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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 ?

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

Dale

Free Internet Tools: DebugBar, AutoIt IE Builder, HTTP UDF, MODIV2, IE Developer Toolbar, IEDocMon, Fiddler, HTML Validator, WGet, curl

MSDN docs: InternetExplorer Object, Document Object, Overviews and Tutorials, DHTML Objects, DHTML Events, WinHttpRequest, XmlHttpRequest, Cross-Frame Scripting, Office object model

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Doesn't work needs to be ripped out of the troubleshooting lexicon. It means that what you tried did not produce the results you expected. It begs the questions 1) what did you try?, 2) what did you expect? and 3) what happened instead?

Reproducer: a small (the smallest?) piece of stand-alone code that demonstrates your trouble

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

Dale

Free Internet Tools: DebugBar, AutoIt IE Builder, HTTP UDF, MODIV2, IE Developer Toolbar, IEDocMon, Fiddler, HTML Validator, WGet, curl

MSDN docs: InternetExplorer Object, Document Object, Overviews and Tutorials, DHTML Objects, DHTML Events, WinHttpRequest, XmlHttpRequest, Cross-Frame Scripting, Office object model

Automate input type=file (Related)

Alternative to _IECreateEmbedded? better: _IECreatePseudoEmbedded  Better Better?

IE.au3 issues with Vista - Workarounds

SciTe Debug mode - it's magic: #AutoIt3Wrapper_run_debug_mode=Y

Doesn't work needs to be ripped out of the troubleshooting lexicon. It means that what you tried did not produce the results you expected. It begs the questions 1) what did you try?, 2) what did you expect? and 3) what happened instead?

Reproducer: a small (the smallest?) piece of stand-alone code that demonstrates your trouble

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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

Free Internet Tools: DebugBar, AutoIt IE Builder, HTTP UDF, MODIV2, IE Developer Toolbar, IEDocMon, Fiddler, HTML Validator, WGet, curl

MSDN docs: InternetExplorer Object, Document Object, Overviews and Tutorials, DHTML Objects, DHTML Events, WinHttpRequest, XmlHttpRequest, Cross-Frame Scripting, Office object model

Automate input type=file (Related)

Alternative to _IECreateEmbedded? better: _IECreatePseudoEmbedded  Better Better?

IE.au3 issues with Vista - Workarounds

SciTe Debug mode - it's magic: #AutoIt3Wrapper_run_debug_mode=Y

Doesn't work needs to be ripped out of the troubleshooting lexicon. It means that what you tried did not produce the results you expected. It begs the questions 1) what did you try?, 2) what did you expect? and 3) what happened instead?

Reproducer: a small (the smallest?) piece of stand-alone code that demonstrates your trouble

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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 ?

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