 1772 as:

;   - 3 ($_IEStatus_InvalidDataType) = Invalid Data Type

So why does AutoIt show the info I want in the _ArrayDisplay but I can't turn it into a string?

Perhaps the string is too long or is it something else I don't know about?

Thanks to all who reply,

-icu

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1. Tables start at 0 ( zero ). So table 1 would be table 0 for the IE.au3 _IETableGetCollection

2. _IETableWriteToArray returns a 2 dimensional array.

3. _ArrayToString only works with 1 dimensional arrays.

Common sense plays a role in the basics of understanding AutoIt... If you're lacking in that, do us all a favor, and step away from the computer.

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@SmOke_N: Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been ripping my hair out. Your insightful quote:

2. _IETableWriteToArray returns a 2 dimensional array.

3. _ArrayToString only works with 1 dimensional arrays.

...made me understand why my code wasn't working. I then remembered

I used _ArrayToString2D and the string was ripped out of the array perfectly.

Kind regards,

icu

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