Can _IELinkGetCollection return links for particular tags?

[anks]

Hello All,

Can anybody please tell me that if _IELinkGetCollection can be used to find links in the particular tags.

Please see my code

$oInputs = _IETagNameGetCollection ($oIE, "LI")
     For $oInput In $oInputs
     MsgBox(0, "UL", $oInput.innerText)
     $oLinks = _IELinkGetCollection($oInput)
     For $oLink In $oLinks
     $str_cmpre = StringCompare($oLink.href,"Null")
     If ($str_cmpre == 0) Then
     Msgbox(0,"Hello", "Hello")
     Else
     Msgbox(0,"Link","Got the link", 1)
     MsgBox(0, "Link Info", $oLink.href, 1)
     EndIf

;~   If( $oLink.href == "Null") Then
;~       Msgbox(0,"Hello", "Hello")
;~       ;msgbox(0,"UL",$oInput.innertext)
;~   Else
;~       Msgbox(0,"Link","Got the link", 1)
;~       MsgBox(0, "Link Info", $oLink.href, 1)
;~   EndIf
     Next

Next

I want to read the tag and find out if the tag has a link within it or not. The above logic does not work. Always the else part of If is been executed.

Today while keenly reading the help i found out that _IELinkGetCollection(ByRef $o_object [, $i_index = -1]) takes input parameter as $o_object which is a Object variable of an InternetExplorer.Application, Window or Frame object.

Can i use the tag name objects as the input parameter with in it.

Please guide me in this respect.

Thanks in Advance.

[MrMitchell]

You should be able to use a URL RegEx on your $oInput.innerText.

Edit: ...but I suppose that would pose a problem with relative links.

Edited July 17, 2012 by MrMitchell

[MrMitchell]

Here's an example of how you could possibly approach it, seems to work for me if I'm properly understanding what you are trying to do:

#include <IE.au3>
Local $oIE = _IECreate("http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/unordered-lists")
;Get collection of elements tagged "LI" for List Item
$oListItems = _IETagNameGetCollection ($oIE, "LI")
For $oListItem In $oListItems
ConsoleWrite("LI (text): " & $oListItem.innerText & @CRLF)
;Get all the elements tagged "a" for Anchor
;This needs an error handler in case the list item
;  doesn't have any anchors
$oAnchors = $oListItem.getElementsByTagName("a")
For $oAnchor In $oAnchors
  ;Get the href of each anchor
  $sHref = $oAnchor.href
  ConsoleWrite("    Link Info: " & $sHref & @CRLF)
    Next
Next

[anks]

Here's an example of how you could possibly approach it, seems to work for me if I'm properly understanding what you are trying to do:

#include <IE.au3>
Local $oIE = _IECreate("http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/unordered-lists")
;Get collection of elements tagged "LI" for List Item
$oListItems = _IETagNameGetCollection ($oIE, "LI")
For $oListItem In $oListItems
ConsoleWrite("LI (text): " & $oListItem.innerText & @CRLF)
;Get all the elements tagged "a" for Anchor
;This needs an error handler in case the list item
; doesn't have any anchors
$oAnchors = $oListItem.getElementsByTagName("a")
For $oAnchor In $oAnchors
;Get the href of each anchor
$sHref = $oAnchor.href
ConsoleWrite(" Link Info: " & $sHref & @CRLF)
Next
Next

Thanks a lot Mr Mitchell. Your code was of great help. It helped me to resolve the issue.

"getElementsByTagName" was the call i had to make instead i was using another API of AutoIT

Thanks once again.

[MrMitchell]

Thanks a lot Mr Mitchell. Your code was of great help. It helped me to resolve the issue.

"getElementsByTagName" was the call i had to make instead i was using another API of AutoIT

Thanks once again.

It's built-in! ( _IETagNameGetCollection() )

$oAnchors = _IETagNameGetCollection($oListItem, "a")

Use that since error handling is already in there.