IE.au3 getting an element via XPath

[Kelle 0]

Hello guys,

I've found a nice function that "simulates" the XPath Functionality from Firefox. See below.

I try to get the "register"-Link from yahoo.com.

Even if I try to get the 3rd Main Div of the page, I notice that it doesn't work.

I tried this:

$oIE = _IECreate("http://de.yahoo.com", 0, 1)
$test = $oIE.document.body.getElementsByTagName("div").item(3).outerHTML
MsgBox(64, "Test", $test)

But when I do this, I get the 3rd Div on the page which is included in the 1st main div.

How can I get the 3rd Main div to navigate to the "register"-Link ?

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; #FUNCTION# ===================================================================
; Name ..........: _IE_XPath
; Description ...:
; AutoIt Version : V3.3.0.0
; Syntax ........: _IE_XPath($oIE, $sXPath[, $sAttribute = "innerText"[, $sIE = "$oIE"]])
; Parameter(s): .: $oIExp         - IE-object
;                  $sXPath      - supported: [n] index 1-n
;                                 supported @attributes: name | id
;                                 supported functions: position()
;                  $sAttribute  - Optional: (Default = "innerText") :
;                  $sIE         - Optional: (Default = "$oIE") : This must be the IE-object as string!!!
; Return Value ..: Success      - string or object
;                  Failure      - empty string
;                  @ERROR       - 1 : No IE-Object
;                                 2 : Attribute not supported
;                                 3 : Error executing statement
; Author(s) .....: Thorsten Willert
; Date ..........: Tue Feb 16 21:00:33 CET 2011
; Version .......: 0.2
; ==============================================================================
Func _IE_XPath(ByRef $oIExp, $sXPath, $sAttribute = "innerText", $sIE = "$oIE")
    Local $oIE = $oIExp
    
    If Not Execute( "IsObj(" & $sIE & ")" ) Then Return SetError(1,0,"")

    Local $a = StringSplit($sXPath, "/")
    Local $aTMP, $pos
    Local $seg[$a[0] + 1], $ind[$a[0] + 1]
    Local $sElement = $sIE & ".document", $sSel = "getElementsByTagName"

    For $i = 1 To $a[0]
        $ind[$i] = 0
        $seg[$i] = StringRegExpReplace($a[$i], '(.*?)\[.*?\]', '$1')
        If StringInStr($a[$i], "[") Then
            $ind[$i] = Int( StringRegExpReplace($a[$i], '.*?\[\s*(\d+)\s*\]', '$1') - 1 )
        EndIf
        If StringInStr($a[$i], "@") Then
            $pos = StringRegExpReplace($a[$i], '.*?\[.*?position\s*\(\)\s*=\s*(\d+).*?\]', '$1') -1
            $aTMP =  StringRegExp($a[$i], '.*?@(\w+)\s*=\s*(''|")(\w+)\2', 3)
            Switch $aTMP[0]
                Case "id"
                    $sSel = "getElementById"
                    $sElement &= StringFormat(".%s('%s')", $sSel, $aTMP[2])
                Case "name"
                    $sSel = "getElementsByName"
                    $sElement &= StringFormat(".%s('%s').item(%s)", $sSel, $aTMP[2], $pos)
                Case Else
                    Return SetError(2,0,"")
            EndSwitch
        Else
            If $seg[$i] Then $sElement &= StringFormat(".%s('%s').item(%s)", $sSel, $seg[$i], $ind[$i])
        EndIf

    Next

    If $sAttribute Then $sElement &= "." & $sAttribute

    ConsoleWrite("_IE_XPath: " & $sElement & @CRLF)

    Local $r = Execute($sElement)
    If @error Then Return SetError(3,0,"")

    Return $r
EndFunc   ;==>_IE_XPath

[Kelle 0]

Hmm, nobody knows ?

[DaleHohm 59]

You need to provide a better explanation. I looked at the URL provided and I see no "register"-link.

Dale

[Kelle 0]

If you visit "http://de.yahoo.com" you will see in the top right corner the link "Registrieren".

This one is what I need.

I prefer to get this link with the simulated XPath Function.

[DaleHohm 59]

I can show you how to get a reference to that link, but sorry, I have no desire to debug that function.

Dale

[Kelle 0]

What reference can I get to this link ?

The only ones I know is _IELinkClickByIndex and _IELinkClickByText.

Is there are another, maybe better, one ?

[DaleHohm 59]

What are you trying to accomplish?

Here is one way to get a reference to your link:

#include <IE.au3>

$oIE = _IECreate("http://de.yahoo.com")
$oAs = _IETagnameGetCollection($oIE, "a")
For $oA in $oAs
    If StringInStr(_IEPropertyGet($oA, "innertext"), "Registrieren") Then ExitLoop
Next

; $oA is a reference to your link

Dale

[Kelle 0]

Thank you that method is very good.

I try to accomplish to get one specific link.

For example: If there are two hyperlinks on the page with the same text, e.g. "Registrieren" and I want the first. Than there is only the possibility to get this link with _IELinkClickByIndex ... or ?